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Wohlsen Construction

Builds and renovates commercial buildings

Senior Project Manager

Full-Time
No salary listed
Senior
Bachelor's
Lancaster, PA, USA
In Person
Architecture & Civil EngineeringConstruction Management

About the job

Requirements
  • A Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Technology, Engineering, or another related discipline and 7-12 years of relevant experience.
  • Experience in construction project management with contract values of $15-50 million and up.
  • Experience in multiple disciplines including project management, estimating, preconstruction services, and construction management.
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration 10-hour certification.
  • Experience in the sales and marketing process, including making presentations to potential customers.
  • Ability to travel and work additional hours when needed to meet business plan goals.
  • Ability to sit for 7 or more hours during a normal day.
  • Ability to drive for 1-4 hours during a normal day.
  • Ability to lift or carry up to 10 pounds and occasionally carry small objects.
  • Ability to occasionally bend at the waist, squat, climb including ladders, reach above the shoulders, kneel, crawl, use foot controls, and work at heights above 6 feet.
Responsibilities
  • Prepare the project plan, sequence, and schedule in collaboration with field personnel.
  • Prepare and issue project documents, including progress reports, project schedule updates, and financial or budget updates.
  • Initiate periodic meetings and other communications with project team members and the customer to communicate unresolved problems and coordinate project activities.
  • Monitor project progress for adherence to schedule and man-hour expenditures compared with percent complete.
  • Re-plan and make corrections or adjustments to maintain the schedule; identify causes, advise the customer, and negotiate changes in fees.
  • Monitor project scope for changes affecting the budget and schedule; identify causes, advise the customer, and negotiate changes in fees.
  • Keep the customer informed of project progress and technical problems or solutions and their effects on design and costs.
  • Identify solutions to problems that might impede project progress or adversely affect customer relations, including soliciting management involvement in unusual technical problems.
  • Coordinate with Estimating Department staff on the development of costs and time schedules and assemble estimates, including soliciting subcontractor quotations.
  • Review plans, specifications, and reports related to the project with Estimating Department staff.
  • Participate in contract negotiations and change-in-scope budgeting with the client and ensure that contract review and approval procedures are followed before signing.
  • Review the initial estimate to prepare for the initial budget upload in coordination with the estimating and accounting departments and assist with preparing the Project Performance Agreement.
  • Assist with the project procurement process, including interview preparation, staff planning, scheduling, and the interview process.
  • Manage and develop Project Assistants and Project Engineers.
  • Review safety requirements during pre-installation planning sessions, obtain subcontractor acknowledgements that guidelines will be followed, and conduct site safety inspections.
Desired Qualifications
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration 30-hour certification.
  • First Aid certification.
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification.

About the company

Wohlsen Construction builds and renovates buildings for senior living operators, healthcare providers, schools and commercial clients across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast United States. Its work includes facility construction, expansions and the modernization of occupied properties, including historic buildings. Clients hire the company for planning before construction, general contracting, construction management and design-build projects that combine design and construction. Its teams coordinate designers, engineers, contractors and subcontractors throughout construction and into post-construction services. Founded in 1890, Wohlsen is headquartered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Lancaster, PA

Founded

1890

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What believers are saying

  • Employees gain an ownership route: Wohlsen lists an employee stock ownership plan alongside its retirement and profit-sharing programs.
  • Wohlsen backs green-building credentials: team members have opportunities for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification.
  • Safety training is concrete: Wohlsen requires workplace-safety courses, first aid and heavy-equipment operator certification.

What critics are saying

  • Carpenters supply basic tools: Wohlsen's full-time Lancaster role requires employees to supply a toolbelt, hammer and measuring tools.
  • Wohlsen's full-time Lancaster carpenter role includes potential overtime and out-of-town assignments, limiting schedule predictability.
  • Disability coverage differs: Wohlsen lists short-term disability as company-paid, but long-term disability as voluntary.

What makes Wohlsen Construction unique

  • Wohlsen tests buildings before construction: system-level digital walkthroughs expose clashes before crews break ground.
  • Frontline ideas reach formal forums: Wohlsen uses a Continuous Improvement Council, Construction Excellence Team and peer groups.
  • Wohlsen ties project partners together: integrated delivery contracts share risks and rewards among design and construction team members.

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