Senior Construction Manager - Government Projects

Heery; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend Heery is seeking an experienced Senior Construction Manager to join our team in support of large-scale government construction projects. The ideal candidate will have a background overseeing complex initiatives and coordinating between architects, engineers, and suppliers.

The role emphasizes governance, best practices, and timely reporting, with on-site presence required to ensure design standards are applied correctly and milestones are met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, or equivalent.
• 5–7 years of relevant project management experience.
• Strong organizational and collaborative skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and suppliers to deliver compliant projects.
• Analyze, track and manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slips.
• Verify effective project governance, processes and systems are utilized and best practices followed.
• Produce formal project status reports and other required reports.
• Monitor multiple construction projects to ensure adherence to approved design standards.
• Interface with all suppliers through monthly trackers and weekly reviews.
• Communicate project information through regular meetings and written communications.
• Forecast and update key project milestones and monitor local design teams per commission criteria.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, or applicable bachelor’s degree

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

Procore

Job description

• Full-time

Company Description

Founded in 1952 and formerly known as Heery International Inc., the firm operates throughout the United States as part of Turner & Townsend. It specializes in project and program management for public sector organizations, with industry-leading experts in corporate, cultural, healthcare, justice, sports, K-12 education, higher education, aviation and government facilities.

Recognized for service excellence by a broad spectrum of professional organizations and industry publications, the talented multidisciplinary team at Turner & Townsend Heery exceeds client expectations — adding value, best practice and expertise at every turn. The team's unique client-centric culture is integrated into each project and reflects a passion for the built environment and staying true to the client’s vision.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend Heery isseeking an experiencedSenior Construction Managertojoin our team in supportoflarge scale Government construction projects. The ideal individual will have prior experience supporting large-scale construction projects.

Responsibilities:

• Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supplychainsto deliver compliant projects.
• Can analyze, track, and effectively manage critical milestone activities to avoid scheduleslips.
• Verify that effective project governance, processes and systems are utilized
• Ensure application of best practice on all projects.
• Production of formal project status reports and other reports asrequired.
• Monitor the progress of multiple construction projects simultaneously to ensure that the approved design standards areappliedcorrectly.
• Manage the interface between all suppliers through monthly trackers and weekly reviews.
• Manage the flow of project information between the project team through regular meetings and written communications.
• Forecast and update key project milestones.
• Manage andmonitorlocal design teamsin accordance withcommission criteria.
• Provide technical support to owners, architects, generalcontractorsand regional stakeholders.
• Rapid response to RFIs from the field.
• Provideexpertisefor cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance whererequired.
• Independent review of status reports, drawing submittals,timelinesand costs from architects,contractorsand suppliers.
• Client management –assistin developing excellent working relationships with Clients, with a view towards maximizing new opportunities.
• Strategic Thinking -providesadvice to project teams on approaches that can be adopted to successfully achieve both clients’objectivesand businessobjectives.
• Knowledge management – ensure that key information and learnings generated from each projectiscaptured.
• Process improvement – Identify ways to improve internal systems and processes
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, or applicable bachelor’s degree and or equivalent experience.
• Minimum5-7 years of relevantproject managementexperience.
• Strong organizational and management skills –the abilityto work effectively and collaboratively withthebroader team.
• Proficiencyin Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, and construction project management tools.

Additional Information

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs*

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