Construction Manager

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Ensure quality construction is being performed within established budget and schedule while retaining customer standards of performance.

• Develop and Build Subcontractor Base.

• Coordinate/Attend site/bid walks and review blueprint to gather information pertaining to actual site conditions, subcontractor costs, etc. for use in preparing accurate estimate of job cost.

• Read and understand site status reports, site plans, tower drawings, and grounding plans. Interface with customers and subcontractors.
• Report on and update job progress on weekly database trackers and provide daily reporting as required.
• In conjunction with Territory Management, plan, schedule, prioritize and organize material deliveries, equipment, manpower and subcontractors in a manner ensuring that projects progress in an efficient and productive manner. Consider company priorities and customer expectations in all decisions.
• Remain knowledgeable and up-to-date on customer specifications and train employees to produce quality sites, which meet or exceed customer expectations.

• Maintain and enforce all SBA and OSHA safety practices and perform daily job site safety inspections. Immediately stop work on any site where unsafe work practices or conditions exist, regardless of who is performing the work. Conduct weekly job site safety meetings with all employees and subcontractors. Submit report to safety representative on topics discussed and names of those in attendance.

• Troubleshoot field issues – including employee relations, customer concerns, and subcontractor problems and scheduling issues. Document corrective actions initiated, inform Territory Management of any issues not immediately resolved.

• Interface with client’s representative to resolve issues, schedule customer provided equipment deliveries and ensure total customer satisfaction.

• Maintain open communication with internal/external field personnel and respond, if possible, or convey their needs and concerns to appropriate office personnel.

• Accurately record hours worked and description of work performed for each employee. Submit to territory office staff daily. Monitor total hours worked on each phase of construction, ensuring that projects are performed within budgeted man hours. Identify negative budget variances and implement corrective actions to prevent the same occurrence on future projects. Notify Territory Management immediately upon identifying a phase of construction, which cannot be performed within budget.

• Monitor/review all close out documentation to ensure it meets all client requirements.

• Notify Territory Management of staffing and equipment needs.

• Ensure company vehicles and equipment are being properly operated and maintained.

• Immediately report any vehicle accident or workplace injury to company safety representative.

• Responsible for assisting Construction Supervisor in interface with onsite customer representatives, subcontractors and internal personnel.

• Coordinate and schedule Construction Supervisor(s), subcontractors and crews.

• Ensure all appropriate building permits, NTP(s), and lease status approvals have been received prior to initiating construction.

• Must be able to work extended hours as required to include evenings and weekends.

• Perform other related duties as required to ensure a safe workplace, quality construction and timely completion of each project.

• Other projects and duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Hire, train and develop qualified:

• Construction Supervisor(s)

• Provide development plans for staff as needed.

• Counsel and terminate staff as deemed necessary in conjunction with Human Resources.

• Supervise field personnel and subcontractors.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

• HS Diploma or GED required. Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred.

• 3+ year’s construction experience.

• 2+ year’s management experience.

• Ability to effectively lead a crew to the completion of and in conformance with schedule, customer requirements, and budget guidelines.

• Must be computer proficient, having demonstrated intermediate knowledge and ability to work with MS Word and Excel.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Good planning and organizational skills to balance and prioritize work.

Language Skills:

• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures and governmental regulations.

Mathematical Skills:

• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, proportions, percentages, area, and volume.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Valid Driver’s License required.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

• Ability to hear, understand, and respond appropriately to verbal requests made in person and over the telephone.

• Ability to correspond verbally, in writing or in electronic format in an understandable, professional manner.

• Manual dexterity to input data into the computer, the ten key calculator and operate a fax and or copier.

• Visual ability correctable to 20/20.

• Ability to operate a vehicle for long distances – approximately for 9-10 hours per day.

• Walking eighty percent of the day.

• Ability to stoop and bend.

• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.

• Ability to walk, stand and climb.

• Ability to twist, turn, pull, and push.

• Ability to work extended hours on a consistent basis.

• Overnight travel as required.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

To be successful in this position, one must posses the ability to work near mechanical parts, in high, precarious places, and in outdoor weather conditions. This position also carries the risk of electrical shock and radiation. The typical work environment typically includes very loud noise levels equivalent to earth moving equipment and jackhammers.

In our efforts to maintain a safe work environment for our employees and general public, applicants who receive a conditional offer for employment for a SBA safety sensitive position will be required to take and satisfactorily pass a drug test.