Heavy Civil Senior Project Manager - Civil Construction - Base Salary to 150k/year - Jacksonville, NC

• Our client, a very well-established commercial / municipal / federal construction company is currently seeking a Heavy Civil Senior Project Manager with 5+ years heavy civil construction experience (bridge, highway, land/earth development) to be based out of their Goldsboro/Jacksonville, NC territory. Our client is a stable, family & team-oriented company that focuses on the core values of integrity, safety, excellence, teamwork and ethics.
  
• The Heavy Civil Senior Project Manager will provide Leadership and Management over: Safety & Risk, Project Operations, Finance, and Construction.

Responsibilities:

• Promote safety in all areas
  
• Establish project expectations & policies aligned to company standards
  
• Collaborate with internal contacts to review projects to bid & fill key positions
  
• Visit jobsites regularly attending at least one toolbox talk per jobsite monthly
  
• Facilitate negotiations & change orders, develop project budgets & schedules
  
• Manage procurement process: labor, equipment, materials, and subcontracts
  
• Manage financial contracts: Invoices/ billing, subcontractor and vendor payment, Monthly Project Status Report & Positive cash flow management
  
• Support Project Managers in creating, updating, and managing the project schedule with General and Site Superintendents
  
• Work with project team and subcontractors to outline a work plan assigning duties, responsibilities, scope of authority, quality control, subcontractor and purchase order scopes and complete project close-out.
  
• Attend all progress meetings with team, owner, subcontractor, and engineers
  
• Actively communicate with owners regarding their needs and questions
  
• Anticipate and solve problems with a positive mindset and focus on solutions
  
• Hold to uncompromising standards, personally and professionally
  
• Coach, mentor, and train all jobsite personnel; give ongoing feedback
  
• Seek out opportunities for continuous improvement; implement new strategies
  
• Consistently build strong positive relationships with all contacts
  
• Work: Mon-Fri from 7am-5pm typical hours; 50 % time in office; 50% on job sites (within approx. 2-hour radius)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management preferred
  
• 5+ years’ experience as managing heavy civil construction projects (bridge, highway, land/earth development)
  
• Experience in construction, finance, design, scheduling, and management required
  
• OSHA 30 Hour training required
  
• Strong working knowledge of Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, AutoCAD, Procore, Phoenix or similar / equivalent software
  
• Security clearance a plus
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States
  
• Ability to prepare a subcontractor scope of work
  
• Experience with pricing, purchasing, negotiating, and preparing purchase orders for materials and equipment
  
• Experience reading and understanding drawings
  

Compensation:

• Base salary in the 125k - 150k/year range
  
• Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental AD&D insurance, 401k
  
• Bonus program
  
• Family and team-oriented culture, long tenures, focused on safety/ integrity
  
• Company vehicle
  
• Company laptop/tablet, phone, gas & credit card
  
• Hotel accommodations for any long-distance job sites
  
• Regional relocation assistance available as needed