Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Build long-term and loyal customer relationships by identifying solutions to meet customer’s needs.
- Meets with owners to establish initial project ideas, concepts, and scope.
- Sketches preliminary drawings for permit(s), bid purposes, and to begin construction.
- Prepares bid as required in instructions, verifies all bid requirements are met in bonding and insurance.
- Computes cost factors and prepares preliminary budget/estimates used for planning, organizing, and scheduling work, preparing bids, contacting and selecting vendors or subcontractors, and determining cost effectiveness.
- Prepares or directs preparation of work orders, Owner contracts, subcontractor contracts, purchase orders, permit applications, scheduled and submittals – in a manner to ensure scope of work is clearly defined and company risk is minimized.
- Determines and monitors project schedules, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources, equipment, and materials to various phases of the project.
- Identifies potential delays and takes appropriate actions to keep the project on schedule. Keeps project team well-informed. Listens and fosters a problem-solving approach to issues.
- Confers with project staff, which may include Superintendent, Carpenters, and Project Administrators, to outline work plan and assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority. Provides technical advice and helps resolve problems.
- Establishes good business relationships with the architect, subcontractors, suppliers, and other stakeholders, i.e. building engineer.
- Close-out projects by completing necessary paperwork including cost accounting review, certificate of occupancy, as built drawings, O&M manuals/ videos or sequencing manuals/ videos, payment applications, catalog photos, and post job review.
- Meets profitability goals by generating accurate estimates and gaining understanding of project goals from superintendent.
- Completes specific quantity takeoffs. Review status reports (General overview, labor hours report and cost spreadsheet) prepared by project personnel.
- Prepares change orders by reviewing information and establishes costs for changes which may include sub-bids, etc.
- Works with field operations manager on hiring and assignment recommendations, overall direction, coordination, and performance evaluation of employees involved in a project.
- Adheres to all safety procedures and promotes a positive attitude towards safety.
- Knowledgeable of OSHA requirements and establishes and maintains safety awareness on the project.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Strong organization and project coordination skills required to handle multiple and simultaneous projects.
- Ability to effectively present and communicate information to clients, vendors, or employees.
- Timberline, Procore, Microsoft Office, or related software knowledge and experience required.
- Must have knowledge and operational understanding of OSHA, building codes, and state, local, and federal regulations related to the construction industry.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex construction documents.
- Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints.
- Ability to run jobs varying in size and scope. (From $5,000 to $5 Million)
- Knowledge of accepted construction standards and practices.
- Strong positive and professional communication skills are critical in person and via presentations, phone, email, fax, or other electronic communication device.
- Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited or no standardizations exists.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions and owner concepts furnished in written, oral, diagram, or scheduled form.
- Ability to travel nationally depending on project and client.’
