Rle Construction Project Manager

Description:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manages and directs large scale construction projects providing oversight in terms of budget, operations, and/or staffing from conception through completion
• Administers and oversees contract and program budget. Reviews and approves contractor and consulting invoices, instructs construction management firms as to Authority guidelines for construction cost estimating, and authorizes all project changes as it relates to project budget.
• Plans, directs, and coordinates activities of designated project to ensure that goals and objectives are met and accomplished within prescribed time and funding parameters.
• Establishes work plan and staffing for each phase of project, while providing staff with work plan and assigned duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority.
• Manages project administration, monitoring, and reporting.
• Administers all contract related construction documentation, including contract software management.
• Analyzes and monitors the construction program through the CTA web-based project management website.
• Maintains and presents overall contract spent, committed, obligated, and potential construction budgets along with contract and program current and projected time completions through database management.
• Prepares project reports for management review and creates presentations to management on contract status.
• Reviews and approves all consultant contract change documentation
• Supervises and coordinates design work performed by consultants.
• Provides scope of work and level-of-effort for design and construction management contracts.
• Reviews project proposals or plan to determine time and funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing projects, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources during each project phase.
• Administers decision-making process in determining allowable changes to construction contracts.
• Meets with contractors, design consultants, and construction management firms to discuss proposed changes.
• Performs time impact analysis reports for time change requests from contractors.
• Produces contract change documentation for in-house construction projects.
• Reviews and analyzes contractor produced baseline and updated progress Critical Path Method construction schedules to ensure that construction contracts are completed according to contract requirements. Coordinates all aspects of construction closeout procedures.
• Serves as project liaison with other divisions, departments, and outside agencies to negotiate and resolve project
• Consults with federal, state, and city government departments on requirements and procedures to include in project work plan.
• Performs related duties as assigned.