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Construction Project Manager - Commercial Construction - Base Salary to 100k/year - Portland, ME

• Our client has been at the heart of Maine’s construction landscape over the past four decades, crafting spaces that endure. Beyond the blueprint, their team of dedicated professionals sees each project as a partnership in realizing their clients' goals. From the initial stages through project completion, they provide insightful guidance, innovative solutions, and steadfast assistance.
• The Construction Project Manager plays a key role in establishing and maintaining sound relationships with owners and strategic partners such as architects and subcontractors. The Construction Project Manager will manage through all construction phases, balancing project deadlines and costs with owner expectations of schedule, quality, and budget. This includes the creation of project scope and completion plans to ensure uninterrupted forward progress on the construction project. The Construction Project Manager will partner with a Superintendent to form a well-coordinated building effort.

Responsibilities:

• Develop a clear, complete understanding of project scope by reviewing plans, documents, and estimates.
• Perform detailed quantity takeoffs, estimate material and labor costs, solicit and level subcontractor proposals, and compile final GMPs to deliver competitive, accurate bids.
• Lead scope development and identify gaps to ensure comprehensive and accurate project
  coverage.
• Contribute to value engineering and constructability reviews, and support proposal writing and client interviews for $500k - $10M commercial projects.
• Prepare complete preconstruction schedules, managing client expectations and various design and consultant partners.
• Create a solid project completion plan and milestone schedule - establishing priorities, scheduling activities, developing clear benchmarks, and assigning responsibilities to ensure uninterrupted forward progress on the construction project.
• Manage construction sequencing, scheduling, site logistics, and startup planning to ensure smooth project execution
• Lead project kickoff and progress meetings while collaborating closely with Superintendents and Project Engineers, exercising sound judgment in risk management and issue escalation.
• Oversee subcontractor coordination, field issue resolution, permitting, utility coordination, and change order negotiations
• Maintain accurate job cost tracking, forecasting, and construction document control (RFIs, submittals, meeting minutes).

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of experience managing public and private construction projects through the preconstruction and/or construction phases including conceptual and schematic budgeting experience.
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, plans, and specifications.
• Knowledge of construction financials and financial risk and application to job site work.
  continuous improvement of processes, team, and personal development.
• Ability to effectively lead project team members and subcontractors while mentoring and
  supporting less experienced team members, clients, architects, vendors, subcontractors, and other business partners projects from start to finish while working under pressure of deadlines.
• Proficiency in Procore, Microsoft Office (especially Excel), MS Project and estimating tools (Timberline/Ediphi or similar).
• Comfortable with AI and cloud-based project management tools for bid management, cost
  forecasting, or proposal generation.

Compensation:

• Base salary range from 80k - 100k/year.
• 401k with company match.
• Year-end bonus.
• Medical, dental, vision insurance.
• PTO.
• 100% employee-owned company - each employee owner shares in our financial success by receiving shares of company stock at no cost through their ESOP.