Project Manager

John Burns; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401K with company contribution

Profit sharing

Long-term disability

Job summary

John Burns is seeking a Project Manager to ensure cross-functional coordination, documentation, and client interaction on transit projects. This role reports to a Senior PM or Program Manager and may supervise assistants, project engineers, sub-contractors, and suppliers.

You will manage submittals, cost tracking, and scheduling while maintaining safety and quality across projects. Collaboration with customers and internal teams is essential to deliver on time and within budget.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of PM experience.
• 3 years of experience working on transit projects.
• Print reading and accurate take-offs.
• Familiar with JBCC procedures.

Responsibilities

• Project Documentation – detail, measure and document per project requirements.
• Submittals/Material Management – log submittals and push for approvals.
• Maintain collaborative relationships with customers, engineers, foremen, suppliers and subcontractors.
• Financial – track cost vs. budget and forecast financial status; invoice for completed work.
• Plan/Specifications – study plan/spec requirements and ensure team understands documents.
• Project Labor Units – track estimated labor units.
• Schedule – develop/update baseline and weekly/daily schedules; monitor progress.
• Safety – ensure Job Hazard Analysis is completed and site is safe to excavate.
• Integrity – resolve internal and external issues promptly.
• Recruiting – participate in mentoring and recruiting PMs, engineers and assistants.

Skills

Project management

MS Excel

MS Word

PowerPoint

Schedule planning

Print reading

Cost tracking

Tools

P6

HCSS

Job description

The Project Manager’s role is to ensure consistent departmental communication and coordinator. This role reports to a Senior PM or Program Manager. The person in this role may also be required to supervise Assistant Project Managers, Project Engineers, Sub-Contractors, and Suppliers.

We’re looking for you to do the following:

• Project Documentation – Follows JBCC procedures to detail, measure and document per project requirements
• Submittals/Material Management – Comply with all project submittal requirements. Accurate log and track submittal status and push for approval with sense of urgency.
• Relationships – Responsible to ensure collaborative team approach to all projects. This includes maintaining a positive relationship with all parties involved in the project: customer, resident engineer, foreman, construction manager, key suppliers, and key subcontractors.
• Financial – Track and accurately report real-time cost vs. budget information. Accurately forecast financial status. Invoice on time for 100% of work completed during pay period.
• Plan/Specifications – Study and understand plan/spec requirements for all assigned work. Ensure project team has and understands most recent documents.
• Project Labor Units – Understand and accurately track estimated labor units
• Schedule - Develop and update baseline, two week, one week and daily schedule to reflect accurate labor, material, equipment and subcontract time requirements and project constraints. Measure and report on schedule against actual progress and implement appropriate corrective actions as necessary.
• Safety - Job Hazard Analysis is complete and distributed prior to Preconstruction meeting and is onsite at all times. Ensure site is safe/legal to excavate.
• Integrity - expeditiously and reasonably resolve all internal team issues and conflicts, as well as, all external client concerns and issues.
• Recruiting - Actively Participate in identifying potential Project Managers, both internal and external, and get actively involved in the mentorship, recruiting and training of project management candidates, Project Engineers and Assistant Project Managers.

You Have:

• Experience – 3-6 Years of PM experience
• Experience - 3 Years of experience working on transit projects/jobs
• Print Reading -- ability to read prints and produce accurate take-offs
• Labor units – ability to source and learn labor units for assigned work
• Computer Skills – Proficient in MS Excel, Word, PPT, P6, HCSS

We Have:

• A team-based culture that rewards collaboration, problem solving and process improvement
• A commitment to your professional development
• Varied career path opportunities across the different disciplines in the company
• A new, robust enterprise resource planning software solution
• Great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401K with company contribution, profit sharing, long-term disability
• Team outings, and an opportunity to get involved and make a difference with various charities in the community