Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for managing all administrative and field construction activities to ensure quality standards and project profitability. They will lead project teams, oversee project schedules, manage budgets, and foster positive relationships with all stakeholders.

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 10 years of commercial construction experience working for a general contractor. Proficiency in project management software and strong leadership, negotiation, and communication skills are required.

Skills

• Project management
• Commercial construction
• Leadership
• Conflict resolution
• Budgeting
• Scheduling
• Change order management
• Subcontractor management
• Value engineering
• Risk assessment
• Communication
• Analytical thinking
• Negotiation
• Procore
• Bluebeam
• JDE

About this role

Job Description:
The Weitz Company is hiring a Senior Construction Project Manager to support Commercial Construction projects in Denver, CO.

This role is responsible for profitably managing all administrative and field construction activities to quality standards, while maintaining relationships with all stakeholders on assigned projects. This individual will often oversee multiple medium-sized projects, a single large-sized project, or an assigned scope on a single, large, complex project. They will demonstrate leadership by following company standards and policies, achieving shared goals, developing others, and building high morale and commitment.

This role requires experience working in commercial construction working on education, municipal, hospitality, aviation, and/or senior living projects.

The Weitz Company has been Building a Better Way since 1855. We are a full-service construction company, general contractor, design-builder, and construction manager with office locations throughout the United States. We believe our employees to be our most valuable asset, and we are committed to growing a diverse and inclusive culture that inspires, motivates, and continuously improves.

What You’ll Do:
Provide leadership and management direction to project teams
Prepare and manage project schedule, identify and address long lead items, update project plan as needed, initiate changes to ensure adherence
Negotiate and execute change orders, subcontracts, and purchase orders
Complete monthly project status reports, owner billings, and financial risk assessments
Identify and recommend value engineering and scope reduction opportunities
Ensure project safety plan is completed and communicated to project team and subcontractors
Assist with preconstruction efforts and manage buy-out process
Detect constructability issues with project design
Understand contract terms, budgets, insurances, bonds and change orders; ensure adherence including work progress being within scope
Foster positive relationships with both internal and external parties
Develop and mentor team members, including delegation of tasks/responsibilities for development, recommend disciplinary action when necessary, delegate job assignments, establish team member goals, and recommend promotions

What We're Looking For:
Experience:
10 years of commercial construction experience working for a general contractor (GC) is required
Experience in education, municipal, hospitality, aviation, and/or senior living construction is required
Skills:
Excellent project management skills and commercial construction knowledge Strong business acumen, tact, and relationship building skills
Excellent verbal and written communication
Ability to make sound judgements and decisions
Solid leadership skills and comfortable with conflict resolution Analytical thinker with a high level of initiative
Adaptable to meet needs of the business and the client
Detail-oriented and highly organized
Strong negotiation skills
Technology:
Experience with JDE, Procore, Bluebeam, Asta is a plus
Proficient in basic computer software including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook
Ability to learn specific job-related software upon hire
Compensation:
$160,000 - $200,000

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About The Weitz Company

Construction · 1,001-5,000 employees · headquartered in Des Moines, IA · founded 1855