Construction Project Manager

Innovative Consulting & Management Services (ICMS) is a Professional & Technical Management Consulting firm with over 20 years of consulting experience. We offer technical professional services to Federal and State Governments, and Commercial clients.

ICMS is a Small Business and Certified HUBZone employer. We deliver value to our clients by combining deep industry knowledge with strong functional capabilities. Our focus is to manage cost-effective programs while at the same time mitigating risk and improving results. Our success is about teamwork, a coordinated effort from all disciplines, from clients to consultants and most important, it’s about delivering on our commitments.

The purpose of this position is to provide design and project management services to U.S. Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit (CEU) Miami. Services include managing the day-to-day project management of construction projects to assist with overall acquisition objectives of the organization. CEU Miami provides a multitude of services in support of Coast Guard shore facilities and fixed aids to navigation within the geographical boundaries of the Seventh and Eighth Coast Guard Districts. The geographic area of responsibility ranges as far south as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands; up the east coast of the continental United States to and including South Carolina; the entire Western River Basin from North Dakota to the mouth of the Mississippi River, the Gulf Coast, and as far west as New Mexico.

The Construction Project Manager shall provide construction project management services to provide the necessary level of administrative, professional, and technical support required for construction project management to facilitate the overall objectives of CEU Miami. The primary work product will include overseeing the day-to-day project management of construction projects throughout geographical boundaries of the Seventh and Eighth Coast Guard Districts; ensuring construction projects are in accordance with plans and specifications; overseeing project schedule, construction progress, and period of performance/contract completion date; performing constructability reviews of project and contract documents; coordinating between fieldwork, affected organizations, and government; and working with local staff to explain and inform on construction activities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The primary responsibilities of the position will include but not limited to:

• Provide construction project management services in support of work associated with projects on the Advanced Acquisition Plan and other inserted projects.
• Ensure construction is in accordance with plans and specifications.
• Review current work with the approved site plans, specifications, and permits to help ensure the construction project is compliant with local, state, and federal environmental requirements.
• Make on-site visits and work with Superintendents/Contractor’s Project Managers of construction project(s) and provide written reports to the Coast Guard.
• Monitor job-site safety and compliance.
• Research and identify design and/or construction problems and provide recommendations to the Coast Guard construction project management team.
• Process contractor Requests For Information and Design Clarification Requests.
• Monitor the contractor’s project management for compliance with contract, and report observations to the Contracting Officer or designee.
• Assist with development of contract modifications and associated documents to include but not limited to construction costs estimates, red line drawings, statement of work, and edits to the specifications.
• Monitor and maintain a complete, updated file of approved submittals for the construction contract. Review construction contractor's submittal, check against the materials being installed, and monitor schedule of submittals.
• Maintain field records such as correspondence, construction contractor daily reports, test results, solid waste disposal acceptance receipts, progress payments, modifications, etc.
• Maintain a current set of contract plans and specifications with executed modifications posted.
• Ensure the construction contractor is maintaining a current set of as-built drawings and updates the construction schedule.
• Perform labor interviews when directed by the Contracting Officer.
• Maintain good rapport, coordination, and communications with other agencies and organizations involved in the project. Coordinate utility interruptions and/or outages between the Coast Guard and the contractor.
• Perform pre-construction plan reviews, identify risks, identify confusing plans and specifications, and offer solutions.
• Arrange for transfer of documents, Operations and Maintenance manuals, spare parts, tools, as-built drawings, keys, and guarantees to the Coast Guard.
• Monitor compliance with environmental protection requirements. Noncompliance shall be brought to the attention of the COR and the construction contractor. Observe representative construction contractor’s on-site samplings and tests, to assure that the test procedures are satisfactory.
• Keep the COR fully informed of any technical or contractual difficulties encountered during performance.
• Ensure that the contractor submits proper security or facility clearance forms and ensure proper management of government furnished property.
• Evaluate proposals for technical feasibility, and quantity verification. Provide recommendation to the project COR.
• Review payment requests/invoices and provide recommendations to the Coast Guard construction contract COR.

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture/engineering/construction management or registration as a professional civil or structural engineer in a state, District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.
• A Licensed Professional Engineer or other industry-standard professional licensure related to the position is highly desirable.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as field engineer, project manager, or managing multiple construction contracts involving multiple disciplines/trades.
• Trained and skilled in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, Microsoft Office, computer-aided design (CAD), and database materials and programs to perform work activities.
• Demonstrates mastery of construction project management concepts, principles, and practices. This includes managing project schedule, construction progress, and period of performance/contract completion date; assisting with development of contract modifications and associated documents to include construction costs estimates, red line drawings, statement of work, and edits to the specifications.
• Serves as an effective communicator, understanding risks, and developing strategies to review equipment and material submittals, progress charts, quality control, safety plans, and various work plans; and managing multi-discipline, multi-faceted projects related to real property facilities.
• All personnel performing as a Construction Project Manager (CPM) shall complete the following training courses within 120 days of their start date. If the CPM has already completed the trainings, but no longer hold an active certification, they must complete training necessary to recertify. The training courses includes:
  • Construction Quality Management for Contractors training
  • 30-Hour OSHA Certification
  • Construction Industry 8-hour Confined Spaces Entry Certification
  • 40-Hour Contracting Officer Representative (COR) certification training
  • Professional Construction Manager Course (PCM).

Benefits:

• Health & Welfare Benefits
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance 100% covered for employee
• Life and Accidental AD&D Insurance
• 401K Retirement plan with 3% automatic contribution
• Generous sick and vacation leave

Day Shift: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Pay Rate: Negotiable

ICMS is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability or veteran status, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.