Sr. Project Manager - Charleston, SC

Sr. Project Manager

For more than 100 years, Barton Malow has been committed to Building People, Projects, and Communities. Guided by our Core Values of Integrity, Partnership, and Empowerment, we've built a culture that supports strong leadership, collaboration, and long-term career growth. We're seeking an experienced Project Manager to support projects, leading teams through all phases of project delivery while ensuring safety, quality, schedule, and budget expectations are met. The Sr. Project Manager is responsible for overseeing project execution from preconstruction through closeout, including procurement, planning, field operations, cost management, and team leadership. This role partners closely with superintendents, engineers, subcontractors, and design teams to deliver complex projects efficiently and successfully, with healthcare construction experience strongly preferred.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Procurement: Develop bidders list, including ability to analyze information in CPS and be aware of local market capabilities. Develop overall bidding strategy for project. Manage distribution of bidding documents and tracking of bidders, including solicitation of bidders and management of data within CPS. Organize and conduct pre-bid meetings. Manage bidder question process. Manage development of work scopes and mentor others on their creation. Develop front end documents for bidding based on project needs and requirements of owner contract. Receive/evaluate bids and conduct post-bid reviews. Write subcontracts, both standard subcontract orders and more complex types such as professional services or design-assist.
• Planning: Initiate setup of a complex project schedule and creation of activities and logic, with no/little assistance on durations and schedule flow. Develop site logistics plans in conjunction with superintendent. Set up a multi-element cash flow and manpower projection analysis at varying stages of the project. Prepare constructability reviews to determine completeness of documents. Review estimates prepared by preconstruction group for potential scope holes. Initiate set up of jobsite, including mobilization of trailer and setup of jobsite staff.
• Field Operations: Establish and oversee the safety plan at the jobsite; set safety culture at jobsite. Ensure punchlist process is completed in a timely manner. Assist with management of labor relations with field personnel, including interactions with unions. Implement emergency crisis procedures and ensure staff is appropriately trained. Manage owner equipment coordination process. Facilitate Mechanical/Electrical overhead coordination or BIM process.
• Cost Management: Create and manage general conditions budget. Monitor and update projections monthly. Establish non-reimbursables based on interpretation of contract; work to minimize their usage. Set up trade budget structure and log into Prolog. Review budget entries of others and evaluate reports for accuracy. Regularly monitor project costs and effectiveness of change management process. Oversee creation of cost items in prolog and issuance to contractors. Assist with processing changes to owner agreement. Support job-site cash management, including monitoring of job profitability and timeliness of payment.
• Management: Facilitate meetings with the project team. Ensure RFIs and submittals are being appropriately processed by the engineering staff. Ensure office procedures are implemented, including filing system, correspondence formats, start-up documents, closeout documents, and archiving. Manage ultimate agency acceptance of the project, including serving as an interface to code officials. Involvement in seeking repeat and new business sales. Assist with response to RFPs and preparation of presentations for new projects. Manage job relations and communication needs with the Architect/Engineer.

Required Knowledge, Education, Experience, Skills, and Abilities:

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline.
• 10+ years' experience in GC/CM Construction Management.
• Experience with Procore preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.