Construction Project Manager - Allentown, PA

Arora Engineers LLC; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Arora Engineers LLC seeks a Construction Manager to provide direction for existing or new projects, acting as client liaison to protect the company’s interests while maintaining strong client relationships.

You will oversee planning, design, construction and closeout, coordinate field activities, monitor schedules and budgets, review progress and billing, and ensure safety and quality on airport-related facilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction, engineering, or architecture.
• 5+ years of progressive responsibility within the construction industry.
• Airport project experience on terminals, facilities, and airfield operations at medium/large airports.
• Valid US driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall project and construction management support across planning, design, construction and closeout.
• Coordinate to verify client requirements are met during construction.
• Coordinate field work with all trades and conduct progress meetings.
• Prepare progress charts, construction schedules and reports.
• Review monthly billing and certify payments to contractors.
• Generate weekly status reports.
• Escort and supervise site access and coordinate peak/off-peak activities.
• Ensure project database is current and maintained.
• Prepare high quality reports and communicate project changes.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Prioritization

Detail-oriented

Safety awareness

Driving record

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.