Senior Construction Manager

Job Description:
Ready to take your engineering and management experience to the next level to
work on complex construction problems that will have a huge impact on the
local community? Parsons is now hiring a Senior Construction Manager who
can lead a team of professionals overseeing every phase of large scale
projects.

Parsons' extensive experience in this field, combined with your significant
management and technical experience, will propel your career forward with
opportunity for advancement with top performance. We need our Project and
Construction Managers to be versatile as well as have exceptional
communication, analytical and management skills. In this role you provide
management and direction for one Engineering department or a major section
within one of the larger disciplines. You will recruit, interview, and
evaluate prospective employees as well as hire, offer personnel development,
conduct performance evaluations, counsel employees, takes corrective actions
(as required), and approves terminations. One of your roles will include
ensuring that new employees receive orientation on company policies and
procedures.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES :
* Leads planning and delivery for construction management of the program and ensures operational consistency across the program.
* Coordinate with other delivery partners (Jacobs and Mace), as well as QIC and all existing contractors, and future planned procurement of major contractors.
* Implement agreed strategies, through delivery of PMP's and other key documents and approaches in accordance with program requirements and accepted best practice.
* Lead the implementation and application of advanced principles, theories, and concepts, ensuring compliance and consistency across the delivery teams.
* Contribute to the development of innovative principles and ideas.
* Leads on unusually complex construction management challenges and provides solutions that are highly creative, in coordination with functional leads.
* Facilitates forming partnerships with key stakeholders and organizations impacted by the program.
* Assigns work to employees, oversees, and tracks the completion of work assignments.
* Interviews and selects personnel for assignment as required.
* Maintains clear and concise work standards and goals; provides training and development; completes performance evaluations, conducts employee counselling, takes corrective action as necessary.
* Ensures adherence to all corporate, contractual, ethics and safety standards, policies, and procedures.
* Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.
* Degree Engineering or related discipline with minimum ‎12-‎15 years' experience in mega construction management projects, specifically strong construction management development and delivery experience across multi-disciplinary teams and functional teams, internal and external stakeholders.
* Advantageous to have extensive experience of significant construction management contracts and contracting in challenging multi-partner environments.
* Safety Qualification / Awareness Training.
* Very strong communication skills in English, written and spoken.
SKILLS/COMPETENCIES:
* Demonstrated leadership and management skills.
* Proven experience of working within complex construction management environment.
* Ability to work in and lead teams. Ability to follow through. Ability to clearly deliver work instructions in a complex stakeholder environment and deliver objectives and targets.
* Ability to work in a matrix organization (dual reporting). Ability to interact with an influence senior-level management. Ability to consult, motivate, and negotiate effectively with client groups, co-workers, employees, vendors, and contractors.
* Must function effectively under time constraints, schedule workload to meet deadlines, and have the ability to prioritize.
* Strong Contractor Management skills.
Minimum Clearance Required to Start:
Not Applicable/None
Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the
workplace. Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran.