Traveling Construction Engineer — Lead Global Projects

Turner Construction Company; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner Construction Company in the United States is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead complex construction initiatives, ensuring scope, budget, and quality align with contract documents. The role involves coordinating with base teams, architects, subcontractors, and owners to drive progress on schedule.

Travel is 90-100%. The position requires a Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of construction experience, with a focus on BIM and MS Office, plus strong negotiation and communication

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 4 years of related construction experience.
• Read, understand, and interpret contract documents, drawings, specifications, scopes of work and project schedule.
• Negotiation skills.
• Proficient with BIM and lean methodologies.
• Professional written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrate leadership and interpersonal relationship building skills.
• Proficient in MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Resolve issues related to plans and specifications to avoid delays in work and negative impact to productivity, working with base team, architects, subcontractors, consultants, suppliers, inspectors and other Turner job staff and owner's representatives.
• Manage project budget through Change Order Management process with base team and suppliers/subcontractors; gather productivity and time recording data to reconcile project budget.
• Apply general knowledge of job estimates, contract, and subcontract documents to make decisions related to contract drawings and subcontract information. Ensure all drawings and specifications properly relate to estimate.
• Ensure timely release of materials and equipment for fabrication or manufacture to meet construction schedule. Publish expected delivery dates for each item to responsible supplier/subcontractor, base team, and SPO Field Supervisor.
• Collect invoices and assist with pay application development, and gather trade partner time sheets for billing verification.
• Contribute to development of reports for Operational Review Meeting (ORM), Profit Plan, and Current Account Budget (CAB).
• Distribute schedule, scope details, and other information required for construction to appropriate parties.
• Manage submittals and shop drawings. Assess conformance to contract specifications and coordinate with adjacent and dependent trades to resolve any conflicts in interpretation of documents.
• Negotiate change orders and manage information on changes in work. Prepare quantity analysis, obtain and check estimates for changes from subcontractors and suppliers, obtain approval of the team client, and resolve conflicts.
• Oversee closeout process and prepare final records including RFIs, closeout records, warranties, as-builts, OMs, attic stock, spare parts, and evaluate information to insure compliance with contract documents.
• Supervise staff (including Assistant Engineers, Engineering Assistants, Plan Clerks, Trades employees and Interns), provide timely input on performance appraisals, and approve timesheets.
• Prepare Scope of Work documents for trades.
• Develop General Conditions Items, labor, safety, Change Order logs and Quality Control reports.
• Schedule and manage meetings for subcontractor trade coordination, preconstruction, and submittal reviews.
• Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

Negotiation

Leadership

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

BIM

MS Office

Job description

Turner Construction Company in the United States is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead complex construction initiatives, ensuring scope, budget, and quality align with contract documents. The role involves coordinating with base teams, architects, subcontractors, and owners to drive progress on schedule.

Travel is 90-100%. The position requires a Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of construction experience, with a focus on BIM and MS Office, plus strong negotiation and communication