Construction Manager

The Cumming Group is a global leader in project and cost management, specialising in complex construction and development projects.

With over 2,500 employees across more than 60 locations worldwide, the company has an impressive track record across a range of industries, including healthcare, education, hospitality, and commercial real estate.

The Cumming Group has successfully delivered projects in over 100 countries and brings in-depth expertise in project management, cost estimation, scheduling, and strategic planning.

This position is a part of our Project Management department and is responsible for scheduling, coordinating, and overseeing projects from start to finish.

This includes planning, budgeting, and directing a construction project, usually through subordinate supervisory personnel, and executing activities concerned with the construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, and systems, as well as handling any issues which arise during the job.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Determine labor requirements and dispatch workers to construction sites.
• Inspect and analyze projects to monitor compliance with building and safety codes, and other regulations.
• Interpret and explain plans and contract terms to administrative staff, workers, and clients, representing the owner or developer.
• Prepare contracts and negotiate revisions, changes, and additions to contractual agreements with architects, consultants, clients, suppliers, and subcontractors.
• Requisition supplies and materials to complete construction projects.
• Prepare and submit budget estimates and progress and cost tracking reports.
• Develop and implement quality control programs.
• Confer with supervisory personnel, owners, contractors, and design professionals to discuss and resolve matters such as work procedures, complaints, and construction problems.
• Investigate damage, accidents, or delays at construction sites, take actions to ensure that proper procedures are being carried out.
• Monitor and assess performance of yourself, team members, and/or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Plan, manage, and coordinate all aspects of the project schedule, scope, and cost.
• Value Engineer the project by identifying opportunities for savings and ensuring material substitutions are equal.
• Communicate with and manage project stakeholders.
• Prepare Project Management plan and fee budget/proposal at the project outset.
• Evaluate documents and communicate the client’s specific goals and expectations to all project team members.
• Develop and communicate action plans that will lead the project team throughout the project, beginning with the initial Project Management Plan.
• Re-evaluate the contract scope of work as the project progresses against the goals, expectations, and the needs of the client, and recommend adjustments as necessary.
• Coordinate with cost management group as applicable for preparation of cost estimates, cost studies, actual job cost reviews, and budget reconciliation.
• Organize and maintain framework for project team processes and record keeping of electronic and physical documents.
• Drive the permitting process by designing team documents to be submitted to various local, state, and federal agencies and ensure the applicable permits are moving through the process efficiently.
• Ensure the project design management continues to follow the client project documents such as budget, scope, schedule, and client’s design standards.
• Prepare cost and revenue projections.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Attendance at work during normal business hours.

Knowledge & Skills Required

• Experience with determining labor requirements based on scope of project.
• Experience and familiarity with building and safety codes and other construction related regulations.
• Knowledge of plans and contract terms and conditions.
• Demonstrated experience preparing and negotiating contracts, revisions, change orders, etc.
• Experience investigating and reporting damage, accidents and delays on construction sites. Familiar with proper reporting procedures.
• Experience preparing and delivering budget estimates and progress and cost reports.
• Demonstrated success in planning, managing and coordinating all aspects of a project schedule, scope and cost.
• Utilize effective written and oral communication skills.
• Understand how your role contributes to the organization’s goals.
• Deliver quality work product by role modeling organizational core values.
• Ability to hold self accountable to individual and team goals.
• Consistently communicates and collaborates with team members and clients.
• Experience building successful relationships with peers, leaders, and clients.
• Proactively participate in self-development to continually enhance current skills and build new skills required to excel at current role and prepare for career progression.
• Demonstrate ability to be dependable, diligent, and thorough.
• Exercise creativity and resourcefulness in managing the project effectively in a compressed timeframe.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Experience: Seven years of progressive experience in the field or in a related area preferred