Construction Account Manager

The ideal candidate for the Construction Account Manager position will assist Gordian in our effort to continue to be the premier Job Order Contracting (JOC) consulting agency. JOC is a procurement method and construction process that helps federal, state, and local governments, schools, hospitals, higher education institutions and others maximize efficiency, optimize cost savings, and increase construction quality. Gordian is looking for a Construction Account Manager who demonstrates professionalism, construction knowledge and delivers results through their expertise while using Gordian's extraordinary construction data and software. Various public agencies benefit from Gordian's industry leading software, data and expertise. If you possess the following attributes, we need to talk.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Primary responsibility will be to provide support and training of all Gordian products and services centered around Job Order Contracting for clients in a specific geographic area. Prepare and maintain schedules of detailed activities to accomplish procurement and construction objectives within a specified time period for clients.
• Implement and adhere to project procedures from project identification, assistance in overseeing the development and review of project scope of work, proposal review, ensuring contract compliance, through notice to proceed, and construction execution necessary to accomplish a specific objective for various Job Orders
• Ability to read and understand construction plans and specifications, with a depth of knowledge in conducting a comprehensive price proposal review as well as create and review detailed construction line item proposals, and for appropriate oversight of the construction work ordered in various Job Orders.
• Ability to train contractors in Gordian software, client procedures and assist in client contract bidding.
• Ability to monitor and follow through on all construction/project related activities to ensure work adequately reflects clients' needs and is executed in a continuous, prompt manner within the project budget. 
• Ability to review contractors' requests for changes and, if appropriate, initiate job order supplementals
• Ability to interact with owner representatives, contractors, and facility end-users, to minimize project concerns.
• Experience reviewing contractors' daily inspection reports, summarizing, and reporting on construction progress weekly, to upper management.
   

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related field, or comparable work experience
• 5+ years of construction procurement, construction management, project management, or general contracting related experience in both facilities and road construction preferred.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in commercial public construction operations, pricing and contracting, including scope development and estimating/price proposal development.
• High level analytical skills and problem-solving capabilities, and the ability to effectively manage several projects simultaneously in development and in the field during construction. 
• Excellent customer service and communication skills, strong interpersonal and team building skills, flexibility, strategic thinking, problem solving skills, goal driven, client obsessed, ability to deliver results, meets client and corporate deadlines, time management skills, self-motivated, works well independently and in a group dynamic.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, Project and Acrobat Reader, ability to develop and generate custom tracking documents and reports. Background in construction documentation and administration preferred, but not required.
• Job Order Contracting or IDIQ experience is preferred, but not required,  understanding of various public procurement and project delivery methods and requirements.
• The ability to travel 50-60% within assigned geographic area.