Project Manager - Civil Construction at WRS in Ferndale, Washington

Job description

• WRS has an immediate opening for an experienced Civil Construction Project Manager with at least 5+ years of related experience in the field. The person who fills this position will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing a range of routine and complex civil construction projects from pre-construction through closeout. This includes site development, grading and earthwork, underground utilities, road and heavy civil construction, and related infrastructure work.
• Our ideal candidate is innovative, relational, and honest.
• If you live for those “aha!” moments, you thrive in team settings, and you hold yourself to a high standard of work and ethics – we have a feeling you’ll like it here.

Responsibilities

• Know civil construction means and methods well enough to produce quality estimates/bids/proposals/schedules that result in profitable work for the company and the construction department.
• Provide clear direction to superintendent/foreman of your expectations for the project. Provide them with project files, estimates, schedules, and any other pertinent information.
• Prepare submittals, work plans, subcontracts, rental and material agreements.
• Set baseline schedule in conjunction with field supervision.
• Generate RFI’s, pay applications, change orders, quality tracking, etc.
• Collect and review material packing slips and approve invoices.
• Prepare financial reports, billings, cost reports and trends for WRS and client.
• Communicate with superintendent, foreman, client, safety, and management as the need arises; and to provide updates regarding project progress, adjust manpower and equipment.
• Work as part of the leadership within the construction department to understand and determine project needs regarding workloads, manpower, and equipment
• Be professional in dealing with customers, as well as company staff.
• Be a team player, lead and manage your team by example.

Requirements

• Have a solid understanding of the projects scope of work and how to complete the work safely. Understand the project and client’s safety requirements; and understand the safety costs for projects.
• 3-7 years experience in civil construction managing projects.
• Prepare accurate cost estimates with adequate notes for project staff to understand the logic and reasoning behind how an activity was priced.
• Must know and use HeavyBid, Heavy Job Manager, HCSS, and MS Office.
• Understand BlueBeam, P6, MS Project or similar software. Prepare project forms clearly and accurately.
• Prepare bid proposals with detailed scope of work, clear inclusions/exclusions.
• Be able to give verbal presentations to groups of various sizes.
• Be able to clearly convey emails/letters in a professional manner.
• Prepare to work hours necessary to complete tasks, as there will be deadlines which need to be met.
• Have a thorough understanding of how projects are built and prepare realistic bid schedules.
• Be willing to help in any way and always be willing to encourage those on the team.

Skills

Required

• HeavyBid
• Heavy Job Manager
• HCSS
• MS Office
• BlueBeam
• P6
• MS Project
• cost estimating
• bid preparation
• project scheduling
• safety management
• verbal presentation

Benefits

• When we say that we love investing in our team, we mean it.
• For full-time employees, WRS offers a full benefits package that includes:
• Full Medical coverage (with HSA option)
• Full Dental coverage
• Voluntary Vision
• Generous PTO, based on hours worked
• 10 Paid Holidays per year
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance (including guaranteed buy up option)
• $250 per year - personal reimbursements
• 401k Eligible after 1 year
• ESOP Eligible after 1 year
• $115,000-$140,000