Construction Project Manager - Field Operations

$125,000 - $135,000/Yr

Heery International - Malibu, CA

Full-time - Senior

Malibu, CA

Construction of Buildings

About the position

The Construction Project Manager - Field Operations at Turner & Townsend Heery is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day activities of construction projects, ensuring compliance with plans and specifications, and managing communication between various stakeholders. This role requires a self-starter with strong analytical and communication skills, who can effectively resolve issues and drive project activities with limited supervision. The position is full-time and requires an on-site presence.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day activities of construction field staff.
• Coordinate and manage review and approval of submittals and Requests for Information (RFIs).
• Resolve construction project issues, conflicts, claims, and problems.
• Preparation, estimating, determination of entitlement, negotiation, documentation, and oversight of contract change orders.
• Review, negotiate and process contract pay requests for construction contracts.
• Monitor/review/provide oversight of the contractor's work for compliance with plans, specifications, and schedules.
• Review and accept/reject contractor submittals for contract compliance and ensure that all of the stakeholder responses are coordinated prior to issuing the final disposition.
• Represent the client and its interests in negotiations with outside agencies in matters relating to the construction project.
• Primary liaison to project designer, Authorities Have Jurisdiction (AHJs) and contractor during construction.
• Oversee acceptance testing, environmental and hazardous materials testing and special inspections.
• Evaluate consultant invoices and provide recommendation for payment.
• Provide management and analysis of contractor claims.
• Track and report on project status/lessons learned.
• Oversee maintenance of construction photographs, logs, and other monitoring/tracking records.
• Monitor quality control requirements; issue Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) and reports for compliance documentation.
• Conduct planning, preconstruction, coordination, progress, scheduling, and field project team meetings.
• Review plans and specifications to update appropriate RFIs, trends, submittal and change order logs, make field measurements, and maintain as built and red-lined drawing records.
• Review and monitor contractor's construction baseline schedule, and any subsequent progress, recovery and as-built schedules.
• Review and negotiate schedule and cost modifications, based on time impacts.
• Prepare and initiate construction bulletins, field directive change notices and unit quantity adjustments.
• Coordinate between stakeholders including Port departments, contractors and tenants to ensure proper documentation and execution of utility shutdowns, Construction Advisory Forms (CAFs), site access and key requests, resolution of associated field issues.
• Generate project correspondence and construction documents including serial letters, commission memos, meeting notes, and other contract documents.
• Review and provide feedback on plans and specifications for constructability.
• Value engineering.
• Utilize mobile technology.
• Development of quality expectations.
• Development of frontend specifications.
• Participate in development and review of alternative delivery method documents.
• Provide technical and contractual oversight of alternative project delivery.
• Review contractor bids.
• Manage, coordinate efforts and review paperwork necessary for contractors to obtain a Notice to Proceed (NTP).
• Coordinate with agencies to obtain sign off on project permits.
• Manage project closeout processes, including punch list, beneficial occupancy, and substantial completion; prepare Resident Engineer (RE) Closeout Memo.
• Attend meetings, participate in site walks, help develop and manage a safe site with project safety team.
• Process contractors pay requests and manage pay estimate tracking processes.
• Provide leadership, mentoring, and coaching of developing staff members.
• Constructability review.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferably in Construction Management or related technical area.
• Minimum 11 years of demonstrated experience in Construction Management on capital programs.
• Experience working on complex, multi-phase, capital construction projects of $50 million or greater as Construction Manager.

Nice-to-haves

• CCM, PE, or RA preferred.
• Advanced analytical and quantitative skills.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $125,000 - $135,000 per year.
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
• Flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.