Traveling Senior Project Manager - MSG - Biotech/Pharma

Turner Construction Company; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner Construction Company is seeking an experienced professional to manage biotech construction projects in Chicago. This full-time position requires a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of ten years’ experience in construction management.

Your role will involve leading teams, managing multiple projects, maintaining compliance with budgets, and enhancing relations with various stakeholders. Ideal candidates will possess strong leadership skills and a thorough understanding of construction principles, estimating, and quality control.

Qualifications

• Minimum of ten years' related experience in construction management.
• Thorough knowledge of estimating, purchasing, and engineering principles.
• Ability to implement leading-edge technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage multiple projects while fostering team development.
• Understand and administer contracts and subcontract agreements.
• Manage budget and financial reporting to adhere to project budget.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Construction Cost Management

Project Scheduling

Quality Assurance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Building Information Models (BIM)

Job description

Job Information

Division: Pharmaceutical

Project Location(s): Chicago, IL 60601 USA

Job Type: Regular

Job Classification: Experienced

Job Family: Construction

Compensation: Salaried Exempt

This position is a full-time traveling assignment supporting our Advanced Technology Group on a Biotech project. Previous biotech/pharma experience is required.

Position Description

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

Reports to

Project Executive, Deputy Operations Manager, or Operations Manager.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• 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.

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. Proven 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.

Other Information

May perform other duties as assigned.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer - race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.