Project Manager

Conti Civil, LLC.; Newark (NJ); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Wages

Benefit package

Growth Opportunities

Job summary

An established industry player in construction is seeking a Project Manager to lead infrastructure projects. This role is crucial for building a high-performing team, ensuring safety and quality, and maintaining strong client relationships. The Project Manager will oversee project execution, manage costs, and foster a collaborative environment. With a commitment to excellence and a supportive workplace culture, this opportunity offers competitive wages and growth potential. If you're passionate about construction and want to make a significant impact, this position is for you.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Heavy Civil Construction required.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering/Construction Management or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead project teams to ensure safety, quality, and profitability.
• Manage client relations and develop new work opportunities.
• Ensure adherence to project schedules and budgets.

Skills

Project Management

Client Relations

Risk Management

Cost Estimation

Contract Management

Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering/Construction Management

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

Conti Civil LLC is a fourth generation, privately owned construction leader specializing in infrastructure projects. Built on a 110+ year foundation of honesty and integrity, our company has grown and evolved with each generation to where we are today: a highly respected civil contractor for clients nationwide.

We are known for our platform of outstanding project execution. Our track record of delivering high impact construction projects to our clients and our extraordinary commitment to our core values, employees, and communities where we work has been the foundation of our success and longevity. We strive to be the company of choice for our employees, clients, and stakeholders and have earned dozens of awards for project excellence, safety performance and as the best place to work.

The Project Manager leads the project team and works in partnership with our Field Management to build a safe, high-quality, profitable project while beating the estimated budgets and improving the total Operating Profit margin over the original bid. The Project Manager role is key to fostering great client relations and developing our employees. This position is responsible for safe work plans, client negotiations, risk management, cost estimation, contract management, and execution strategy. In addition, the PM is responsible for the business side of the project. This position is based in New Jersey.

Responsibilities:

• Passionately builds the team by attracting, interviewing, assessing, mentoring and retaining Top Performers.
• Leads and enforces the safety policies and procedures and addresses non-compliance among all employees, subcontractors and vendors.
• Utilizes daily huddles to promote communication, resolve issues and share ideas, so the projects are expeditiously and profitably constructed.
• Leads the development of the project schedule with the Superintendent and ensures the team is executing to the plan.
• Maximizes cash flow by aggressively adhering to the project invoicing schedule and ensures the team accurately documents and submits all receivables, quantity as-builts, change orders and claims.
• Works to beat the labor and other cost budgets.
• Produces complete subcontracts and ensures all subcontractors execute to the agreement and the company’s standards. Ensures the required documentation is received in a timely manner.
• Estimates, prices and negotiates owner initiated extra work, change of scope items, and contract deletions to maximize profits.
• Actively develops client relations to generate opportunities for new work.
• Actively participates in Marketing and Estimating department activities to develop capture plans, teaming strategies, technical approach and bid strategies.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering/Construction Management or equivalent work experience
• 7+ years of relevant experience (Self perform- Heavy Civil Construction experience is required)
• Demonstrated success managing subcontractors and developing and executing innovative project changes.
• Demonstrated success in developing cost to complete, costing and pricing Change Orders, and maximizing profits.
• Background in project start-up meetings, subcontractor and vendor buyouts, owner estimates, sub/vendor requisitions, and cost to complete.
• Working Knowledge of MS Word, Excel

What you need to know:

• Competitive Wages
• Benefit package
• Growth Opportunities

Conti is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment must take a pre-employment drug test and receive a negative result as a condition.

Important Notice to Recruitment Agencies and Candidates: Conti has a strict policy regarding unsolicited resumes. We will only consider resumes submitted directly by candidates. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Conti, including those sent to Conti’s mailing addresses, email addresses, or directly to Conti employees, will be treated as the property of Conti. We will not be liable for any fees associated with unsolicited resumes.

For recruitment agencies: Please note that Conti will only engage with agencies that have received prior written authorization from our Director of Human Resources. Agencies must secure this approval before submitting resumes, and only in connection with a specific job opening that is covered by a fully executed service agreement.

Conti will not compensate any agency that submits resumes without a formal agreement in place. All agency agreements must be in writing and signed by an authorized representative of Human Resources. No other employee is authorized to enter into any agreement on behalf of Conti regarding candidate placements.

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