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Kokosing

Builds infrastructure and makes construction materials

MEP Project Manager

Full-Time
No salary listed
Expert
Bachelor's
Cincinnati, OH, USA+1 moreMore locations: Middletown, OH, USA
In Person
Architecture & Civil EngineeringConstruction Management

About the job

Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or construction management.
  • 10+ years of experience and knowledge in construction, design, finance, and management.
  • Ability to understand and interpret safety laws and company policies and standards.
  • Ability to apply management techniques to maximize employee performance.
  • Thorough understanding of corporate and industry practices, processes, and standards and their impact on project activities.
  • Ability to interface and communicate effectively with others.
Responsibilities
  • Lead mechanical and/or electrical teams for large-scale projects from preconstruction through final completion.
  • Maintain responsibility for safety, quality, client relations, project budget, schedule, job controls, vendor management, submittals, and procedures.
  • Plan, direct, and coordinate construction activities for mechanical and electrical industrial projects.
  • Oversee one large project or several smaller projects and ensure project goals are accomplished within prescribed time and funding parameters.
  • Manage Project Engineers, Superintendents, and Foremen who supervise construction employees, providing overall direction, coordination, and evaluation.
  • Initiate and maintain liaison with prime clients to facilitate construction activities.
  • Establish project objectives, policies, procedures, and performance standards within corporate policy.
  • Confer with project staff to outline work plans and assign duties, responsibilities, and authority.
  • Establish work plans and staffing for each project phase and arrange for recruitment or assignment of project personnel.
  • Direct and coordinate project personnel to ensure work progresses on schedule and within budget.
  • Review project proposals and plans to determine timeframes, funding limitations, procedures, staffing requirements, and available resources.
  • Review status reports and modify schedules and plans as needed.
  • Prepare project reports for management, clients, and other stakeholders.
  • Provide technical advice to project personnel and resolve problems.
  • Coordinate project activities with governmental agencies and subcontractors.
  • Analyze and execute critical path method-based project schedules.
  • Monitor and control construction through the on-site Superintendent to ensure the project is built safely, on schedule, and within budget.
  • Represent the company in owner progress meetings.
  • Manage contract financial aspects and take responsibility for project profit or loss.
  • Lead daily field coordination meetings, weekly block schedule meetings, and monthly safety kickoff meetings.
  • Mentor team members and assist with their career development.
  • Interview and hire employees; train, plan, assign, and direct work; appraise performance; reward or discipline employees; and address complaints and resolve problems.
Desired Qualifications
  • Professional Engineer credentialing is not required but is a strong plus.

About the company

Kokosing builds infrastructure and industrial projects for public agencies, utilities and private businesses, mainly in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Its companies construct roads, bridges, pipelines, water-treatment facilities and marine works, alongside industrial plants and power projects. The group also supplies asphalt, sand, gravel and limestone and provides pipe fabrication and ongoing industrial maintenance. Customers engage its specialist companies for construction and related services, while its materials businesses sell products used on building and civil-engineering jobs. Kokosing was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Westerville, Ohio.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Westerville, OH

Founded

1951

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What believers are saying

  • Learning has a dedicated platform: Kokosing University provides more than 100 online and in-person training courses.
  • Career goals get regular attention: Kokosing pairs team members with supervisors for quarterly development discussions.
  • Senior engineering includes profit sharing: Kokosing's lead construction design engineer opening lists an annual profit share.

What critics are saying

  • Heavy lifting is explicit: Kokosing's Staunton skilled laborer role requires lifting or moving up to one hundred pounds.
  • Bridge carpentry includes heights: Kokosing's Wallops Island opening requires working tied off to fall protection.
  • Tools are a personal requirement: Kokosing's advertised Virginia carpenter position requires workers to have their own hand tools.

What makes Kokosing unique

  • Ownership spans generations: Kokosing describes itself as a third-generation family-owned company.
  • Work stays in-house: Kokosing reports capacity to self-perform up to 80% of project work.
  • Equipment is owned: Kokosing maintains a private fleet valued at $500 million on its company overview.

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