Area Manager
Savannah, GA
Compensation:
$128,800-$156,000/yr (based on experience)
Be part of an elite, employee focused, company that provides superior utilities and site development services. Be appreciated for the skills and experience you have! Our employees are more than a number. We are dedicated to building lasting futures for our company, our customers, and our country.
You are more than a number, its time to be treated like it. We are tight knit team that has fun, empowers our team, and allows our employees the opportunity for upward, career progression in this growing company.
Job Summary: Barnett Southern Corporation is seeking an Area Manager, in Savannah, GA, that will plan, organize, direct, and control the execution of projects to meet the Company’s cost, quality, equipment, and material usage, and safety objectives.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Manage project staff, including assigned support staff, superintendents, project general foreman, and assistants.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Assume overall responsibility for a profitable, well-executed, safe project, completed in a timely manner.
- Review project proposal and pertinent documents with project team and VP or Director
- Determine the most cost-effective methods and use of personnel, material, equipment, and subcontractors.
- Review and approve subcontractor selections and invoicing.
- Coordinate activities with the owner, subcontractors, and Company personnel
- Promote, enforce, and establish safety as a priority as part of the Company’s management philosophy.
- Ensure that management is accurately and fully informed of project costs as compared to budgets through weekly labor and monthly budget reports.
- Coordinate and provide direction for the budget estimating, purchasing, engineering, accounting, cost, and installation functions as they relate to the completion of the project.
- Initiate, establish, and maintain working relationships with owners, engineers, suppliers, and subcontractors to facilitate construction activities.
- Organize, conduct, and represent the company at project coordination meetings at regular agreed upon intervals.
- Review and approve subcontractors, vendor payment applications and miscellaneous invoices.
- Negotiate, prepare, issue, and execute change orders (proposals) to owners, design team, subcontractors and others, and prepare revisions to original budget as a result of changes and revisions to work.
- Ensure timely and accurate billings and accounts receivable.
- Ensure timely project completion through project scheduling, expediting of material deliveries and the management of material and document submittals/approvals.
- Lead and participate in regularly scheduled project staff meetings.
- Manage Closeout process.
- Enforce and adhere to all Policies and Processes as it relates to this position.
- Actively participates in internal team(s) that focus on continuous improvement of the business.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- 8 + years of experience managing large pipeline projects.
- Demonstrated success in management of projects.
- Possess working knowledge of all projects plans, specifications, Owner Contract, subcontracts, purchase orders, daily correspondence, drawings, submittals and all other project related documents and maintain a complete and accurate set of as built drawings.
- Estimating experience, a plus
- Able to work under pressure and coordinate numerous activities and groups of people who need to cooperate to achieve maximum efficiency.
- Self-motivated with skills to motivate others.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong computer skills
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree in a related field from an accredited four-year college or university, Civil Engineering or Construction Management preferred.
- Fifteen (10+) plus years of heavy civil construction management experience required.
- Federal, state, and local knowledge and experience
- Knowledge and experience with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Goal oriented – able to set goals and achieve them.
- Interpersonal – able to work well and persuade people at all organization levels.
- Professional Engineer License preferred.
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
Work Environment:
- Construction Site.
- Office
- Outside
Benefits:
- Holidays
- Vacation
- 401K
- Insurance
