Construction Project Manager - Mechanical/Plumbing

Hoar Construction; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Hoar Construction is seeking a Project Manager for Mechanical/Plumbing in Houston. The role focuses on managing schedule, budget, quality, safety, and client relationships in coordination with the Superintendent.

You will oversee subcontractors, procurement, submittals, and quality control of mechanical and plumbing scopes. Responsibilities include planning meetings, budget tracking, change orders, contract administration, and maintaining strong client relationships.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Building Science, Construction Management, Civil Engineering or related field.
• 5-8 years of experience in large, complex facility construction and on-site management.
• Detailed knowledge of construction processes, budgeting, accounting and procurement.
• Proficiency with MS Office and project scheduling tools (Suretrak, Project, P6, Procore, Revit, VICO).
• LEED accreditation preferred.
• Valid Driver's License required.

Responsibilities

• Attend planning and project status meetings.
• Develop and maintain the project plan with status reports, projections, and change orders.
• Prepare project administration and correspondence.
• Build industry relationships to generate future opportunities.
• Maintain contract files, budgets and job cost reports.
• Oversee submittals, RFIs, RFPs, material procurement, and QA of mechanical/plumbing scopes.
• Lead owner-architect-contractor meetings to monitor project status.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Building Science, Construction Management, Civil Engineering or related field

Tools

MS Office

Suretrak

Project

P6

Procore

Revit

VICO

Job description

The Project Manager - Mechanical/Plumbing is responsible for managing the schedule, budget, quality, safety and relationships of a construction project in partnership with the Superintendent. This position plans and coordinates all aspects of the construction process to effectively manage the risk at hand. This includes managing subcontractors, contract negotiations, client expectations, dispute resolution, estimating/pricing, material procurement and schedule production. This position will be working directly with trade partners and be responsible for the management of submittals, procurement, and quality control of the mechanical and plumbing scopes.

Responsibilities:

• Attend planning meetings and project status meetings.
• Develop and maintain the project plan by producing summary status reports, issuing monthly projections, and change orders, change proposals/pricing for both the owner and the subcontractor(s), creating/monitoring pay applications and cash flow in an effort to manage the budget.
• Develop all project administration, correspondence, letters etc.
• Develop industry relationships and expand professional networks that have potential to generate future sales opportunities.
• Maintain a complete understanding of job contract and contract documents.
• Maintain the Job Cost Report, ledgers, and budget.
• Oversee the work of assistant project managers and participates in delivering training for other project and some field staff.
• Manage all submittal approvals, RFI's, RFP's, SWA's, EWO's, PCO's, Material Procurement.
• Coordinate delivery of material and supplies to job sites.
• Initiate, organize, and attend project meetings with appropriate members of the project team and ensure that meeting agendas and meeting minutes are produced and distributed to attendees and other necessary parties.
• Attend owner and project meetings, maintain continuous client contact to gauge performance perceptions and communicate relevant information to Project Team.
• Cultivates and maintains a strong relationship with current and potential clients.
• Ensures all contract files are set up properly, contract reporting is timely and accurate and no contract activity goes unbilled.
• Implement and ensure that the project closeout process is done on each job, which includes an electronic file with all necessary documentation included and in an organized and standardized fashion.
• Keeps abreast of competition, area growth trends, market studies and other circumstances of possible impact on regional operations. Keeps abreast of legislative development and government actions affecting the Company.
• Lead regular owner-architect-contractor meetings in order to monitor and assess the status of construction projects and facilitate proper planning.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Building Science, Construction Management, Civil Engineering or related field required
• 5-8 years of experience in large, complex facility construction and on-site experience in the management of new construction and the renovation of existing assets required. Mixed-use and/or Office construction experience preferred
• Detailed knowledge of the construction process, budgeting, accounting and procurement in order to manage a construction project required
• Computer skills including MS Office and scheduling software such as Suretrak, Project, P6, Procore, Revit, VICO or equivalent required
• LEED Accreditation preferred
• Valid Driver's License required

Physical Demands and Working Environment:

The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Environment: Work is performed mainly in an indoor and outdoor setting with exposure to all types of weather and temperature conditions, and travel from site to site.

Physical: Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting; to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight; to operate equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination; to travel to other locations using various modes of private and commercial transportation; and to verbally communicate to exchange information.

Vision: See in the normal visual range with or without correction.

Hearing: Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.

EOE - Vets/Disabilities