Project Manager

JW Resources; Scranton (Lackawanna County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

JW Resources in Scranton, PA is seeking a Construction Project Manager to plan, direct, and coordinate heavy civil/heavy highway construction projects, ensuring goals are met on time and within funding parameters.

You will lead professional staff, coordinate activities to keep projects on schedule and within budget, review estimates, assign duties, and provide safety leadership through the project lifecycle, including closeout and claims processing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field from an accredited institution and 3+ years of heavy civil/heavy highway construction management experience.
• Heavy civil construction, estimating and project management experience required.

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct, and coordinate construction projects to meet goals within time and funding.
• Manage professional staff responsible for project construction.
• Direct and coordinate project personnel to keep on schedule and within budget.
• Review project estimates to determine schedule, costs, procedures, staffing, and resources.
• Outline work plans, assign duties, and define scope of authority.
• Review status, modify schedules, and prepare reports for management, owners, and subcontractors.
• Provide positive safety leadership on the project.
• Coordinate material purchases and ensure change orders are issued.
• Conduct performance reviews with subordinates.
• Manage subcontractor, owner and public relations.
• Participate in project presentations to elected officials and stakeholders.
• Project closeout, paperwork, retainages, expedite claims.

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Scheduling

Safety Leadership

Staff Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in related field

3+ years heavy civil/highway construction management experience

Job description

Plan, direct, and coordinate construction of heavy civil/heavy highway construction projects to ensure goals or objectives of projects are accomplished within prescribed time frame and funding parameters. This will be achieved by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors.

• Manage professional staff responsible for project construction
• Direct and coordinate activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget
• Review project estimate or plan to determine schedule, estimated job cost, procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of project
• Oversee coordination with project staff to outline work plans, assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority
• Review status and modify schedules or plans as required and prepares project reports for management, owners, and subcontractors
• Provide positive safety leadership to the project
• Coordinate resource use with project superintendent; for example, craft assignment, crew sizes and project layout for offices, traffic flow, and material storage
• Responsible for claims management and documentation
• Coordinate material purchases, assure that subcontractor agreements are prepared and change orders are accurate and issued to owners, subcontractors and suppliers
• Conduct performance reviews with subordinates
• Manage subcontractor, owner and public relations
• Participate in project presentations to elected officials, general public and other stake holders
• Responsible for project closeout to include finishing paperwork, obtaining retainages, supporting supervisor and expediting claims

Desired Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field from an accredited institution and 3 + years of heavy civil/heavy highway construction management experience
• Heavy civil construction, estimating and project management experience required