Project Manager
- Healthcare, Education & Industrial Construction
- Chicago
- $130,000 TO $170,000 + Package
- JOB-1204TR SLE
The appointed Project Manager will be responsible for the overall safety, quality, direction, completion, and financial outcome of construction projects from initial budget through to closeout.
The Position:
The successful candidate will:
- Work with the pre-construction team to scope and estimate projects
- Establish operation priorities and ensure safety and quality on every project
- Ensure customer satisfaction by identifying and exceeding client needs
- Estimate, value engineer and develop project budgets
- Facilitate the subcontractor bid process to include processing, distribution and tracking of all project bidding documentation
- Negotiate subcontractor and material buyout, developing and negotiating subcontracts
- Manage jobs in progress including subcontractor coordination, conflict resolution and documentation
- Manage project costs through the ongoing evaluation of labor, material and equipment
- Forecast and analyze construction costs, exposures and profits through project completion
- Provide leadership through building relationships, motivating others, providing clear direction and driving cooperative teamwork
- Provide training and serve as a mentor to less experienced personnel
- Interact with clients and potential clients to identify and pursue potential work
- Prepare and participate in client presentations and project interviews
- Negotiate and secure new business
The Candidate:
Applicants will be expected to demonstrate:
- Exemplary safety, relationship building, quality, and leadership skills
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal
- A minimum B.S. in Construction Engineering or related technical area
- Experience of delivering projects typically valuing in excess of $20 million
- 5 to 10 years’ related experience, ideally within healthcare, education, industrial or manufacturing projects
- Proficiency in the use of software programs and templates to process, distribute and track all project documentation
The Company:
With offices throughout the Midwest, our client is a national general contracting and construction management firm that primarily serves the private sector. The company provides clients with the experience and resources of a national company, combined with the hands-on approach of a local company.