Public Works Project Lead — Heavy Civil PM

Speardnm; Albuquerque (NM); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance

Retirement plan

Life insurance

Job summary

Spear D Construction is seeking a Public Project Manager to lead heavy civil/public works projects in Albuquerque, NM. You will manage budgets, schedules, contracts, and coordination with public agencies, field teams, and stakeholders to ensure safe, on-time, and on-budget delivery.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in public works project management, with experience navigating prevailing wage and compliance reporting, and a strong focus on documentation and communication across all project

Qualifications

• 5+ years of construction project management experience, preferably in heavy civil or public works.
• Experience managing public works, municipal, state, or federal funded projects.
• Experience working with public agencies, municipalities, engineers, inspectors, and government representatives.
• Strong understanding of construction plans, contracts, schedules, scopes of work, and project documentation.
• Knowledge of prevailing wage, certified payroll, compliance, and public project 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 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 requirements are understood.
• Develop and maintain project schedules and identify potential delays, conflicts, or risks.
• Monitor project costs, production, labor, equipment, materials, subcontractor expenses, and profitability.
• Prepare, review, and process RFIs, submittals, change orders, pay applications, purchase orders, and other docs.
• Maintain documentation for audits, inspections, reporting, and closeout.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, local, and public works requirements.

Skills

Public project management

Budget management

Scheduling

Communication

Vendor & subcontractor coordination

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

Outlook

Job description

Spear D Construction is seeking a Public Project Manager to lead heavy civil/public works projects in Albuquerque, NM. You will manage budgets, schedules, contracts, and coordination with public agencies, field teams, and stakeholders to ensure safe, on-time, and on-budget delivery.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in public works project management, with experience navigating prevailing wage and compliance reporting, and a strong focus on documentation and communication across all project