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Senior Design Build Project Manager / Director

Austin Industries is one of the nation's largest, most diversified U.S.-based construction companies. With more than 7,000 employee-owners, Austin Industries provides nearly every type of civil, commercial and industrial construction services through the expertise of our operating companies: Austin Bridge & Road, Austin Commercial and Austin Industrial.

Austin Bridge & Road has an outstanding opportunity for a Senior Design Build Project Manager / Director at our corporate headquarters in Coppell, Texas. Our ideal candidate will have established relations and contacts with TxDOT and the Regional Mobility Authorities (RMA) or will be strong enough to build these relations. The role for future pursuits will be initially based in Coppell during the pursuit stage. However once the project begins, the position will be based at the project location.

This position will:

• Require advanced skills for business development, estimating, and request for proposal response.
• Requires maintaining a strong working relationship with engineers, inspectors, developers, vendors, and subcontractors, so outstanding customer service skills are essential.
• Requires competency in discerning owner contracts, partner and subcontractor / consultant agreements, developing innovative alternate technical concepts, and risk management.

Responsibilities:

• Work with Business Development during project pursuit and will transition into a direct management role once the project is awarded
• Planning and scheduling the resources required to complete projects safely, ahead of schedule and below the estimated cost
• Understand and interpret contract terms on design build contracts including contracts that require capital or comprehensive maintenance
• Assume overall responsibility for startup activities on the project; work with the Construction Manager on matters such as site security, temporary power, utility connections, placement of office trailers, locations for stored materials, etc.
• Maintain profit/loss accountability for individual projects to include job cost controls and take proactive measures to meet or beat budgeted costs
• Assist in establishing and maintaining job cost reporting in accordance with company policy. Approve the conversion of bid documents to the various cost elements in the Job Cost Statement; prepare monthly Job Status Reports for review by management. Investigate and attempt to remedy cost variances that are not within established norms. Review Labor Cost Reports with the superintendent at regular intervals and ensure that field supervisors are kept up-to-date on the unit costs for their work and how it compares with the bid estimate.
• Finalize and approve projected project cost at completion estimates
• Together with the Construction Manager and Construction Quality Manager, ensure that uniformly high standards of quality are established and maintained throughout the project
• Manage the development and implementation of project-specific quality control procedures
• Lead the project team to achieve the company objectives for safety performance. Instill a culture of a safe work environment throughout the project.
• Ensure all company policy, OSHA and contractual requirements are met
• Manage all environmental obligations required by the contract and regulatory agencies and make immediate corrective actions to deficiencies issued by the environmental compliance manager
• Work with Design Manager during the pursuit phase to develop Alternative Technical Concepts to include within the proposal
• Together with the project team, ensure compliance with all federal, state and municipal laws, ordinances and building codes related to construction. Included are company policies and procedures dealing with employment, compensation, health, safety, labor/management relations, etc. Take corrective action as necessary to ensure compliance.
• Administrative competency in managing Design Build contracts
• Ability to administrate the unique requirements of joint venture agreements; including cash flow, operating procedures, staff integration, team leadership and present financial performance to the management team
• Additional duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• 15+ years of experience in the construction industry with a minimum of five (5) years in a similar position
• Preference is registered professional engineer, but not required
• Business acumen developed through supplemental education and/or experience
• Project management experience in the construction industry with projects in the fields of heavy highway, bridges, heavy civil, etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Have strong attention to detail and accuracy while managing multiple priorities under stress
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment and meet deadlines

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management
• Resume must include experience on projects at or above $300M
• Resume must include experience as Project Manager on a minimum of two Design Build projects (heavy highway/bridges), one of which over $300M
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin Bridge & Road is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Benefits & Compensation

We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and a matching 401K plan. We are proud to be a 100% Employee-Owned Company (ESOP!)

Austin Bridge & Road is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About Austin Bridge and Road

A leader in the heavy highway and transportation industry for more than 100 years, Austin Bridge & Road delivers asphalt and concrete services, and builds landmark projects such as complex highway interchanges, tollways, runways, bridges, rail projects, and water/wastewater facilities.

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