Job Information
Strobel Energy Group LLC Field Construction Manager in Billings, Montana
Reports to: Director of Operations
Description: The Construction Manager (CM) can run a standalone multi-craft project up to $30 Million dollars. The CM’s primary role on a large construction project is to oversee safety, quality, equipment, material, and manpower and overall site coordination between senior craft leadership. The CM is additionally responsible for supporting and assisting the project lead or being the project lead.
To successfully manage a project, they must have a thorough multi-discipline understanding of the industry’s best practices and codes.
Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned)
General:
12 years of applicable experience
History of working successfully as a Sr. Project Engineer or Project Superintendent
Proven ability to work collaboratively and execute independently, maintain excellent rapport with team members
Overall project communication, Strategic project planning, organization between multiple stakeholders potentially comprised of partners, customers, public and local government entities.
Understanding and assessing project resource demands including organization chart development, roles and responsibilities, expectations and the ability to make changes as needed throughout the project lifecycle.
Through the development of the division of responsibilities, understand, enforce, and as needed develop all necessary project documents.
Understand and comply with local ordinances, contractor licensing and city and county permitting requirements. Including all subcontractors, engineers and project partners.
Lead project constructability reviews and task plan to improve the execution of the project.
Knowledge of project financials and the ability to evaluate costs and benefits to allow for correct decision making when reviewing short and long-term risks and opportunities.
Demonstrate business skills including communication skills, relationship development, and business acumen
Self-motivated; capable of taking initiative, successfully handling and prioritize multiple competing assignments and effectively manage deadlines
Interpersonal and communication skills to coordinate team efforts, provide direction to team members, and communicate project objectives, parameters, status, and outcomes to stakeholders
Written and verbal communication with ability to serve as a spokesperson for Company
Willing to travel extensively and relocate to the next project location for an extended period (typically 6-12 months)
Be an influential leader and developer of Strobel’s culture and values
Client interaction:
In absence of PM, act as the primary client point of contact
Anticipate and act on client project needs and expectations
Represent Strobel in a professional manner in all client interaction activities
Set up and run Client/Strobel/Subcontractor kickoff meeting
Lead construction specific portions of daily, weekly and monthly meetings with the client
Safety:
Lead coach and mentor discipline superintendents to establish the safety culture consistent with Strobel’s values.
Anticipate and act on project safety needs based upon upcoming activities and leading indicators.
Oversee incident management and investigation.
Understand and lead Strobel’s Corporate Safety Plan and develop/assist in site specific safety plan
Ability to make project decisions related to the safety of all employees including sitewide stop work
Support or lead safety training meetings and sessions
Act as site representation in PM’s absence for Regulatory Audits (OSHA, Dept. of Environment, etc)
Ensure Strobel’s Safety best practices are in place including Supervisor audits, Craft observations, Safety Leadership Meetings (SLTs), Scorecard, and Trend Report.
Ensure your team reports ALL safety events and near misses
Quality:
Lead coach and mentor discipline superintendents to understand and execute Strobel’s Corporate Quality Plan and develop/assist in site specific quality plan
Read, understand, and ensure that the site quality plan is communicated, and all inspections and quality documentation is completed on time and assembled for final turn-over
Ensure compliance with all internal, client, governmental and 3rd party codes and inspections
Identify deficiencies, inform and explain to the client, and participate in RCA, and corrective action.
Identify inconsistencies between industry’s best practices and specifications/drawings and provide value engineering through the request for information (RFI) process
Ensure that the project team is qualified to perform their work. Ensure the team has the appropriate certifications/license to execute their work.
Lead and support superintendents in developing startup and commissioning plans including flushing, testing, and turnover
Leadership:
Perform as a leader on the project, and act as a leader within the whole Strobel organization
Assist in the development of project goals and roles and responsibilities for team members
Ability to execute the role of your direct reports as needed.
Conduct and lead meetings, both internally and externally in a professional manner
Communicate and coordinate with all trades, subcontractors and project stakeholders
Provide training and coaching to indirect staff, and field leadership
Ensure on the job training to craft personnel is in place
Understand and know applicable employee laws and follow Strobel HR policies
Supervise and manage the employee discipline and improvement process within the team
Ability to listen to employee concerns and oversee conflict resolution. Elevate to corporate HR as needed.
Project Controls:
Productivity Tracking
Understand discipline budgets, install rates and quantities of the productivity tracker
Ensure Strobel’s Productivity Tracking tools are being utilized
Review productivity of disciplines and support the development of low productivity mitigation plans
Average Labor Rate
Understand the components of the rate composition (Base, Sub, Overtime, Crew mix)
Ensure Superintendents are establishing crew mix to meet budget ALR and hire accordingly
Review Labor Efficiency Index
Equipment schedule and log
Take ownership of the equipment schedule, log, utilization and budget
Identify equipment purchase opportunities
Risk and Opportunity Log
Identify and add to the risk/opportunity log
Manage actions taken to reduce current risks and seize opportunities
Lessons Learned
Provide input to the Lesson’s Learned document for your project
Utilize applicable lessons learned from Strobel’s/Industry best practices and prior lessons learned
Project Closeout
Oversee/support the closeout process
Participate in the client critique and client lessons learned of applicable.
Productivity:
Understand and ensure all superintendents know the project scope of work.
Know the budget and put a plan in place to meet or beat the labor budget.
Examine/inspect field conditions and identify problems, inaccuracies, and cost saving measures that arise or that may be encountered. Take proactive actions as needed in any of these areas.
Follow the Strobel planning process including creating and updating the master schedule.
Identify Major task plan items and lead major task planning sessions to safely and efficiently carry out all aspects of work assigned.
Listen to employees’ and supervisor's suggestions, complaints, problems, safety concerns and recommendations, evaluate each, then devise and implement a plan based on information gathered.
Scheduling:
Scheduling:
Support the scheduling process in the current standard software (Primavera P6)
Follow scheduling best practices in accordance with Strobel Policy AD-230
Support the Strobel Planning process
Master Schedule
6 weeks (Ownership)
3 weeks
1 week
Daily goal cards
Equipment Schedule
Indirect Schedule
Manpower Curves
Project Management:
Document Control: Ensure that construction is executed from current engineering drawings, specifications, and other necessary documentation.
Ensure redlines/as-builts are being maintained and assembled for final turn over to client.
Spectrum: Proficient with Strobel’s Construction Management Software, Spectrum. Understands capabilities of the following:
Project Dashboard
My Time Kiosk
Safety Dashboard
Unapproved Invoicing Management
Job Analysis Tab
Project Log Dashboard
Cost Activity and Material Tab
Daily reports
Change Management Process
Document Control Module
Average Labor Rate Reports
Unit Rate Reports
Request for Information (RFI) Processes:
Ensure RFI process is in place
Field Change Order Processes:
Ensure out of scope work is identified, tracked and submitted to the client through the COR process
Contract management
Contract Management: Know the provisions, terms and scope of the Prime contract. Know and understand the Owner’s overall project delivery plan, including Supplier, Engineering, and other Contractor’s contract types and their integration. Identify and understand project risks and develop a risk mitigation plan.
Contract Management:
Read and understand the project contract
Participate in high level negotiation/communication with the owner
Schedule updates
Change Orders
Conflicts/Issues
Identify key terms and conditions (Notice requirements, payment terms, LDs, Milestone requirements, Change Order Process, Insurance, bonding, etc.)
Separate and disseminate contract scope documents to applicable field leadership
Ensure review of any revised contract documents for potential change orders (include scope drawings)
Financial oversite:
Budget Process
Support superintendents in the budgeting process of taking the Estimate and converting it to Strobel’s Standard Phase codes, following the rule of thumb guidelines (i.e. no phase code with more than 1,000 hours)
Forecasting Process (Work in progress reporting)
Provide input for the update of the forecast
Subcontract and Procurement Management:
Subcontract Administration and Management: Oversee the subcontracting process, understand Strobel’s subcontract template and any Prime Contract passthroughs.
Subcontract Administration and Management:
Understanding and communicating key terms of the subcontract (LDs, Payment, Prime pass through)
Lead final subcontract negotiations
Receive, review, and approval subcontract schedule of values and construction schedule
Lead onsite kickoff meeting with each subcontractor prior to mobilization
Ensure subcontractor controls processes is followed including cost, progress, and schedule updates
Review required subcontract communications (Notices, delays, scope changes)
Review of subcontract change requests
Conduct final contract scope and administrative close out (Punch list, warranty, liens)
Approve final payment and financial close out in Spectrum of each subcontract
Complete and return subcontractor evaluation form
Procurement
Ensure all long lead/specialty material and equipment is ordered, and on site
Ensure major procurement items are on the master schedule
Ensure discipline superintendents are submitting material requisitions per the master schedule/project spec and approved submittals.
Ensure equipment procurement includes startup, FAT, field support, first fills etc.
Ensure the PSR is being utilized
Receiving/Warehouse
Set up project receiving plan including OSD
Set up warehouse storage plan including staging material, equipment
Set up equipment storage plan including Climate control, Rotation, lubrication etc.
Set up material field requisition plan
Technical Abilities
Autocad and 3d modeling
Operate Autocad viewers, print screen sections, add and remove layers
Operate 3D/BIM viewers, print screen sections, add and remove scope layers
Microsoft Office
Have ability to generate word documents and understand and create Excel documents.
Specifications and Drawings
Able to read and understand standard specifications and drawings
Experience
Have demonstrated success as a Senior Project Engineer or Project Superintendent
Manage up to 7 direct reports
Lead/direct a field crew of 100 people
Oversee and manage a multi-discipline scope of $30M
12 years’ experience
Hours: This position is a Full-Time salaried position. The schedule can vary based on the project requirements, typically 50 hours/week.
Travel: Travel as needed.
Compensation based on experience and qualifications