Senior Construction Project Leader

Actalent; Paramus (NJ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Short and long-term disability

Health Spending Account

Transportation benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Actalent is seeking a Construction Project Leadership professional to guide our construction project management team in Paramus, NJ. The role focuses on overseeing project managers, delegating workloads, and maintaining a comprehensive project schedule while managing contracts, billing, procurement, documentation, warranties, and closeouts.

The candidate will lead the team, review performance, escalate risks, coordinate with field operations, and produce monthly status and financial reports.

Qualifications

• 6-10 years of experience as a Project Manager or Senior Project Manager, particularly in Heavy Civil, DOT Projects, or governmental agencies.
• Ability to manage schedules, budgets, look-aheads, and construction paperwork.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Bluebeam or Procore, RFI, and Change Order processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage, support, and hold project managers accountable.
• Create and update the project schedule.
• Assign and delegate workloads.
• Establish department priorities and monitor deadlines, contracts, billing, procurement, documentation, maintenance, warranties, and closeout.
• Review project performance and address deficiencies.
• Escalate major risks, client issues, financial concerns, and staffing needs.
• Coordinate daily with the field operations regarding field priorities and resource requirements.
• Maintain a current list of all active projects and evaluate each project managers workload, experience, and capacity.
• Assign projects based on complexity, value, risk, schedule, location, client, and workload.
• Reassign projects when workloads become unbalanced.
• Identify projects requiring direct involvement or increased oversight.
• Maintain various schedules including seasonal, two-week look-ahead, weekly, and daily coordination.
• Provide monthly management reports addressing project status, schedule performance, billing and requisitions, procurement, budget and cost concerns, and major risks.
• Conduct contract reviews to identify scope of work, exclusions, billing requirements, and any unusual financial, operational, or legal exposure.
• Oversee project managers in performing contract reviews, change orders, client communication, budget management, and project closeout.

Skills

Leadership

Schedule management

Budgeting

Contract review

Risk management

Tools

Microsoft Project

Bluebeam

Procore

RFI

Change Orders

Job description

Actalent is seeking a Construction Project Leadership professional to guide our construction project management team in Paramus, NJ. The role focuses on overseeing project managers, delegating workloads, and maintaining a comprehensive project schedule while managing contracts, billing, procurement, documentation, warranties, and closeouts.

The candidate will lead the team, review performance, escalate risks, coordinate with field operations, and produce monthly status and financial reports.