Construction Project Manager: Drive Budgets & Timelines

Kent Companies; Fort Mill (SC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

PTO (Paid Time Off)

Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

Supplemental insurance options

Retirement plans with discretionary?em

Job summary

Kent Companies is seeking a Project Manager for our Fort Mill, SC operations to lead project setup, scheduling, budgeting, and on-time completion while upholding quality and safety standards. You will coordinate with the Operations Manager and Superintendent, manage change orders, submittals, and vendor relationships to keep projects profitable and aligned with contract requirements.

The role requires 5+ years of project management experience in construction, a bachelor's degree, and the ability

Qualifications

• Five (5) years of experience managing projects and concrete scopes as a sub-contractor or self-performing general contractor.
• Bachelor's degree in construction, engineering, or business.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including presenting advice clearly and concisely.
• Be able and willing to solve challenges through innovation; work with minimal direction and supervision; proactive, not reactive.
• Valid driver’s license
• Must have reliable transportation to the workplace(s)/ job location(s).
• Ability to pass drug screening.
• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall job performance, including costs, schedule, revenue, over/under billings, cash flow, and profitability.
• Builds and monitors budgets and schedules that meet client expectations by providing weekly progress reports and feedback for further financial analysis.
• Review/confirm contracts for scope and general inclusions & exclusions.
• Establish a schedule of values and ensure monthly billings accurately reflect job progress and promote positive cash flow.
• Manages and tracks all project costs to ensure project progress aligns at or better than the established budget.
• Works with the operations manager and superintendent to identify potential schedule impacts, including scope, weather, manpower, and changes, and facilitates mitigation plans for these impacts.
• Owns the buyout process by verifying pricing and scope, identifies successful bidders, provides gap analysis against initial scope, and manages the issuance of subcontracts.
• Manages the submittal schedule set-up. Coordinates priorities with the team. Reviews and approves all shop drawings and samples before submission to customers, architects, or engineers.
• Foster vendor and subcontractor relationships to potentially create budget savings for project buyouts.
• Ensures approved submittals are returned to subcontractors and available to the project team per the project schedule and the contract.
• Work with the Superintendent to ensure the crew’s time, job details, logistics, and materials are delivered according to the project schedule.
• Manage all changes with scope and project drawings to determine their cost impact on the budget. Process changes with the field to keep projects on schedule and determine if change orders are needed. Create, submit, and collect accurate change orders to ensure scope changes are reflected in project contract value.
• Review daily job performance and update the senior management team on changes.
• Leads the project start-up process, including job forms, certificate requests, submittals, schedule of values, etc.
• Leads the close-out process and manages punch list items with customers and field. As well as retention collection.
• Work remotely at the project site as needed.

Skills

Project management

Budgeting

Scheduling

Communication

Problem solving

Valid driver’s license

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction, engineering, or business

Job description

Kent Companies is seeking a Project Manager for our Fort Mill, SC operations to lead project setup, scheduling, budgeting, and on-time completion while upholding quality and safety standards. You will coordinate with the Operations Manager and Superintendent, manage change orders, submittals, and vendor relationships to keep projects profitable and aligned with contract requirements.

The role requires 5+ years of project management experience in construction, a bachelor's degree, and the ability