Construction Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Are we the road to your future?

Volkert is employee-owned and Top 100 nationally ranked professional services firm, committed to providing clients with creative solutions for sustainability, including improvements to infrastructure, the environment, and natural resources. Founded in 1925, Volkert is celebrating a century of serving our employees, clients, partners, and communities.

We are currently searching for an experienced Construction Manager to support our Program Management services in the Gulf Region. This position may support work throughout the region but will primarily support clients and projects in South Alabama and surrounding areas and will be domiciled in either our Mobile (AL) or Montgomery (AL) offices with regional travel and / or remote work as needed.

The Program Management Group serves as a professional consultant to a variety of public and private sector clients in the successful management of individual projects and large-scale building programs. The Group assists clients with determination of facility needs, development of capital budgets and management of all other professional and construction service providers in the delivery of capital projects meeting the client’s programmatic, schedule and budgetary goals. In other words, we represent the client (project owner) in all phases of a project’s life cycle serving as their eyes and ears to ensure that their building program needs are met and their projects are delivered on time and in budget.

This position provides leadership and oversight for technical and administrative management of all program and construction management and contract administration activity for assigned projects. Candidate should be familiar with the integration of architectural design, engineering, procurement, and construction activities in the commercial and institutional markets.

What you’ll be doing :

Project Execution

• Acts as the Company representative with the client and internal subconsultants as well as third party consultants and contractors during program execution.
• Acts as the Owner’s (Client) Representative in all communications and interactions with design firms, contractors, suppliers, and other professional / trade service providers during all phases of assigned projects from pre-design through post-construction.
• Prepares a Project Execution Plan (PEP) that identifies the project team organization, identifies each task or phase and all work that must be performed to complete the project, outlines a schedule to ensure timely completion of assigned projects, and develops staffing requirements needed to complete the project
• Conducts project kick-off meetings to review the PEP with project team members, clients, and other stakeholders.
• Ensures Project Quality Control reviews are conducted and documented.
• Manages project close-out and ensures all files and documents are retained per corporate policy and client requirements.
• Maintains daily contact with field personnel during all field activities.

Project Monitoring and Review

Project Control

What you need to have :

Key Benefits :

The words from our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas A. Hand, PE, capture best how you can make an impact while working for Volkert.

“ For a century, Volkert has done meaningful work that improves our infrastructure and quality of life throughout our communities. We are proud of our one-hundred-year legacy and humbled by the opportunities ahead of us as we look forward to our next century of service. With our commitment to employee ownership and sustainable growth, you can build a career here that really makes a difference .”

– Thomas A. Hand, PE, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

EOE- Race / Sex / Vets / Disabled

Volkert does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies or fee-based recruitment services.

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