Senior Project Manager

Balfour Beatty US; Stone Mountain, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Balfour Beatty US is seeking a Senior Project Manager for our Stone Mountain, GA team to lead the overall direction, completion, and financial outcome of assigned construction projects.

You will oversee contract administration, change orders, submittals, procurement, project financial projections, and scheduling to ensure quality, profitability, and safety compliance in line with our Safety/Zero Harm culture.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of commercial construction experience, with specific experience on K-12/educational projects.
• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Engineering, Architecture, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Proven experience developing and working within demanding client relationships, demonstrating excellent communication.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Proven experience with project manager software (Constructware, P6, Timberline).

Responsibilities

• Creates and manages the construction schedule with scheduling teams and field staff.
• Develops an organizational and responsibilities matrix at project start and identifies required resources.
• Reviews contract documents with project participants to ensure on-time and within-budget completion.
• Coordinates subcontractors and suppliers to meet project schedules.
• Oversees project administration, schedules, milestones, and close-out checklists; delegates tasks accordingly.
• Implements safety, EEO, risk management, training, and quality control programs on-site.
• Prepares monthly Projected Final Cost (PFR) and Labor Cost Reports (LCR) projections.
• Fosters relationships with customers, design teams, subcontractors, suppliers, and user groups to meet expectations.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Attention to detail

Project management software

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Constructware

P6

Timberline

Job description

The Role

Joining Balfour Beatty as a Senior Project Manager in our Stone Mountain, GA team you will be responsible for the overall direction, completion, and financial outcome of construction projects assigned to you. You will direct and supervise activities related to contract administration, change orders, submittals, procurement, project financial projections, and schedule requirements to ensure projects are completed with quality, profitable, adhering to our Safety/Zero Harm culture.

Essential Functions

• Collaborates with scheduling, superintendent, subcontractors, and suppliers to create a construction schedule.
• Develop an organizational and responsibilities matrix at the start of each project and determine the resources needed for the project (e.g., people, tools, equipment, materials, internal and external services).
• Review the contract documents with all project participants (e.g., customers, employees, subcontractors, suppliers, government regulators, utilities) to ensure work is completed on time and within budget.
• Coordinate and deliver all requirements for subcontractors and suppliers to meet project schedules.
• Responsible for project administration and daily operations. Prepares and maintains the project schedule, milestone dates, and close-out checklist. Reviews with project staff each quarter and assigns responsibilities, execution, and follow-up plans.
• Ensures that project site and company assets are secure and maintains a safe and respectful working environment at all times by implementing programs for safety and loss prevention, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), risk management, training, and quality control. Implements and facilitates project specific SAP.
• Develops and completes monthly Projected Final Cost Report (PFR) and Labor Cost Report (LCR) projections on time.
• Builds effective relationships with customers, design team, subcontractors, suppliers, and user groups that reflect and support company core values and meets or exceeds the customer’s expectations.

What you will need

• Minimum 10 years of commercial construction experience, with specific experience working on K-12/educational institution projects.
• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Engineering, Architecture, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Proven experience developing and working within demanding client relationships, demonstrating excellent communication.
• Demonstrated attention to detail, with the ability to deliver the highest quality product and lead teams to do the same.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Proven experience with project manager software (Constructware, P6, Timberline, etc.).