Project Manager

Socket.dev; Charlotte (NC); 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

Retirement plans with discretionary em

Holiday pay (multiple holidays)

Scholarship opportunities for depend}

Job summary

Kent Companies is seeking a Project Manager to oversee the setup and completion of projects within budget and on schedule, ensuring Kent’s quality and safety standards and customer satisfaction. The role partners with the Operations Manager and Superintendent to plan corrective actions, manage buyouts, submittals, and change orders, and keep projects on track.

Responsibilities include leading start-up and close-out, coordinating submittals, and maintaining strong vendor relationships, with work

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

• Oversee costs, schedule, revenue, 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 reflect job progress.
• Manage and track all project costs to ensure progress aligns with budget.
• Identify schedule impacts and facilitate mitigation plans with the team.

Skills

Project management

Budgeting

Scheduling

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction, engineering, or business

Job description

Summary

The Project Manager is responsible for the overall setup and completion of projects within budget and on schedule, to Kent’s quality and safety standards, and to the customer’s satisfaction. This position works with the Operations Manager and Superintendent to create corrective action plans to maintain budgets and position the field team to overcome obstacles and potentially accelerate the project schedule.

Duties and 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.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties and Responsibilities are not comprehensive and can be changed at any time, with or without notice.

Required Experience, Education, and 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.

Preferred education and experience

Bilingual (Spanish/English)

• Valid driver’s license
• Must have reliable transportation to the workplace(s)/ job location(s).
• Ability to successfully pass a background check related to driving (for any driver)
• Ability to pass drug screening.
• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and in the future.

Kent Companies provides its employees with one of the most competitive compensation and benefits packages in the construction industry. Benefits vary by location, with a fully customized benefits package presented upon hire. Typical benefits packages include:

• Weekly pay
• PTO (Paid Time Off)
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Supplemental insurance options
• Retirement plans with discretionary employer-matching
• Holiday pay (New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day)
• Scholarship opportunities for dependents
• Leadership development opportunities