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About the Role

JE Dunn is seeking a Traveling Project Manager 1 - Justice to support its growing portfolio of justice clients across the United States. This role involves providing overall direction and leadership for projects, managing operations and administration, and building strong relationships with clients, design teams, and subcontractors. The position is key to building innovative, efficient, safe, and technologically advanced courthouses and corrections facilities.

Responsibilities

Leads all aspects of the company’s safety culture and creates awareness by demonstrating commitment to an injury-free environment.
Investigates safety incidents and retrains staff as needed.
Manages the JE Dunn prestart process.
Supports the preconstruction team including quantity takeoff, trade coordination, scope of work development, scope review, bid package development, schedule development, bid list creation and bid advertisement.
Leads plan and implementation of buyout schedule.
Verifies pricing and scope, identifies successful bidders, provides gap analysis against initial scope and manages issuance of subcontracts.
Manages the submittal schedule set-up.
Coordinates priorities with the team; reviews and approves all shop drawings and samples prior to submittal to architects or engineers.
Ensures approved submittals are returned to subcontractors and available to project team per the project schedule and the contract.
Coordinates with Logistics to obtain pricing on materials and equipment.
Confers with risk management to ensure approval and/or bonding requirements for subcontractors.
Reviews decisions with project leader.
Provides ongoing risk analysis of subcontractors throughout project lifecycle.
Coordinates the various stakeholders of the project including but not limited to subcontractors, owner, field, design team, vendors, etc.
Disseminates change requests to subcontractors for pricing and schedule input.
Gathers and evaluates subcontractor pricing to confirm accuracy.
Prepares, submits and obtains owner/architect approval for change requests.
Leads various meetings such as monthly project reviews, progress meetings and OAC (Owner Architect) meetings.
Completes monthly subcontractor and owner pay application process.
Prepares project schedule with the Project Superintendent.
Gathers input from project team and utilizes Lean principles as appropriate.
Develops and updates project schedule for both preconstruction and construction activities.
Manages materials, labor and procurement logs to ensure appropriate resources are available to meet the project schedule.
Identifies potential schedule impacts including scope, weather, manpower and changes, and facilitates mitigation plans for these impacts.
Provides appropriate written documentation for decisions affecting various aspects of the project such as budget, schedule, legal, quality and/or safety.
Employs current best practices for documentation requirements.
Provides a variety of regular reporting and analysis to project team(s) to communicate overall project status and profitability.
Prepares monthly cost and margin forecast with input from superintendent and reviews with the project team.
Participates in the development of the project budget.
Regularly reviews costs relative to the budget and highlights discrepancies to enable improved financial performance.
Leads overall project closeout process using best practice standards, tools and processes such as the close-out punch list, financials, sub contracts, warranties, etc.
Interfaces with region/company legal counsel as appropriate.

Requirements

Ability to perform work accurately and completely, and in a timely manner.
Ability to conduct effective presentations.
Ability to apply fundamentals of the means and methods of construction management to projects.
Thorough knowledge of project processes and how each supports the successful completion of a project.
Ability to manage budgets, maximize profitability and generate future work through building relationships.
Valid and unrestricted drivers license required.
Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds.
Must be willing to work non-traditional hours to meet project needs.
May be exposed to extreme conditions (hot or cold).
Assignment location may include project sites and/or in the office.
Frequent activity: Sitting, Viewing Computer Screen.
Occasional activity: Standing, Walking, Bending, Climbing, Reaching above Shoulder, Pushing, Pulling.
In lieu of the above requirements, equivalent relevant experience will be considered.
Prior experience working on large or complex Justice / Corrections construction projects (Preferred).

Skills

Communication skills, verbal and written (Intermediate)
Proficiency in MS Office (Intermediate)
Ability to build relationships and collaborate within a team, internally and externally.
Proficiency in project management and accounting software (Advanced)
Proficiency in required construction technology (Advanced)
Proficiency in scheduling software (Advanced)
Ability to apply Lean process and philosophy (Intermediate)
Ability to build relationships with team members that transcend a project.

Location

United States

Work Type

Traveling
Full-time

Experience Level

5+ years construction management experience

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering or related field

Benefits

Professional Non-Union benefits package

About the Company

Best People + Right Culture are the driving forces behind JE Dunn’s success.
Hiring inspired people, giving them interesting and challenging work, enabling them with innovative tools, and letting them share in the company’s rewards has led to sustainable growth for over 100 years.
Diverse teams strive to enrich lives through inspired people and places.
JE Dunn is ENR’s #2-ranked Contractor in Correctional Facilities Construction.
JE Dunn Construction is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce.
JE Dunn Construction is a background screening, drug-free workplace.

Equal Opportunity

JE Dunn is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and it is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all people without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected category.
JE Dunn provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for a job, please submit your request to accommodations@jedunn.com.