General Contracting Manager

Full Time
Des Moines, IA
Posted
Job description

Job Brief

Oversees General Construction Supervisors and sets expectations for employee and manager performance. Directs field personnel during on site visits as necessary and monitors field activity. Estimates equipment, material, labor, sub-contractors and other

JOB SUMMARY

Oversees General Construction Supervisors and sets expectations for employee and manager performance. Directs field personnel during on site visits as necessary and monitors field activity. Estimates equipment, material, labor, sub-contractors and other project related costs necessary for the drafting and composition of proposals for Construction projects. Ensures the delivery of outstanding customer service.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

  • Education: Requires a high school diploma, knowledge of construction/carpentry practices as would normally be acquired through secondary education. Bachelor's degree in business administration or construction management is preferred.
  • Experience: 5-8 years of business development in construction and/or construction management.
  • Licenses/Certifications: Journeyman or Master Carpenter Preferred but not required. Requires valid driver's license, state-issued CDL preferred.
  • Technical Abilities: Knowledge of job costing, project estimating principles, business strategy, marketing and customer relations practices as would be acquired through 5-8 years of experience.
  • Autonomy/Direction: Takes performance expectations from senior leaders and directs the work of others to meet expectations. Works with little to no supervision and is required to demonstrate high-level decision-making including personnel decisions.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • 14%: Provides direction and expectations for construction projects and approves or contributes to field problem-solving and project decision-making activities as needed. Leads projects per SOP. Assists in the development of safety policies and guidelines and monitors and directs supervisor adherence to Company safety standards. Reviews and monitors the Job Costing Program, ensuring the proper accounting of construction and service costs and activities. Works with the project superintendent in conducting a pre-job review. Provides input to supervisors and managers regarding personnel related matters such as performance evaluations, training activities, disciplinary action and termination.
  • 14%: Leads project preconstruction meetings, progress meetings, conveys field information/ progress/ problems to the project management team, assist with crew scheduling, and employee time approval/ vacation scheduling. Provide direction, coaching and feedback to superintendents when needed.
  • 14%: Works with key house accounts to ensure that their construction projects are completed efficiently and with minimal difficulties and to provide information to the customer regarding new project activities.
  • 14%: Sets vendors and outside contractor expectations according to contract. Reveiws multiple partners' competitive pricing for construction supplies, materials, equipment and purchases same as approved and authorized. Measures vendor and supplier success by conducting oversight and evaluation according to contract. Reports failures to provide service levels with upper management. Utilizes contract verbiage and criteria to rate vendors and suppliers based on performance.
  • 14%: Confers with governmental agencies and their representatives regarding project plans, schedules and other matters. Ensures the appropriate permits for all construction projects were obtained by supervisors and project managers; assists in the scheduling of projects and assumes primary responsibility for project management.
  • 14%: Completes work plans and prepares proposals and assists Sales Representatives in proposal presentation to customers. Conducts pre-bid site visits to evaluate scope of work and to ensure competitiveness in bids as needed.
  • 16%: Other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED BEHAVIORS

  • Listening: Understanding the voice of our customers and employees. We require our employees to seek to understand others before attempting to be understood.
  • Continuous Improvement: Change is constant. We require our employees to adapt, plan ahead and continually get better through feedback, self-reflection and honest assessment.
  • Accountability: Responsibility for our actions. We require employees to take charge of their responsibilities and their selves without being told and to be honest and accountable for mistakes.
  • Teamwork: Multi-divisional teams are essential. We seek people whom others like to work with.
  • Fact Based Decisions: Seeking root cause, not blame. We avoid going with our guts. We love data.
  • Competitive: Drive to succeed. We value those who want to make a difference: Those who strive to give customers the products and services that no one else can give.
  • Safety: Concern for the well-being of our employees and our customers. We work hard, fast, and safe. Everyone is responsible for protecting themselves and others on our job sites. Everyone in the company is an official safety officer.
  • Sustainability and the Environment: Concern for the well-being of the earth. When we are done working, we want our workplaces and worksites to be in better shape than we found them.

WORKING CONDITIONS

  • Working Hazards: Works in an environment with potential exposure to fumes, dirt, noise, equipment movement dangers, vibrations, dangerous chemical/solvents, electrical shock, and inclement temperature extremes.
  • Physical/Mental Exertion: Ability to perform heavy physical labor exerting up to 100 pounds of force on an occasional basis and up to 50 pounds of force on a frequent basis performing such tasks as climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping and fingering.
  • Tools and Equipment: Ability to perform manual construction work and equipment operation as described. Knowledge and experience with computer programs (Procore, Outlook).

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the person assigned to this position. Principal duties and responsibilities are intended to describe those functions that are essential to the performance of this job, and “other” duties and responsibilities include those that are considered incidental or secondary to the overall purpose of this job.

This job description does not state or imply that the above are the only duties and responsibilities assigned to this position. Employees holding this position will be required to perform any other job-related duties as requested by management. All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with a disability.

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