Assistant Project Manager
Dragados USA

Job Info

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Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with professional staff responsible for project construction.
• Manage all field operations and work sequence in conjunction with the Project Manager
• Direct and coordinate activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget
• Assist subordinate supervisors in maintaining production on budget and schedule
• Review project estimate or plan to determine schedule, estimated job cost, procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of project
• Understand project documents ie: completeness or inadequacies.
• Anticipate project needs with sufficient lead-time to avoid delay of production
• Establishes work plan and staffing for each phase of project, work closely with Human Resources in recruitment efforts as necessary
• Oversees coordination with project staff to outline work plans, assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority
• Review status and modify schedules or plans as required and prepares project reports for management, owners, and subcontractors
• Follow-up on directives to be continuously on the alert for situations that are not progressing productively and for opportunities to improve project performance
• Confer with project personnel to provide technical advice and to resolve problems
• Provide positive safety leadership to the project
• Review field operation and ensure that the project provides a safe workplace
• Coordinate the preparation and updating of the formal project construction schedule as required by the contract documents
• Coordinate resource use with project superintendent; for example, craft assignment, crew sizes and project layout for offices, traffic flow, and material storage
• Responsible for claims documentation
• Coordinate material purchases, assure that subcontractor agreements are prepared and change orders are accurate and issued to owners, subcontractors and suppliers
• Develop, maintain business relationships and manage subcontractor, client/owner, engineers, JV partner(s) and unions if applicable
• Maintain relationships with contracting and regulatory agencies & executive management
• Participate in project presentations to elected officials, general public and other stake holders
• Responsible for project closeout. Secure loose ends by finishing paperwork, obtaining retainages, supporting supervisors and expediting claims
• Debriefing of project to review all positive and negative aspects after completion
• Able to confidently negotiate any & all matters on behalf of the Company as they relate to cost, schedule & contract matters with Owner/Sub suppliers
• Knowledge and understanding of prevailing wage rules
• Performs other related duties as required and assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field from an accredited four-year college or university, Civil Engineering or Construction Management preferred
• Five (5) to ten (10) years of related experience; construction and management experienced required
• At least 2-4 Roadway projects with the TXDOT. High traffic arterial projects will be valued
• Federal, state and local knowledge and experience
• Knowledge and experience with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Knowledge with Primavera P6 Scheduling Software is a plus
• Knowledge of the TXDOT Standard Specifications

Pre-employment background check and drug screening required.

Pulice Construction Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Women/Minorities/Veterans/Disabled

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