Project Manager, Construction

Chesapeake Contracting Group; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K match

Wellness programs

Advancement opportunities

Leadership training

Job summary

Chesapeake Contracting Group is seeking a Project Manager in Charlottesville, VA to lead construction projects safely, on schedule, and within budget. You will direct project teams, facilitate meetings, and maintain records, reporting to a Senior PM or Project Executive.

The role emphasizes collaboration with the Site Superintendent and Estimating/Procurement teams, with a focus on value engineering, cost tracking, and successful project closeout.

Qualifications

• Experience leading construction projects from start to finish.
• Ability to coordinate with Site Superintendent and Senior PM.
• Strong organizational and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Participate in preconstruction activities and cost-effective planning.
• Review drawings, prepare RFIs, and develop solutions.
• Prepare preliminary schedules for preconstruction and construction phases.
• Collaborate on project budgets and monitor costs.
• Oversee subcontractor selections and commitments.
• Manage project in Procore including budgets and logs.
• Lead progress meetings and owner billing processes.
• Oversee project closeout and punchlist items.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Scheduling

Communication

Budgeting

Tools

Procore

Job description

The Project Manager develops, coordinates, implements, and manages all activities necessary to construct the project safely, within schedule and budget, and to the quality specified. The Project Manager is accountable for directing project teams, providing general administrative and technical leadership for the project, scheduling and facilitating project meetings, maintaining all project records and monitoring correspondence, as well as supervising the close out of a project.

The Project Manager works in partnership with the Site Superintendent and/or a Senior Project Manager to lead the construction project and reports to either a Senior Project Manager or Project Executive.

Estimating:

• Participate in preconstruction activities, including meetings, subcontractor pricing, and scope of work preparation when necessary
• Review drawings, prepare RFIs, and develop cost-effective solutions
• Prepare preliminary schedules for preconstruction and construction phases

Budgeting:

• Collaborate with the Estimating team to develop project budgets
• Analyze subcontractor estimates, jurisdictional approval costs, and prepare soft cost budgets
• Oversee value-engineering and real-time cost tracking

Procurement:

• Schedule the purchase and delivery of all project related materials, and long lead subcontract items
• Review of plans and specifications, schedule and budget and award commitments to subcontractors
• Oversee the setup of the project in Procore including entering the budget, submittal log, commitments, etc.
• Modify scope of work template based on project specifications for the subcontractor commitments

Project Execution:

• Organize necessary resources, including people, materials, equipment, tools, and time to meet established deadlines and achieve desired results.
• Regularly monitor project progress for adherence to schedule using metrics such as resource utilization compared to percent complete
• Monitor project scope for changes affecting budget and/or schedule making corrections and adjustments as required to maintain the project schedule
• Participate in Superintendent progress meetings and lead Subcontractor progress meetings
• Organize and lead OAC meetings with the project team and stakeholders
• Prepare monthly owner billings and review and approve subcontractor billings
• Oversee project closeout, punchlist, substantial completion and O&M’s

Stakeholder Relations:

• Keep client fully informed of progress on the project and of any significant technical problems/solutions and their effect on design and/or costs
• Understand stakeholder pain points and motivators, and what they need from the general contractor to complete their tasks
• Conduct weekly/bi-weekly progress meetings with the internal project team, Owner, Architect, Engineers and other stakeholders

A flexible work environment

State-of-the-art technology to get the job done

New office spaces designed for today’s working environment

Great benefits including healthcare, 401K match, wellness programs

Opportunities for advancement and leadership training

Compensation Range - $90,000 - $140,000 annually