Director of Construction - AIT

Summary:

Provides leadership in the acquisition and delivery of all aspects of construction management for federal construction contracts. The Director of Construction responsibilities include safely managing and driving program initiatives, overseeing large complex construction projects, sustaining and expanding services, managing client relationships, and coordination with home office personnel, clients, and other stakeholders. The Director of Construction must be an independent, self-motivated professional, with the ability to demonstrate innovation, excellent communication skills and a high level of customer service and relationship building.

This senior level position, while reporting to the President, is responsible for managing daily operations ensuring efficient and cost effective operations of office and field personnel serving a multi-state area.

The salary range for this position is $,872 per year.

This position comes with a competitive and comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) plan with a 3% match, paid time off (PTO), and company-paid holidays.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: (including but not limited to)

• Assist in the planning, development, and implementation of strategy for the home office budget; including facilities, labor and capital expenditures and operational development (covering particular areas relevant to the operation's structure, market etc.)
• Establish and maintain appropriate systems for measuring necessary aspects of operational performance including but not limited to risk management, estimating, profitability, safety, quality control, and client satisfaction for all construction operations.
• Conduct staff meetings, monitor measure and report on operational development plans, project reviews and achievements within agreed formats and timescales.
• Provide leadership, manage and develop direct reporting staff.
• Manage and control departmental expenditures within agreed budgets.
• Liaise with other functional/departmental managers to understand all necessary aspects of operational development, and ensure they are fully informed of operational development objectives, purposes and achievements including HR, IT, Procurement, Project Management and Administrative staff.
• Maintain awareness and knowledge of contemporary construction operational theory and methods and provide suitable interpretation to directors, managers and staff within the organization.
• Ensure activities meet with and integrate with organizational requirements for quality management, health and safety, legal stipulations, human resources and environmental policies.
• Participates in the planning and formulation of design alternatives and solutions for complex construction projects, provides conceptual estimates, feasibility studies, and cost estimates, and may coordinate the production of basic design plans and construction documents.
• Develops and administers project budgets and fiscal controls, contracts, and quality control provisions.
• Determine staffing needs for assigned projects working with technical team to assign necessary resources using both internal and external resource pools.
• Oversees all aspects of day to day management of large complex construction projects; monitors and coordinates work performed by field personnel and subcontractors.
• Interpret construction drawings and communicate construction requirements to site construction teams.
• Reviews and interprets proposed designs, architectural drawings, and building specifications to institutional standard and initiates revisions where appropriate.
• Prepares schedules and job mobilization for field teams.
• Ensures that project operations are in compliance with design specifications and with state and federal policies and regulations.
• Address management, technical, or administrative issues that arise during field operations to ensure project objectives are met.
• Inspects, approves, and accepts completed projects ensuring conformance with building and life safety codes and architectural/engineering specifications.
• Ensure compliance with all safety, quality and security processes.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by management.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree construction management, engineering or related discipline. Experience may be substituted for education on a 2:1 basis.
• 8 or more years of experience in vertical and horizontal construction management, with 5 years managing projects of $10M or more
• Experience managing multiple projects
• Demonstrate increasing levels of responsibility from craft work through successful project management, to senior leadership.
• Demonstrated experience preparing and assisting with bid estimates, including experience with RS Means
• Ability to create a logical bid documentation and tracking process
• Experience with "win-loss" post award analysis
• Demonstrated ability to build trust and business relationships with customers, successfully negotiate project changes, and the ability to…