Project Manager
- Newark, DE
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop and maintain construction project schedules and budgets to ensure projects meet initial estimates. Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports.
- Prepare construction estimates and ensure site surveys for estimating are complete and accurate.
- Secure project submittals and critical project documents required by the specifications and/or client
- Administer project meetings with operations and subcontractors to make necessary changes to finalize work schedules.
- Review, prepare, and acquire fully executed contracts from customers and subcontractors.
- Contract administration of owner contracts and subcontractor contracts.
- Perform field investigations to assess project quality, crew performance, and adherence to safety requirements.
- Update project management system daily with actual job costs and cost commitments to accurately reflect the financial performance of the projects.
- Accountable for project profit and loss and timely billings and collections from customers to ensure adherence to project accounting guidelines.
- Prepare Performance Metric reports with the analysis of monthly labor hours against forecast and subcontractor analysis (schedule of values) for all projects.
- Responsible for month-end financial reviews, including revenue recognition and job cost review, equipment cost review, project cost management, billing preparation, and operational expense review.
- Effectively manage direct reports.
- Ensure close collaboration with operations and the Business Development team.
- BS degree with a concentration in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of water/wastewater construction, preferred.
- Construction industry experience and management experience is required.
- Experience managing construction project/portfolio P&L, and Balance Sheet calculations REQUIRED
- Clear understanding of managerial financial information and familiarity with "percent of cost" accounting systems.
- Experienced and comfortable with collections, contract administration, budgets, forecasting and cost accounting.
- Ability to work with mathematical concepts and calculate business related metrics.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Solid understanding of Microsoft Word, Excel and JD Edwards is required; familiarity with Primavera Contract Manager and P6 is highly desired.
- Strong interpersonal skills with ability to motivate and lead a team and collaborate effectively with internal customers.
- Motivated self-starter with the proven ability to take initiative, be an effective leader, and drive results.
- Ability to travel overnight as required.