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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
Project & Program ManagementProject Management

About the job

Requirements
  • A B.S. 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 above.
  • Experience across multiple disciplines, including project management, estimating, preconstruction services, and construction management.
  • OSHA 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 and drive for 1–4 hours during a normal day.
  • Ability to lift or carry up to 10 pounds and occasionally carry small objects.
  • Occasionally able to bend at the waist, squat, climb including ladders, reach above 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 work.
  • Monitor project progress for adherence to schedule and compare labor-hour expenditures with percent complete.
  • Re-plan and make adjustments to maintain the schedule; identify causes, advise the customer, and negotiate fee changes.
  • Monitor project scope for changes affecting budget and schedule; identify causes, advise the customer, and negotiate fee changes.
  • Keep the customer informed about project progress and technical problems or solutions and their effects on design and costs.
  • Identify solutions to problems that could impede project progress or adversely affect customer relations, soliciting management involvement for unusual technical problems when needed.
  • Coordinate with Estimating department staff on developing costs and schedules, and assemble estimates, including by soliciting subcontractor quotations.
  • Review project plans, specifications, and reports with Estimating department staff.
  • Participate in contract negotiations and change-in-scope budgeting with the client, and ensure contract review and approval procedures are followed before signing.
  • Review the initial estimate to prepare the initial budget upload in coordination with estimating and accounting, and assist with preparing the Project Performance Agreement.
  • Support project procurement, including interview preparation, staff planning, scheduling, and the interview process.
  • Manage and develop Project Assistants and Project Engineers.
  • Review safety requirements in pre-installation planning sessions, obtain subcontractor acknowledgment of applicable guidelines, and conduct site safety inspections.
Desired Qualifications
  • OSHA 30 certification, First Aid, and CPR.

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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