Public Works Project Lead - Heavy Civil

Spear D Construction; North Valley (NM); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance

Retirement plan

Company-provided life insurance

Job summary

Spear D Construction in Albuquerque, NM is seeking a Public Project Manager to oversee budgets, schedules, contracts, and compliance on publicly funded heavy civil projects. You'll coordinate with superintendents, engineers, inspectors, and municipal entities to deliver projects safely, on time, and within budget.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in public works project management, strong communication and documentation skills, and the ability to travel to project sites.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of construction project management experience, preferably in heavy civil or public works.
• Experience coordinating with public agencies and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of prevailing wage, certified payroll, and compliance reporting.

Responsibilities

• Manage public works and publicly funded heavy civil construction projects from award through closeout.
• Oversee project budgets, schedules, contracts, subcontracts, procurement, change orders, and overall project performance.
• Coordinate closely with Superintendents, foremen, field crews, subcontractors, vendors, engineers, inspectors, and public agency representatives.
• Review project plans, specifications, contracts, scopes of work, and bid documents to ensure project requirements are clearly understood.
• Develop and maintain project schedules and identify potential delays, conflicts, or risks before they impact the project.
• Monitor project costs, production, labor, equipment, materials, subcontractor expenses, and overall job profitability.
• Prepare, review, and process RFIs, submittals, change orders, pay applications, purchase orders, and other project documentation.
• Maintain accurate documentation in accordance with public agency, contract, and funding requirements.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, local, and public works requirements.
• Coordinate prevailing wage, certified payroll, workforce reporting, subcontractor documentation, and other compliance requirements when applicable.
• Track contract requirements, project milestones, reporting deadlines, and required approvals.
• Communicate regularly with owners, municipalities, government agencies, engineers, inspectors, and other project stakeholders.
• Attend preconstruction meetings, progress meetings, owner meetings, and project coordination meetings.
• Work with field leadership to ensure labor, equipment, materials, subcontractors, and permits are available when needed.
• Review subcontractor and vendor performance and resolve project-related issues as they arise.
• Identify project risks and develop solutions to protect schedule, budget, quality, and contractual requirements.
• Ensure change-order work is properly documented, priced, submitted, approved, and tracked.
• Support project billing and ensure work completed is accurately reflected in pay applications.
• Maintain organized project records for audits, inspections, reporting, and project closeout.
• Coordinate project closeout, including punch lists, final documentation, warranties, as-builts, and agency acceptance.
• Promote strong communication between the field and office throughout the life of the project.
• Ensure work meets company safety, quality, productivity, and customer service expectations.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Budget management

Leadership

Communication

Documentation

Travel willingness

Excel/Project software

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Project

Construction management software

Job description

Spear D Construction in Albuquerque, NM is seeking a Public Project Manager to oversee budgets, schedules, contracts, and compliance on publicly funded heavy civil projects. You'll coordinate with superintendents, engineers, inspectors, and municipal entities to deliver projects safely, on time, and within budget.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in public works project management, strong communication and documentation skills, and the ability to travel to project sites.