Balfour Beatty plc is hiring: Project Manager in San Diego

As an industry leader, Balfour Beatty offers employees a comprehensive benefits package with competitive salaries and more including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Dependent & Medical Reimbursement)
• Vacation Time
• Sick Time
• Holidays
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Referral Bonus

Summary

Balfour Beatty Construction is seeking a Project Manager to join our team in San Diego, CA. The Project Manager is responsible for the overall direction, completion, and financial outcome of a construction project. In this position, the Project Manager directs and supervises activities related to contract administration, change orders, submittals, procurement, project financial projections, and schedule requirements to ensure projects are completed with quality, profitability, and adherence to our Safety/Zero Harm culture.

Essential Functions

• Safety: ZERO HARM
• Lead, oversee, and educate owners, subcontractors, team members, and the community on the Zero Harm safety culture and its benefits.
• Perform project safety walks and participate in project safety meetings.
• Participate in incident investigations.
• Ensure safety is properly incorporated into job planning and execution.
• Business Development
• Assist in project pursuits through early game involvement, RFP preparation, and presentations.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with new and existing clients, construction managers, architects/engineers, subcontractors, key stakeholders, and the community.
• Attend conferences, industry events, and other networking opportunities.
• Project Financial Responsibility
• Ensure a project is delivered within budget.
• Timely subcontractor contracting/buyout.
• Project cost projection and financial reporting (monthly, quarterly, and yearly).
• Budget reviews/cost tracking.
• Labor reports/projections.
• Cost event tracking, change order negotiations, etc.
• Preconstruction Coordination
• Manage preconstruction process.
• Assist with estimates.
• Assist with constructability/value engineering.
• Assist with logistical/schedule planning.
• Create project GC and GR budgets, staff planning, and scope writing.
• Review owner contracts.
• Contract negotiations (owner and subcontractors).
• Identify risk.
• Facilitate preconstruction meetings with owners and subcontractors.
• Lead Project Start Up
• Planning & Scheduling
• Understand overall project plan, phasing, milestones, and schedules.
• Assist the superintendent with schedule updates.
• Prepare and distribute monthly schedule updates and narratives.
• Knowledge and ability to lead pull planning.
• Delay tracking and notifications, time impact analysis development.
• Procurement tracking.
• Ability to identify, navigate, and negotiate schedule roadblocks.
• Develop/manage the project purchasing schedule.
• Cost loaded schedule experience is a plus.
• Project Administration, Operations, and Close-out
• Lead owner, architect, contractor (OAC), and key stakeholder meetings.
• Attend weekly subcontractor meetings (chaired by superintendent).
• Manage overall request for change order process.
• Review and approve monthly owner and subcontractor pay applications.
• Lead monthly project reporting (MPR) preparation and discussions.
• Communicate job needs/issues up as necessary.
• Develop and assist in leading the project quality control program, preconstruction meetings, first work inspections, etc.
• Oversee closeout of project, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Obtain certificate of occupancy and government approvals.

Build effective teams, foster positive culture, leadership, and employee development. Mentor, train, and develop salaried personnel in all aspects of their careers. Provide timely feedback and ensure that employees participate in the performance review process.

• Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field.
• Ten years or more of commercial construction experience in project management on K-12 and/or higher education construction (both are not required).
• Five to ten years or more of direct supervisory experience related to subcontractor management.
• Proficiency using a personal computer (PC) and company communication tools, such as email, the internet, Procore, Bluebeam, Navisworks, and Microsoft products (e.g., Word, Excel, Office, Outlook).
• Experience with financial reporting tools such as JD Edwards, Power BI, or similar construction application(s).

Preferred Requirements

• DSA/Public Works experience.
• OSHA 30 certification.
• DBIA and CCM professional certifications (preferred but not required).
• Local qualified candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

The base compensation range for the role of Project Manager in San Diego, CA posted above is $120,000 to $150,000 annually.

About Us

Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management, and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build the unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn, and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by a relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes, and the determination to find a better way. Through Zero Harm, we are challenging the construction industrys assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our business.

Consistently ranked among the nations largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).

Balfour Beatty is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other criteria protected by federal, state, or local law.

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