Construction Manager

Duties

The Construction Manager's essential function is to estimate and manage the daily details of the project, including purchases, subcontracting, changes and coordination of office and field activities during the construction period. Specifically:

• Maintain an up-to-date file or library of material suppliers, equipment rental rates, and qualified subcontractors by category.
• Study and understand the contract documents of each project before, as well as after estimating to determine areas, including provisions of the general or special conditions, that may be ambiguous or present problems or result in unforeseen costs. Such matters should be brought to the attention of the President.
• Investigate conditions at the jobsite prior to bid to understand and evaluate site accessibility, surface and underground conditions and any condition that would affect construction methods and costs.
• Estimate accurately each job and review the estimate with the President in sufficient time to permit careful analysis, review of calculations, and corrections as necessary.
• Purchase major materials, and let subcontractors for work awarded, at the most competitive price early enough to ensure timely delivery of materials and performance of subcontracts.
• Prepare at various stages (pre-bid, post award, etc.) and update as necessary the job progress schedule in coordination with the Job Superintendent.
• Coordinate material deliveries and subcontract work in accordance with progress schedule and adjust as necessary when changes arise.
• Resolve, or assist Job Superintendent in resolving, design and detail problems with owners, design agents, suppliers, and subcontractors.
• Organize and attend preconstruction and job meetings.
• Prepare cost breakdown; review with Job Superintendent for concurrence, have it approved by the President before release to accounting, and make adjustments as required when changes arise.
• In conjunction with the Job Superintendent, prepare periodic percent completion data for job cost report and monitor printouts to correct mispostings and other errors.
• Analyze job cost reports to determine recommended action on overruns.
• In conjunction with Job Superintendent, prepare data for monthly invoices and submit in a timely manner to the Accounting Department.
• Code and approve invoices.
• Assure that details and submittals are received, submitted, corrected, approved and returned to the suppliers and subcontractors to assure delivery of materials and equipment to support progress schedules. Supervise submittal control data.
• Maintain and monitor adequate estimate and plan files.
• Supervise preparation of bid and job correspondence.
• Assist and cooperate with Job Superintendents in maintaining good subcontractor relations and activities, as well as other areas requiring coordination between field and office.
• Estimate and submit timely change proposals to the design agent or owner. Prepare and execute change orders between the company and architect and subcontractors.
• Request extensions of time as required by contract documents.
• Monitor the maintenance of as-built drawings by the Job Superintendent as required on projects. Assure maintenance of a permanent record set, or that "as-built" information is transferred to permanent record set.
• Attend seminars on estimating, management and construction techniques as the President requests.
• Prepare special reports requested by the CEO.
• Have thorough knowledge of company procedures manual.
• Have thorough knowledge of the PRD Construction safety policy and procedures and ensure compliance among those working on site.

The above outline of duties is not arranged in order of priority. These duties are not meant to restrict initiative, but rather to describe minimum activities. These duties will from time to time be altered by the President to suit the needs of the company.