Overview:
Asphalt company is seeking a Project Manager / Estimator to be responsible for managing subcontractor performance, job budgets, change orders, cost codes, cost reporting, and purchase orders, and must have a full understanding of job design.
Responsibilities:
- Discuss and implement best practices that drive site safety.
- Monitor overall site safety and enforce compliance with predetermined, communicated safety guidelines.
- Ensure completion of all safety-related paperwork (e.g., JSAs) in an accurate and timely manner.
- Detailed-oriented, able to prioritize, conscientious, and will work as needed to produce a quality product.
- Aggressively focused on delivering high-quality projects.
- Ensure that Bid Day summary sheets are completed the day before the bid; also, have plug numbers for all items as appropriate on the Bid Day summary sheet.
- Close the bid-on-bid day.
- Have a thorough knowledge of the plans and specifications.
- Write RFI’s during the bidding phase.
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of means and methods of construction.
- Able to work in various project delivery systems.
- Communicate quality goals to all project team members, including superintendents.
- Proactively identify potential “problem areas” early in the process and develop strategies to overcome obstacles.
- Provide quality control/assurance support on self-performed work and subcontractors’ work in conjunction with the quality control manager.
- Resolve problems as they arise; notify the department head as needed.
- Complete a post-job review on every project to identify and discuss “lessons learned” as well as “project victories.”
- Document and log all change orders and constantly discuss them with the owner until closed.
- Create and log a photo history of the project.
- Understand and price the cost of either one component of a large project or all components of a smaller project.
- Participate in subcontractor “recruitment / “Outreach” activities as necessary to ensure the company gets strong bid participation on scopes you don’t self-perform.
- Price supervision costs are based on the projected duration of the job; have those costs reviewed by the appropriate parties to ensure buy-in BEFORE you submit the bid.
- Negotiate with owners and find other ways than price cuts to win work.
- Conduct formal, comprehensive pre-job planning meetings to review estimates, plans, and specs with estimators and superintendents.
- Participate in subcontractor scope review meetings as necessary.
- Help/assist in resolving project problems, disputes, and open issues on a timely basis.
- Serve as the main liaison between owner/design team personnel and company personnel.
- Communicate the updated schedule with the customer regularly as required.
- Communicate and work proactively to address subcontractor issues.
Requirements:
- Undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management
- Strong leadership and mentoring skills to build a high-performance team.
- Professional integrity and accountability.
- Ability to prioritize and maintain a high-volume, high-demand schedule.
- Excellent attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy.
- Proficient with HCSS Heavy Bid or B2W estimating software.
- Proficient with MS Project or equivalent with experience developing resource-loaded and tracking CPM schedules.
- Proficient with Microsoft Excel and Word.
- 10+ years of direct experience managing prime DOT and municipal contracts requiring a combination of self-perform work and subcontractors.
- Working knowledge of asphalt material quality metrics is preferred.
- Viewpoint Vista or equivalent experience required.
For additional information:
Stephen S. Stauffer
Phone: 610-421-1225
Email: S.Stauffer@UnitedEmployment.com
