Project Manager

Employee-owned Kitchell seeks an experienced and dedicated Project Manager to join our California – Bay Area region in the city of Hayward and build a long-term career at one of the most innovative and growth-oriented building companies in the United States.

Overview

Responsibilities are to provide PM/CM services for Capital and Renovation Projects in the Civic Market Sector including a park and community center.  This position has client facing responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Act as a Construction Project Manager with direct client facing responsibilities
• Strong knowledge of contracts, drawings, estimates, and specifications to ensure relation and compliance to project requirements
• Conduct project meetings and provide documentation, administration, and tracking of relevant information
• Maintains and ensures client satisfaction and effectively resolves complaints when necessary in order to secure repeat business
• Implements and maintains effective systems of communication within and outside the program to ensure constructive relationships and the adequate flow of information
• Ensure contractor, architect, engineer, will adhere to contractual requirements on areas of safety, performance, project staff, and equipment
• Provide management of project logistics, organization, safety, and manpower utilization
• Monitors project planning and design status to report findings, recommendations, and updates
• May coordinate, direct, and monitor activities of construction management staff, contractors, engineers, architects, and related performing entities
• Performs other duties as assigned  

Requirements

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering or related discipline is preferred
• 5 - 8 years of experience in the Design/Engineering/Construction (DEC) industry of which 3+ years as a Project/Construction Manager is required
• Prior experience managing vertical construction in the Civic or Municipal Market Sectors is ideal

Knowledge and Skills

• Proficient user skills with the MS Suite of tools and Bluebeam are required
• Working knowledge of standard industry tools such as P6 and Procore is strongly preferred
• Effective verbal and written communication skills to foster and maintain interpersonal relationships is required
• Provide leadership and financial management support to the project team is required

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee must regularly work in an office and/or construction environment. Conditions regularly include exposure to outdoor elements, hot/cold temperatures, wet conditions, noise, atmospheric conditions, and cramped quarters. The noise level in the work environment is occasionally loud.

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee must regularly sit, stand, walk, talk, or hear and use hands to finger, feel and handle; frequently reach with hands and arms; occasionally climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.  Must frequently lift and or move 10 pounds and occasionally lift and or move up to 50 pounds.

Travel Requirements

This position is project site based in Hayward, CA.

Kitchell is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

The annual base salary range for this role is currently $100,000 - $130,000. The Company’s salary ranges are determined by role, level, location and alignment with market data. Individual pay is determined through interviews and an assessment of various factors, including job-related skills, relevant education and experience, abilities of the applicant and equity with other team members. The annual base salary range listed here is subject to change at any time, in the Company’s discretion, and does not alter in any way the at-will nature of the employment relationship.