National Project Manager

National Project Manager

Position Purpose

The National Project Manager is responsible for providing leadership on assigned projects in order to maintain positive customer relationships, front-line involvement with estimating, and providing direct supervision to subcontractors in order to achieve a successful, safe project that is completed on time and within budget.

Duties, Tasks and Responsibilities

Leadership & Management

• Provide overall leadership to the project team from subcontractor procurement through close-out to ensure a safe, profitable & timely completed project while maintaining customer satisfaction.
• Manage project budget and track all costs to provide monthly financial projections.
• Conduct onsite subcontractor and owner progress/coordination meetings.
• Work with Sales and Design team to ensure project scope and budget align with client expectations.
• Maintain communication with client throughout project from kick-off through close-out.
• Communicate with Design team and Subcontractors to proactively solve constructability issues.

Planning & Scheduling

• Create and plan the schedule for each project and update progress throughout project.
• Coordinate subcontractors and manage progress according to project schedule to meet necessary milestones & deadlines.
• Coordinate with Design team and advise on project constructability.
• Understand & manage changes to the project plan while maintaining promised completion date.
• Provide projections and manage changes due to weather, emergencies or other delays.
• Provide projections of materials and equipment deliveries.
• Provide reports on timeline, progress & adjustments to project team including client.

Oversight & Safety

• Ensure quality construction exceeds company standards and proper industry techniques and processes are utilized, while ensuring the client’s needs and wants are efficiently met.
• Work with design team to ensure the project is constructed in accordance with the contract requirements and design intent.
• Maintain and manage onsite safety plan to ensure all work meets safety guidelines and OSHA standards.Order, manage and oversee delivery of materials and equipment.
• Work with subcontractors to plan, organize and direct daily site construction activities. ​

Contracts & Permits

• Provide overall contract administration throughout close-out of assigned projects.
• Write subcontractor scopes of work and bidding documents.
• Procure subcontractor and equipment pricing.
• Write and award subcontracts and purchase orders.
• Negotiate contracts with vendors & suppliers.
• Obtain local building permits as required for assigned projects.
• Ensure all legal requirements, building and safety codes, safety inspections, city guidelines, and local and state regulations are met.

Collaboration & Communication

• Provide assistance in the estimating process to the Design/ Estimating team to help ensure accuracy.
• Proactively communicate between the customer and the project team to ensure that everyone is properly informed of necessary information.
• Maintain excellent direct communication with the project team to proactively manage potential site issues.

Behavioral Competencies

Core Competencies

• Integrity – We act with integrity; truthful, fair and honest.
• Continuous Learning – Is a continuous learner focused on constant improvement; embraces new technologies.
• Exceed Expectations – Work hard to exceed customer expectations.
• Compassion – We are stewards of PSI supporting its growth & ability to help those in need.
• Accountability – We take responsibility for our actions and decisions.

Position-specific Competencies

• Problem Solving – Proactively identify and mitigate potential problems to maintain construction progress and meet owner expectations.
• Strong leadership – Determines long-term project plans and day-to-day activities for self and others. Final person on site to whom issues can be escalated for resolution.
• Broad Expertise – Expertise and experience across all aspects of the project to provide effective decision-making, management and oversight in all areas.
• Time Management – Ability to develop detailed plans and estimates, according to a long-term timeline and its milestones, to achieve the agreed upon result; while remaining nimble enough to handle what cannot be anticipated.
• Communication – Ability to communicate comfortably and effectively with field staff, internal project team and customers; functioning as the communication liaison between them.

Working Conditions

WORKING CONDITIONS

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions at construction job sites.
• The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud.
• This position may be performed in outside weather conditions.
• Overnight travel will be required.
• Extensive overnight travel may be required for jobsites in specific cases.

Minimum Qualifications

Education/Experience

• 4-year degree or industry experience equivalent preferred.
• Background in Educational and Commercial construction.
• 10+ years experience in commercial construction.
• Advanced knowledge of construction, contracts, contracting methods, and subcontract management.
• Experience in Design Build methodology of project development is a plus.
• DBIA certification is a plus.
• PMP certification is a plus.

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. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only activities to be performed by the individual occupying this position.  While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties and assign other duties as necessary.