Senior Project Manager – Heavy Civil, Safety Leader

Clark Group; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Atkinson Construction seeks a Project Manager to serve as the principal company representative on-site, developing a plan that outlines tasks, timelines, and resources to achieve project goals. You will guide communications among stakeholders, manage risk, and monitor progress against schedule and budget, driving results with a hands-on leadership style.

You will champion safety, coordinate with foremen, manage client relations, and contribute to estimating and proposals while ensuring

Qualifications

• Minimum 8-10 years of engineering and general contracting experience on $30M to $250M+ complex, self-perform, heavy-civil construction projects.
• Undergraduate degree in engineering, construction management, or related discipline; or similar field or equivalent work experience
• High degree of initiative, independence, personal responsibility, and integrity
• Willingness to speak up, listen up, ask open-ended questions, and learn from others
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Strong work ethic and ability to work in a fast-paced team environment
• Alignment to our Standards of Excellence: self-motivated, results-oriented, adaptable, team player, accountable, ethical, innovative, resilient, builds relationships, builds people/teams and followership, sets direction and executes

Responsibilities

• Champion and influence Atkinson's Safety Culture
• Ensure the team understands and delivers to the safety culture accountabilities and responsibilities
• Walk the project with foremen and crew members to ensure accountability
• Tackle significant safety culture issues without delay and follow up on agreed-upon action
• Take responsibility for client relations and focus on client needs
• Revenue tracking and reporting
• Ensure accurate estimated costs to complete and future forecasting
• Planning early to avoid unnecessary safety risks, address production and quality concerns, and allow time for input and buy-in from stakeholders
• Making thoughtful, timely decisions to keep the project moving forward
• Having a strategic vs. tactical approach to problem solving (see big picture - investigate vs. define)
• Contributing to winning new work including participating in the estimating, proposal, and presentation efforts (project champion)
• Familiarity with state and local compliance and regulatory requirements
• Communicating clearly, following up, providing support, and holding team accountable for deadlines
• Practicing "win-win" negotiation
• Knowing insurance products and coverages for Atkinson, subcontractors, and vendors as well as the status of subcontractors' and vendors' insurance
• Keeping stakeholders informed

Skills

Initiative

Independence

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Team player

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's in engineering

Job description

Atkinson Construction seeks a Project Manager to serve as the principal company representative on-site, developing a plan that outlines tasks, timelines, and resources to achieve project goals. You will guide communications among stakeholders, manage risk, and monitor progress against schedule and budget, driving results with a hands-on leadership style.

You will champion safety, coordinate with foremen, manage client relations, and contribute to estimating and proposals while ensuring