Project Manager - Water/Wastewater Plant Construction
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Bachelor's
Detroit, MI, USA
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Architecture & Civil EngineeringConstruction Management
About the job
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management is required.
- At least 10 years of experience and knowledge in construction, design, finance, and management are required.
- The candidate must understand and interpret safety laws and company policies and standards.
- The candidate must apply innovative and effective management techniques to maximize employee performance.
- The candidate must have a thorough understanding of corporate and industry practices, processes, and standards and their impact on project activities.
- The candidate must be able to assure responsibility, interface, and communicate effectively with others.
Responsibilities
- Plan, direct, and coordinate construction activities for a wide variety of industrial projects, primarily water and wastewater plants, as well as factories, production facilities, and data centers.
- Ensure project goals are accomplished within prescribed time frames and funding parameters, personally or through subordinate supervisors.
- Manage Project Engineers, Superintendents, and Foremen who supervise construction employees, with overall responsibility for directing, coordinating, and evaluating the team.
- Initiate and maintain liaison with the prime client to facilitate construction activities.
- Establish project objectives, policies, procedures, and performance standards within corporate policy.
- Confer with project staff to outline the work plan and assign duties, responsibilities, and authority.
- Establish the work plan and staffing for each project phase and arrange for recruitment or assignment of project personnel.
- Direct and coordinate project personnel activities to ensure work progresses on schedule and within budget.
- Review project proposals or plans to determine time frames, funding limitations, project procedures, staffing requirements, and available resources for project phases.
- Review status reports from project personnel and modify schedules and plans as needed.
- Prepare project reports for management, clients, or others.
- Confer with project personnel to provide technical advice 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 administrative direction of the on-site Superintendent to ensure the project is built safely, on schedule, and within budget.
- Represent the company in Owner progress meetings.
- Manage the financial aspects of contracts and take responsibility for project profit or loss.
- Lead the project team in 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 employees; plan, assign, and direct work; appraise performance; reward or discipline employees; and address complaints and resolve problems.
- Perform additional assignments and other tasks and duties as directed.
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.
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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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