Project Manager - Heavy Highway – Roadway/Bridge Projects
About the job
- A bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management.
- Ten or more years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to analyze and execute Critical Path Method-based project schedules.
- Plan, direct, and coordinate activities of heavy highway and bridge construction projects.
- Ensure project goals are accomplished within prescribed time frames and funding parameters.
- Manage Project Engineers, Superintendents, and Foremen who supervise construction employees, and provide overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the team.
- Review project proposals or plans to determine time frames, funding limitations, project procedures, staffing requirements, and available resources for each project phase.
- Establish work plans and staffing for each project phase, and arrange recruitment or assignment of project personnel.
- Confer with project staff to outline work plans and assign duties, responsibilities, and authority.
- Direct and coordinate project personnel activities to ensure work progresses on schedule and within budget.
- Review status reports from project personnel and modify schedules and plans as needed.
- Prepare project reports for management, clients, or others.
- Provide technical advice to project personnel and resolve problems.
- Coordinate project activities with governmental agencies and subcontractors.
- Interview and hire, train, plan and assign work, direct employees, appraise performance, reward or discipline employees, and address complaints and resolve problems.
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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