Senior Project Manager - Commercial Construction Leader

theweitzcompany; West Palm Beach (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Bonus program

Benefits: HSA/FSA

Disability programs

Life insurance

Paid time off

401K with match

Tuition reimbursement

Parental leave

Voluntary insurance

Wellness program

Job summary

The Weitz Company in West Palm Beach, FL is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee commercial construction projects from inception to completion, ensuring safety, quality, schedule adherence, and profitability.

Responsibilities include directing project teams, managing client communications, and coordinating preconstruction activities, with a focus on education, municipal, hospitality, aviation, and senior living sectors. Strong leadership and negotiation skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of construction experience working as a project manager.
• Commercial construction experience working for a general contractor (GC) is required
• Experience in education, municipal, hospitality, aviation, and/or senior living construction is required

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee complex construction projects from start to finish, ensuring on-time delivery within budget and high quality.
• Provide direction to project teams while fostering a collaborative team environment, managing team performance, and ensuring adherence to project goals
• Lead client and stakeholder communication, manage expectations, and resolve issues efficiently and effectively
• Prepare and manage project schedule, identify and address long lead items, update project plan as needed, initiate changes to ensure adherence
• Negotiate and execute change orders, subcontracts, and purchase orders
• Complete monthly project status reports, owner billings, and financial risk assessments
• Identify and recommend value engineering and scope reduction opportunities
• Implement quality control and quality assurance program and measures to ensure project meets and exceeds required standards and identify areas for improvement
• Ensure project safety plan is completed and communicated to project team and subcontractors
• Assist with preconstruction efforts andmanage buy-out process
• Detect constructability issues with project design
• Understand contract terms, budgets, insurances, bonds and change orders; ensure adherence including work progress being within scope
• Foster positive relationships with both internal and external parties
• Lead, develop, and mentor team members

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Stakeholder relations

Budgeting

Scheduling

Change management

Quality control

Safety planning

Mentoring

Negotiation

Communication

Analytical thinking

Decision making

Conflict resolution

Adaptability

Detail oriented

Team development

Tools

JDE

Procore

Bluebeam

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Outlook

Job description

The Weitz Company in West Palm Beach, FL is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee commercial construction projects from inception to completion, ensuring safety, quality, schedule adherence, and profitability.

Responsibilities include directing project teams, managing client communications, and coordinating preconstruction activities, with a focus on education, municipal, hospitality, aviation, and senior living sectors. Strong leadership and negotiation skills are essential.