Senior Design Build Project Manager / Director - Austin Bridge & Road

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:

This position will manage the pursuit, preconstruction, and construction efforts for Design Build projects.  Responsibilities will include:


* 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 Man...