Construction Project Manager

RJS Construction Inc.; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

RJS Construction Inc. is seeking a Project Manager to serve as the single point of contact for assigned projects. You will lead teams, manage customer expectations, and oversee technical scope, safety, quality, and administrative processes to ensure on-time, on-budget project delivery.

Responsibilities include scheduling, cost reporting, change management, and adherence to federal contracting standards. A BS in construction management or a related engineering degree is required, with strong

Qualifications

• BS in construction management or a similar engineering degree.
• Experience leading construction projects with adherence to safety standards.
• Knowledge of project scheduling and cost control processes.
• Ability to manage submittals, RFIs, and design changes.
• Familiarity with federal contracting standards is a plus.

Responsibilities

• 1. Team Leadership: Proactively influence people to enthusiastically work toward common goals, mentoring and guiding the team.
• 2. Customer Service: Listen to and understand customer needs, proactively manage deliverables to exceed expectations.
• 3. Technical Knowledge: Understand trade scope, craft and negotiate written agreements within budget/schedule.
• 4. Timeline Scheduling: Prepare and update schedules using MS Project or P6 to define work sequences.
• 5. Project Safety: Prepare and administer site safety plans; OSHA 30 and First Aid training current.
• 6. Quality Control: Prepare site-specific QC plans; USACE 3 Phase QC training current.
• 7. Administrative Processes: Lead Meetings, Submittals, RFIs, design changes, and related communications.
• 8. Cost Accounting: Use RJS cost control systems to report financial status recurrently.
• 9. Change Management: Administer prime contract modifications and related effects on subs, cost, and schedule.
• 10. Insurance & Bonding: Exercise judgment on insurance and bonding needs for projects.
• 11. Conflict Management: Resolve conflicts and disputes within the project team.
• 12. Federal Government Contracting Standards: Apply standards for federal work.
• 13. BS in construction management or similar engineering degree (education requirement)

Skills

Team leadership

Customer service

Technical knowledge

Timeline scheduling

Project safety

Quality control

Administrative processes

Cost accounting

Change management

Insurance & bonding

Conflict management

Federal contracting standards

Education

BS in construction management or similar engineering degree

Job description

ABOUT THE JOB (Project Manager)

As a Project Manager, you will serve as the single point contact for all aspects of assigned RJS projects. Your success requires detailed industry experience and knowledge to manage projects via established internal processes on a multitude of work tasks within established deadlines. The timely performance of this work is critical, as it is generally, serves as a precursor the commencement and/or performance of work at our job sites.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• 1. Team Leadership The ability to proactively influence people to enthusiastically work toward common goals, using character and mentoring skills to inspire confidence, success, and fulfillment of interpersonal goals and aspirations.
• 2. Customer Service The ability to listen and understand the needs and expectations of each customer and to proactively manage the project’s deliverables to exceed their expectations in tangible ways on an ongoing basis.
• 3. Technical Knowledge The ability to granularly understand the physical work of each trade of a project, and to craft, negotiate and award thoroughly defined written agreements, in keeping with the project’s budget and schedule constraints.
• 4. Timeline Scheduling The ability to prepare and update computerize time scale network diagrams using industry standard software (EG: MS Project / P6) to accurately define the allotted time for the work sequences.
• 5. Project Safety The ability to prepare and administer site specific project safety plans for each assigned project. (All RJS Project Managers are required to be current on OSHA 30 and biannual First Aid Training)
• 6. Quality Control The ability to prepare and administer site specific quality control plans for each assigned project. (All RJS Project Managers are required to be current on USACE 3 Phase QC Training)
• 7. Administrative Processes The ability to lead and oversee project specific administrative processes for Meetings, Submittals, RFI’s, Design Changes and other project specific forms of business communication.
• 8. Cost Accounting The ability to utilize the RJS cost control systems to establish and accurately report on the financial status of each assigned project on a reoccurring basis throughout project.
• 9. Change Management The ability to correctly administer prime contract modifications and documenting the related effects to the project’s subcontractors, prime contract sum, cost accounting, and construction schedule.
• 10. Insurance & Bonding The ability to exercise judgement based on an understanding of construction insurance and bonding.
• 11. Conflict Management The ability to effectively work through conflicts and disputes with project team members.
• 12. Federal Government Contracting Standards The ability to exercise judgment based on the unique challenges faced when performing Federal work.
• 13. Have a BS in construction management or similar engineering degree