Construction Manager - Rail / Transit

Construction Manager

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson is a dynamic, 100% employee-owned consulting firm of more than 2,400 professionals that provides a full range of multi-disciplined engineering, architecture, information technology, and related services to public agencies and private clients throughout the United States. At JMT, we believe our work adds value to our community. Our culture is shaped by employee ownership and engagement. We are seeking a Construction Manager to be responsible for managing construction and rehabilitation of multimodal transit and rail facilities infrastructure projects in and around Philadelphia and Northeastern Pennsylvania.

JMT is involved with an increasing number of large capital construction programs in the Northeastern Pennsylvania region. This opportunity is to support a major capital program with locations throughout Philadelphia and Northeastern Pennsylvania. The selected candidate will be required to operate in a dynamic environment as a direct extension of our client's staff and leverage their prior experience delivering construction projects within time-sensitive schedules. The successful candidate must have strong organizational skills, communicate timely and accurately, and be experienced with multi-prime construction projects.

Immigration sponsorship or support is not available for this position, except for qualified candidates eligible for the TN visa classification.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Maintain excellent relationships with clients, building users, designers, and contractors
• Communicate and manage all issues and potential risks as they pertain to projects
• Actively manage project schedule from inception to close out
• Review contractor work in place to ensure compliance with plans and specifications
• Conduct weekly site reviews / meetings, create minutes, assign action items, and follow up
• Upload and manage all pertinent project information to eBuilder or Unifier timely
• Review and measure work in place and approve contractor monthly requisitions
• Develop and implement collaborative solutions to project issues and problems
• Audit and negotiate project related change orders and obtain approvals
• Manage job work item turn over and close-out efficiently to meet owner / user expectations
• Assist and coordinate with 3rd party engineering and special inspections requirements

Nonessential Functions and Responsibilities

Required Skills

Required Experience

Preferred Experience

Work is 100% performed in a field (construction) environment. Field work requires climbing, walking and standing at a construction site and may be outside in heat / cold, wet / humid, and dry / arid conditions. Some lifting (up to 50 lbs) may be required. Travel required. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.