Senior Construction Manager

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis is seeking an experienced Construction Manager to manage regional water, wastewater, roller compacted concrete, dam and heavy civil related construction projects based out of our Birmingham, Alabama! 

Our ideal candidate will become a member of our talented team of construction management professionals that focus on delivering outstanding client service, helping them construct and deliver their infrastructure, building and engineering projects. Services include managing water and wastewater and other project types from the bid phase through the construction phase for these exciting and challenging projects. In this role, you will use your knowledge of construction and project management to successfully deliver these projects to our clients.  You will work closely with clients, engineers, contractors and end-users, demonstrating your strong understanding of the construction process. We’re looking for candidates that want to change the industry through determination, education, and leadership.

Role accountabilities:

This role will lead the Construction Management of public works projects involving treatment plants, pump stations, water storage and pipelines from the preconstruction phase through project close out. You will facilitate and lead project teams to deliver high quality projects on time and within budget. Local travel will be required to project sites, client meetings, safety audits, construction oversight, etc.

Change Management: Develop change orders, request for proposals and independent cost estimates.  Lead change order negotiations with the project owner and contractor.  

CPM Scheduling: Review and analyze contractor’s baseline and monthly updated project schedules.  Identify schedule performance issues and report to the client and work with the contractor to correct.  Lead Time Impact Analysis (TIA’s) to support negotiations of contractor requested time extensions.

Other responsibilities include: 

• Lead and conduct all construction and progress meetings. Develop meeting agendas and meeting minutes with action items. Develop and make presentations to groups to include clients and public outreach meetings.
• Manage all project documents and communications through contract/document management software. Oversee, manage, delegate, and coordinate with our project field inspectors and project staff.
• Review, process and provide a recommendation for payment for the contractor’s monthly payment applications with concurrence with the client.
• Develop a project risk register for each project and managed and report on the project risk register with the project team on a regular basis.
• Establish a culture of health and safety on the project.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Qualifications:

A bachelor’s degree in construction management or a related field and 15 year’s relevant Project Management, Construction Management or related experience in water, wastewater treatment facilities, pump stations and utility projects is required.

Key Attributes:

• Our ideal candidate has strong communication skills, both verbal and written.  We are looking for someone with a positive and self-starter approach to delivering successful projects.
• Experience in construction management and commercial contract/document software.
• Proficiency with Oracle Primavera P6, and Microsoft Project and creatine schedules in P6

Preferred Qualifications:

• Roller compacted concrete projects.
• PE License, CCM, and/or PMP certifications a plus.
• Water and Wastewater (treatment plants, pump stations, utilities) construction experience.
• Experience in developing change order cost estimates.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP,  401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement.  We offer nine paid holidays and 20 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $97,600 - $150,000/year. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

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