Senior Project Manager (Higher Education) - Detroit

Turner Construction Company; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner Construction Company in Detroit, MI seeks an experienced leader to direct the management of multiple construction projects. You will build high‑performing teams, supervise staff, and ensure timely performance against budget and schedule.

Responsibilities include maintaining Master Project Schedule, managing QA/QC, and fostering strong owner, architect, subcontractor, and vendor relations. Proficiency with BIM/Lean and contract documents is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 10+ years of related construction experience.
• Thorough knowledge of construction cost, scheduling, estimating, purchasing and engineering principles.
• Proven ability to read, understand, and interpret contracts, drawings, specs, scopes of work and schedules.
• Ability to implement BIM and Lean approaches to benefit the project.
• Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, direct and coordinate management of multiple projects.
• Develop and maintain Master Project Schedule and ensure timely implementation.
• Manage budget and financial reporting; interpret reports for budget adherence.
• Oversee QA/QC program and field operations/engineering processes.
• Foster owner, architect, subcontractor and vendor relations.
• Drive safety protocol enforcement and insurance/labor/employee relations.
• Coordinate with Preconstruction on project development when needed.
• Communicate progress via regular Operation Review Meetings.

Skills

Leadership

Team development

Communication

Contract administration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

BIM/Lean knowledge

Job description

Position Description: Leads, directs and coordinates the overall management of multiple projects.

Reports to: Project Executive, Deputy Operations Manager or Operations Manager

• Develop a high-performance team through supervision, training, coaching, and mentoring. Ensure regular feedback is shared with staff including timely completion of employee performance appraisals.
• Understand and administer Turner's contract and subcontract agreements.
• Foster and enhance owner, architect, subcontractor and vendor relations.
• Establish, update, and communicate Master Project Schedule and manage its implementation.
• May work with Preconstruction team in development of project.
• Manage budget and financial reporting, interpret and analyze reports to ensure adherence to project budget.
• Manage the Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Program.
• Manage and oversee field operation and engineering processes and procedures.
• Drive competencies to team on requirements for insurance, labor relations, and employee relations.
• Drive enforcement of safety protocols by the project staff.
• Work with Accounting to initiate Pay Application process and follow up to ensure payment is received in a timely manner.
• Keep management informed on progress of project and budget through regularly scheduled Operation Review Meetings (ORMs).
• Support and drive utilization of various Turner initiatives and technologies.

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Qualifications: Bachelor's degree plus a minimum of ten years' related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience. Thorough knowledge of construction cost, scheduling, estimating, purchasing and engineering principles and techniques, as well as accounting principles. Prove written and verbal communication abilities; proficiency with computer applications including Microsoft Office Suite. Ability to read, understand and interpret contract documents, drawings, specifications, scopes of work and project schedule. Ability to implement leading-edge technologies such as Building Information Models (BIM) and Lean to benefit the project. Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills.

Physical Demands: Performance of the required duties will require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performing this job requires use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk and hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works on-site at the construction work site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.

*May perform other duties as assigned.

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