Buckingham Companies is seeking a driven and experienced Senior Project Manager for a high-profile project in Indianapolis/Fishers. The ideal candidate brings a proven track record across multiple commercial construction sectors, with preferred experience in recreational/sports facilities and office/corporate environments.
The primary function of the Senior Project Manager is the successful execution and completion of complex, large-scale, high visibility projects. The Senior Project Manager is responsible and accountable for a range of duties included but not limited to buyout, scheduling, contract document management, budget/forecasting site coordination, problem solving and delegation of project tasks to team members.
Requirements
Training/Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in construction related field highly preferred
- High School Diploma or equivalent
Experience/Skills
- Proven experience in multi-family and/or commercial construction management, including scheduling and contract execution
- Advanced knowledge of construction management processes means and methods
- Advanced knowledge of building products, relevant codes and regulations, and quality standards
- Ability to interpret and manipulate construction details
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, BlueBeam, Procore, Sage & MS Project, AutoCAD, SketchUp or Revit experience a plus
Special Requirements
- Demonstrates a passion for winning.
- High-energy, enthusiastic
- High learning agility
- Coachable
- Provides and solicits feedback
- Embraces change
- Values and promotes teamwork
- Customer-centric; puts customer needs first
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Highly developed verbal and written communication skills
- Close attention to detail, strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize and multi-task
- Ability to manage multiple assignments with changing priorities
- High degree of accountability, sense of urgency, flexibility and adaptability
- High degree of professionalism and integrity
Additional Requirements
- High Level of Accountability – Accepts responsibility for the consequences of their actions; avoids placing unnecessary blame on others; maintains commitment to objectives regardless of the success or failure of their decisions; applies lessons learned from past failures to moving forward in achieving future successes.
- Problem Solving – Uses deductive reasoning to analyze and solve problems; defines the cause, effect, and impact of realized issues; evaluates the impact of possible solutions; prioritizes steps to the solution: utilized all resources (i.e., design team, field team) to solve complex problems
- Decision Making – Demonstrates an ability to make difficult decisions in a timely manner; gathers relevant input and develops a rationale for making decisions; evaluates the impact or consequences of decisions before making them; acts decisively despite obstacles, resistance, or opposition; accepts consequences of decisions; willing to correct erroneous decisions when necessary.
- Customer Service – Consistently places a high value on customers both internal and external; objectively listens to, understands, and represents customer feedback; anticipates customer needs and develops appropriate solutions; meets all commitments made to customers in an acceptable timeframe; ensures awareness and adherence to the Buckingham Standard.
- Self-Discipline – Independently pursues business objectives in an organized and efficient manner; prioritizes activities as necessary to meet job responsibilities; maintains required level of activity toward achieving goals without direction supervision; minimizes workflow disruptions to complete high quality work within a specified time.
- Leadership – Inspires team members with strong principles and work ethic; builds trust and demonstrates integrity with accomplishing tasks; demonstrates optimism and positive expectations of others; delegates responsibility and authority; involves people in decision that affect them; addresses team conflicts promptly, fairly, and consistently.
Essential Functions
- Act as representative or advisor to the customer/owner and is the first point of contact for addressing all project-related questions, clarifying, and resolving project design issues, changes in scope of work, quality concerns or project delays.
- Holds project team accountable for meeting performance standards and successfully delivering on project objectives.
- Establishes areas of accountability and performance objectives, monitors execution and provides ongoing feedback to project team, subcontractors, etc.
- Instructs and trains employees, subcontractors, and others in approved/appropriate methods and processes of construction administration.
- Serves as resource for answering project team questions and assisting with solving problems. This extends outside of the project team to company-wide issues, if applicable.
- Responsible for all other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Position Responsibilities
- Read and interpret established scopes of work, plans, specifications addenda, and meeting minutes to ensure complete understanding of all project requirements and oversees and operates the administrative process.
- Develops project phasing, detailed schedules, and project logistics; communicates plan and schedule changes, alternate work assignments, change order and scope revisions to the project team including all project delays.
- Identifies project constraints and opportunities for improvement specifically as it relates to schedule and cost.
- Monitors project status and maintains appropriate administrative control and on-site representation to ensure the project is completed on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with the contract documents and the owner’s expectations.
- Initiates, attends, and follows up on pre-construction, pre-install, scheduling, safety and progress status meetings.
- Assists in enforcing all jobsite procedures and safety polices with the lead superintendent.
- Revies quality control standards and monitors outcomes
- Investigates potentially serious situations and implements corrective measures.
Organizational Responsibilities
- Negotiates and issues commitments within limits of authority. Fair bidding practices are to be followed and always maintained.
- Review and approve monthly vendor pay applications.
- Review and execute monthly progress pay applications produced by accounting to the owner.
- Review and execute project change orders produced by project engineers.
- Produces monthly project cost detail reports that accurately reflect how the project is tracking for completion. This includes cost to complete, current buyout percentage, and a listing of potential remaining exposures on the project.
- Executes the complete project turnover including all required closeout documentation within one month of project turnover.