Shaw-Lundquist and Associates, Inc. (SLA) is looking for a Senior Project Manager with extensive multi-family experience. The Senior PM will be a recognized leader and expert in the construction industry, bring strong and well-established client, architect and engineer relationships, as well as business development talent and experience. The ideal candidate brings a collaborative pre-construction approach and extensive experience developing negotiated contracts, combined with a track record of highly profitable field operations. This is a leadership role for an experienced and entrepreneurial Senior Project Manager to help build this market sector for SLA.
Job Responsibilities:
- Develop new business opportunities with both new and established clients
- Cultivate enduring client relationships throughout the business cycle, including leading the entire team’s focus on customer satisfaction during construction.
- Create a collaborative environment with both internal and external team members by sharing information, strategy and resources.
- Using the Contractor’s software, Company cost history, and the manager’s own experience, prepare accurate and complete estimates through the review of plans and specifications, quantity takeoffs, crew selection and productivity, vendor and subcontractor quote management, risk assessment, and Company guidelines for overhead and margin.
- Select subcontractors and vendors, prepare project schedules, determine project staffing needs, set up budgets, complete risk assessments and develop project specific safety plans.
- Coordinate construction phases to prevent delays and resolve conflicts, ensure that work is performed to specification, on schedule, within budget.
- Ensure job cost reports and pay estimates are accurate and timely.
- Review and approve subcontractor and vendor payments.
- Negotiate and process extra work claims, change orders, and supplemental agreements and value engineering concepts.
- Ensure that all environmental regulations are in compliance.
- Create a safety-first culture, exceeding safety goals.
- Set aspirational goals and lead teams to achieve excellence in quality.
- Ensure efficient and effective project close-out, arming clients with digestible information about their building systems, maintenance, warranty and operations.
- Build a high performing business unit based on the company values.
- Provide leadership, coaching, mentoring, and training to ensure ongoing successful performance improvement as well as evaluating employee job performance.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Engineering, Civil Engineering, Architectural Engineering or Construction Management preferred
- 15 years project management experience preferred
- Multi-family and design build housing construction project experience required
- Procurement experience, including writing proposals, RFP/RFQ, interviews required
- Expert knowledge of Company software Procore, Auto Desk, Blue Beam, iSqFt, Cosential, eCMS, On Screen Take Off, Microsoft Project
- A thorough knowledge of the Multi-family Construction industry, Minnesota Housing's Housing Design and Construction Standards and HUD standards, and all related standards and requirements.
Benefits:
- Health and Dental Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Life and ADD Insurance
- 401K/Profit Sharing Plan
- PTO
- Paid Holidays
The Company:
- SLA was founded in 1974 and provides construction services as a general contractor, construction manager and design/builder serving a variety of clients in the retail, entertainment, multi-unit, educational, commercial, governmental, institutional and industrial markets. The company currently has 2 offices in Minnesota and Nevada. The company utilizes the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) in guiding the company.
- The company’s core target is to be a nationally recognized Asian-American owned enterprise with a national footprint and $300 million in revenue by March 2022.
- The core focus of the company is to Build Better Lives through client-focused solutions for complex construction projects. Building Better Liveslooks beyond the physical building and looks at the creation and use of the building and how it will provide better lives through learning, living, and working for everyone. Client focused solutions for complex construction projects compel us to learn and understand the owner’s goals and drives us to ensure a successful project for the client.
- Building Better Lives by Building with Integrity and PRIDEis our commitment statement to ourselves, which commits us to the core purpose and values of SLA
Our Values:
- Integrity – Do I do the right thing even when no one is watching or looking?
- Professionalism – Do I work and represent myself and SLA in a manner that I am proud of?
- Respect – Do I respect others, and have I earned their respect?
- Ingenuity – Do I seek to improve the current situation?
- Determination – Do I fully commit and contribute to our winning culture by doing things right and being focused on measures of success?
- Excellence – Do I have completely satisfied clients and colleagues?