Senior Construction Manager, Water PMCM

We are strategizing, planning, and implementing projects that help clients achieve their organization's objectives. Join our award-winning program management team and bring transformational project solutions to life.

By managing capital programs and projects as if they were our own, our project management business, and technical experts work with clients to strategize, plan, and implement projects that help them achieve their organization's objectives. Our award-winning team has managed thousands of projects across all sectors - hospitals, airports, and entire university campuses; infrastructure like mass transit and water-treatment facilities; and energy and resource assignments, from mines to wind farms.

Your Opportunity

Stantec's Program Management Construction Management (PMCM) Group is seeking a Senior Construction Manager to work on large, complex water projects with construction values more than $500M. The Senior Construction Manager will provide filly qualified management of program construction activities in a fast-paced professional, design and delivery environment. Projects may include improvements to water, wastewater and reclaimed water treatment facilities and related collection and distribution systems.

The role is co-located and embedded with client staff in Cincinnati, OH with the other members of the Stantec team, likely working in both office and field settings with regular visits to construction sites.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of significant Water PMCM Construction Management (CM) projects. Ensure project goals and objectives are met, administer the owner's construction-related contracts, and coordinate project delivery with internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage multiple large complex initiatives and/or projects simultaneously.
• Implement company, client, and project policies, procedures, standards, etc., are adhered to properly.
• Lead and/or participate in Design Phase constructability and construction sequencing reviews
• Provide input to the development of project schedules, coordinate the work according to approved schedules, reports schedule deviations and provides recommendations on any schedule modifications.
• Actively participate, including contribution to written content, in major projects in key roles such as Independent Technical Reviewer, Project Principal CM, or PM as required.
• Prepare project delivery paperwork, processes and procedures and work with consultants and contractors on achieving successful project paperwork for approval
• Advise owner and program teams on delivery strategy including collaborative delivery model options, participate in the decision-making process and develop policy and procedure for implementation
• Prepare and provide input for contract documents, including scopes of work.
• Serve as owner's contract manager for collaborative delivery construction contracts.
• Manages team during the preconstruction phase, approving procedures, tools and practices, and reviewing contract documents, for preparation and implementation of construction phase construction management services.
• Oversee Bid Phase for design-bid-build projects including preparation of pre-bid meeting agendas, presenting at pre-bid meetings, tracking bid period questions from Contractors, coordinating with discipline engineers for responses to bid period questions, preparing and issuing contract addenda, reviewing and summarizing Contractor bids, and recommending award of contract to client.
• Oversee day-to-day construction management efforts to ensure the project(s) are constructed in accordance with design, budget, and schedule.
• Coordinate onsite construction activities by liaising with field staff, third party consultants, utility companies, public agencies, sub-contractors, and general public.
• Maintain records of activities including work completed and inspected. Report deviations from contract documents and follow through with responsible party until resolution.
• Review plans, specifications, requests for information, submittals, construction schedules, shop drawings, change orders and payment applications.
• Schedule and coordinate reviews, inspections and shutdown related activities. Reviews daily inspection reports for completeness and accuracy. Reviews material test reports for compliance with specifications.
• Oversee equipment testing, training, startup, commissioning, closeout, and warranty activities.
• Oversee post-construction phase, preparing and submitting final deliverables (e.g., as-build drawings and O&M Manuals), reviewing final pay request and punch lists, recommending final completion, tracking of warranties and preparation of final invoicing.
• Support business development activities including client meetings, proposal development and presentations.
• Actively engaged in recruitment of key construction staff by screening resumes, interviewing prospective candidates and coordination with HR professionals.
• Perform other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Thorough knowledge of construction management principles, techniques and procedures, occupational hazards, and safety precautions.
• Ability to effectively discuss project issues with project team, contractor, design professionals, owner's management and staff, regulatory representatives, and external parties, including ability to resolve conflict situations.
• Experience with construction management of water/wastewater treatment facilities, pump stations, pipeline and conveyance facilities, and other water utility infrastructure.
• Experience with collaborative delivery contracting methods including CMAR, Progressive Design Build and Fixed Price Design Build.
• Strong organizational skills and understanding of task assignment and schedule with capacity to handle multiple tasks and projects, concurrently, and quickly adapt to new priorities.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to exceptional client service.
• Accountable for making decisions on large complex projects.
• Highly effective in managing sub-consultants and equipment suppliers/vendors.
• Demonstrated ability to build trust and positive relationships.
• Effective facilitation, negotiation and problem-solving skills, using sound professional judgment, creativity and innovation.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite (e.g., Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word).

Education and Experience

• Degree in construction management or engineering (civil) or other related engineering field with a minimum of 10-12 years of experience or technical school 2-year degree/diploma in a related program with a minimum 12-14 years.
• Minimum 4-5 years of experience successfully executing technical aspects of a wide range of medium to complex projects including Collaborative Delivery.
• Experience working on large complex projects with construction value in excess of $500M (water/wastewater experience preferred).
• 10+ years of construction management experience, preferably in water/wastewater.
• Certified Construction Manager (CCM) certification preferred.
• OSHA and MSHA training and certification preferred.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

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