Senior Project Manager

WTS Energy; Florida; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

WTS Energy seeks a Senior Project Manager to oversee administrative activities on large construction projects in Florida, ensuring budget, safety and schedule goals are met. The role directs project teams across sites, with responsibility for procurement, change management and critical documents.

Responsibilities include subcontractor invoicing, owner invoicing, staff planning, and governance of project procedures to resolve issues and keep projects on track.

Qualifications

• Ten years of experience successfully managing administrative activities on a construction project.
• Ability to supervise multiple project managers across geographically distributed projects.
• Proven knowledge of contract documents, cash flow procedures and scheduling.
• Experience driving lean initiatives and value engineering in construction programs.

Responsibilities

• Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable oversight for projects.
• Approve subcontractor and vendor invoices; ensure tax compliance.
• Ensure timely owner invoicing and payment collection.
• Lead business development activities, proposals and presentations.
• Develop staffing plans and project procedures for communication and decision making.

Skills

Team leadership

Budgeting

Scheduling

Contract management

Risk management

Lean/project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Engineering/Construction Management

Job description

The Senior Project Manager (SPM) manages the administrative activities of a project to ensure the fulfillment of contractual requirements while meeting the company's safety, budget, and schedule goals. These roles will provide timely and constructive feedback or corrective action to ensure that each team member contributes to the success of the project and company.

The Project Management role drives lean initiatives forward for their area of responsibility.

The SPM provides direct supervision to a large project team or several smaller teams at different project sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
• Approve subcontractor and vendor invoices for payment and ensure invoices are compliant with project tax requirements.
• Ensure owner invoices are properly and promptly submitted and timely payment is received.
• Business Development
• Participate in proposal strategy, preparation, and presentations.
• Direct preconstruction efforts including scope reviews, price negotiations, value engineering suggestions, etc.
• Documents
• Ensure documents such as design drawings, specifications, requests for information, submittals, field changes, change orders, and schedules are up-to-date and available to all necessary parties.
• Generate and execute a submittal plan, including responsibilities and dates to ensure that the construction activities meet schedule requirements.
• Employee Development and Relations
• Create and execute the project’s staffing plan, including hiring, relocating and terminating employees.
• Establish project procedures for communication, decision-making, and issue-resolution and resolve disputes between coworkers when they impact performance.
• Mentor and coach direct reports, including conducting annual performance reviews with administrative direct reports. Set developmental goals and monitor progress with direct reports.
• Equipment and Materials
• Create and execute the equipment usage plan for the project. Collaborate with superintendents and project managers on other projects to share or transfer equipment, materials and supplies.
• Profitability
• Review and finalize initial project budgets, identify and mitigate threats to the project’s budget goals.
• Prepare and submit budget changes.
• Manage cash flow and take action as needed to ensure a positive cash flow.
• Complete and present project Estimate-To-Complete reports.
• Owner Contracts and Change Management
• Read, understand, and negotiate the project's contract and review design drawings and specifications to identify potential issues.
• Develop the project’s change management strategy. Prepare and submit change orders to the owner's contract according to PC’s procedures.
• Manage the relationship with the owner, architect/engineer, construction manager, and other contractual partners.
• Procurement
• Develop a procurement plan, including responsibilities, target dates, and target amounts.
• Ensure that all capable and qualified subcontractors are invited to bid, and procurement requirements are met.
• Review subcontractor and vendor quotes regarding scope, pricing, and schedule to ensure complete coverage of the work.
• Analyze and negotiate subcontracts, purchase orders, change orders, and subcontract/PO change orders. Award and sign subcontracts, purchase orders, and subcontract/PO change orders.
• Project Start up and Closeout
• Participate in project turnover meetings.
• Create and implement a project close-out plan.
• Manage start-up and commissioning plans and procedures.
• Quality
• Ensure that all work conforms to the plans and specifications.
• Safety
• Enforce the site-specific safety plan, compliance with PC safety policies, OSHA and other safety regulations. Promote safety awareness and constantly inspect the project site for safety issues
• Participate in project safety meetings including weekly meetings and safety incident reviews
• Track project performance as measured by incident rate and cost/man hour
• Schedule
• Identify personnel and equipment resources to create the project schedule, ensure project progress is updated timely and accurately and delays are accounted for.
• Manage project progress and schedule. Identify and mitigate threats to the project’s schedule goals.
• Lead project progress meetings with clients and architects.
• Subcontractors and Vendors
• Prepare and review subcontracts, purchase orders, change orders, and other commitments in CMiC.
• Ensure subcontractors and vendors are properly secured according to company policies.

Core Competencies

• Business Acumen
• Planning and Organizing
• Selecting Talent
• Resolving Conflict
• Coaching and Developing Others
• Facilitating Change
• Driving for Results
• Bachelor’s Degree, in Business, Engineering or Construction Management, preferred
• Thorough knowledge of contract documents, materials, equipment utilization, scheduling, productivity analysis, construction operations and cash flow procedures is essential.
• 10 years of experience successfully managing administrative activities on a construction project
• Must be able to supervise multiple project managers, potentially across projects that are geographically disbursed.