Construction Project Manager - Allentown, PA

Arora Engineers, Inc.; Allentown (Lehigh County); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

ARORA ENGINEERS, LLC. is seeking an experienced Construction Project Manager to provide direction for existing or new aviation projects.

You will act as a client/Company liaison to protect interests while maintaining strong client relationships, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery with high quality. The role requires coordinating multi-trade field work, conducting meetings, preparing schedules and reports, and managing payments, with a focus on airport-related facilities and systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction, Engineering, or Architecture.
• At least 5 years of progressive responsibility within the construction industry.
• Experience with airport projects: terminals, facilities, runway/taxiway at medium/large airports.
• Valid state driver’s license (any US state).
• Ability to work in the US and meet worksite security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall project and construction management support during planning, design, construction and closeout.
• Coordinate to verify client requirements and expectations are met during construction.
• Coordinate field work with all trades and conduct project coordination meetings.
• Prepare progress charts, schedules and reports; perform monthly billing reviews.
• Measure quantities, certify estimates, and payments to contractors; generate weekly status reports.
• Escort and supervise access on the AOA and back-of-house areas; coordinate access during peak/off-peak hours.
• Prepare documentation for payment requisitions and collect As-Built drawings.
• Contribute to project closeout and development of recommendations; communicate status to supervisor and client.
• Represent the Company at project meetings; ensure adherence to Company standards and OSHA requirements.

Skills

Project management

A/E industry knowledge

Excellent communication

Safety oriented

Driver's license

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction, Engineering, or Architecture

Job description

Description

Overall Responsibility:

Provides construction management direction for existing or new projects, acting as client/Company liaison in order to protect Company’s interests and simultaneously maintain good relationships with clients. Ensures projects are completed with high quality level, on-time, and under-budget.

Essential Functions: Under the direction of the Director:

• Provide overall project and construction management support during planning, design, construction and closeout.
• Coordinate to verify and validate during construction that client requirements and expectations are being met.
• Coordination of work in field with all trades.
• Conducting project coordination meeting.
• Preparing progress charts, construction schedules and reports.
• Monthly billing review (pencil copy).
• Measuring the quantities of work and certifying estimates and payments to the contractors.
• Generate Weekly status reports.
• Escort and supervise all access on the AOA and throughout all back of house areas.
• Coordinate all access for construction in for peak and off peak hours.
• Documentation for a payment requisitions.
• Collect and validate As-Built drawings from the contractor
• Provide project closeout
• Contributes to the development of recommendations for assigned projects and others when requested by Supervisor.
• Communicates and/or presents potential new business or resource information, competitive situations, or technology/regulatory factors to the Company.
• Ensures all procedures and steps are in accordance with Company standards.
• Acts as client/Company liaison, keeping both appropriately informed of project status.
• Represents Company at project meetings.
• Completes field surveys and/or inspections or assigns appropriate employees for same.
• Identifies and investigates potentially serious situations and implements corrective measures.
• Ensures project database is current and maintained.
• Prepares high quality reports.
• Communicates project changes and/or variation information appropriately.
• Supervises the work of other staff when assigned.
• Consults and coordinates with Supervisor at regularly scheduled meetings to review status of active and future projects.
• Adheres to client/Company safety policy and OSHA requirements.

Secondary Functions:

• Duties as assigned by Supervisor.

Requirements

Needed Skills:

• Excellent knowledge of underlying principals of A/E industry.
• Excellent knowledge of project management processes.
• Ability to prioritize tasks.
• Detail and safety-oriented.
• Excellent communications skills.
• Ability to drive and maintain a safe driving record.
• Ability to create and maintain productive relationships with employees, clients, and vendors.

Education/Experience Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree in construction, Engineering, or Architecture
• At least 5 years of progressive responsibility within the construction industry
• Must have experience with Airport projects: airport terminal buildings, airport terminal facilities and systems, airfield (runway, taxiway), at a medium and/or large air carrier airport.
• Valid state driver’s license (any in US).
• Ability to work in US.
• Ability to meet worksite security requirements.

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION: ARORA ENGINEERS, LLC. (ARORA)

- Arora provides clients in the aviation, transportation, education, government, and commercial/institutional sectors with engineering services for intelligent infrastructure solutions. Through smart design, construction management, and facilities maintenance management, we rethink industry needs to help keep clients on the cutting edge and add value to a project. Arora is a growing firm that welcomes individuals with a thirst for knowledge and the energy to tackle projects that help take the infrastructure of our world to the next level.

DISCLAIMER:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees assigned to this position.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against, on the basis of these factors or of disability.