Transit Project Manager: Lead, Schedule & Deliver

John Burns; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

John Burns seeks an experienced Project Manager to ensure effective communication and coordination across projects. This role may supervise Assistant PMs, Project Engineers, Sub-Contractors and Suppliers, reporting to a Senior PM or Program Manager.

You will manage documentation, submittals, relationships, and financials, while maintaining current plan/specs, tracking labor units, and leading scheduling, safety and recruiting efforts within transit projects.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of project management experience on transit projects.
• Ability to read prints and produce accurate take-offs.
• Experience sourcing and learning labor units for work packages.
• Proficient in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint and scheduling tools like P6/HCSS.

Responsibilities

• Project Documentation – detail, measure and document per JBCC procedures.
• Submittals/Material Management – log submittals and push for approvals with urgency.
• Relationships – maintain collaborative relationships with customers, engineers, foremen and suppliers.
• Financial – track cost vs. budget and invoice for work completed.
• Plan/Specifications – ensure team has the latest plan/spec documents.
• Project Labor Units – track and update labor units for tasks.
• Schedule – develop and update baseline, 2/1 week and daily schedules and report progress.
• Safety – ensure Job Hazard Analysis is complete and site is safe to excavate.
• Integrity – resolve internal and external project issues promptly.
• Recruiting – participate in mentoring and recruiting for PM roles.

Skills

PM experience

Transit project experience

Print reading

Labor units

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

PPT

P6

HCSS

Job description

John Burns seeks an experienced Project Manager to ensure effective communication and coordination across projects. This role may supervise Assistant PMs, Project Engineers, Sub-Contractors and Suppliers, reporting to a Senior PM or Program Manager.

You will manage documentation, submittals, relationships, and financials, while maintaining current plan/specs, tracking labor units, and leading scheduling, safety and recruiting efforts within transit projects.