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Job Title


Project Manager


Company : CLAYCO


Location : Chicago, IL


Created : 2024-12-17


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

About Us Ventana designs, supplies, and installs high-performing curtain wall faí§ade systems. By working closely with the design team, we can ensure a competitively priced faí§ade that is water and air-tight and allows for optimal thermal control of the interior space. Traditionally, the faí§ade is one of the major risk factors on any building, and the team at Ventana has a proven history of taking the risk and delivering superior faí§ade systems that guarantee long-term performance. The Role We Want You For The Project Manager will provide leadership to the project staff and ensure quality and timely execution of design-build projects from design to completion. The Specifics of the Role * Working under the leadership of a Senior Project Manager, the Project Manager coordinates all aspects of the project including: * Coordination with the project team (designers, engineers, production, assembly, site crews). * Communication and coordination involving the customer and their project team (project managers, architects, engineers, consultants), to ascertain contract time, cost, and quality objectives, and organize project resources accordingly. * Develop an understanding of the bid scope and contract documents (trade contract, scope drawings, specification, exhibits, bid pricing and clarifications). * Develop, track, update, and report on the detailed project schedule for design, engineering, mockups, production, and installation activities. * Develop, track, update, and report on the contract schedule of values and payment requisitions, ensuring the project cash flow is met and payments received in a timely manner * Develop and understand of the contract budget. * Coordinate all aspects of project Quality Control; develop, track, update and report on the contract quality control and assurance system. * Pricing and purchasing of materials, equipment, and sub-contracts, ensuring that both budgetary and specified contractual cost, time and quality requirements are met. * Research, substantiate, present and report changes to the contract scope. * Attend and take meeting minutes at all required external and internal meetings. * Provide and submit all required internal and external contract reports and submissions. * Manage maintenance and warranty work on completed projects. * Communicates well both verbally and in writing, creates accurate and punctual reports, delivers presentations, shares information and ideas with others, has good listening skills. * Ability to identify, assimilate and comprehend the critical elements of a situation to extract and interpret implications of courses of actions and address details of the problem. * Effectiveness in planning and controlling work, motivating, and developing subordinates, improving work methods and results, encouraging, and supporting suggestions for work improvements. * Breaks down problems into smaller components, understands underlying issues, can simplify and process complex issues, understands the difference between critical details and unimportant facts. * Plans for and uses resources efficiently, always looks for ways to reduce costs, creates accurate and realistic budgets, tracks and adjusts budgets. * Attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems. * Prepare and monitor realistic construction schedules and achieve full cooperation of superintendents and subcontractors. * Communicates expectations and importance of safety. Follows up and ensures safety audits are completed accurately and timely. Identifies critical issues and assists in the development of improvement procedures. Requirements * Bachelors Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or other related discipline. * 7-10 years of project management experience large scale subcontracting projects, preferably. * 2 years of experience in Glass and Glazing Project Management - Unitized Systems. * Proficient using MS Office, Word, Excel, Project, with an aptitude to learn any required in-house software. * Strong knowledge of construction principles and practices required. * Excellent critical thinking skills, with an adaptable and flexible style in working with all types of individuals. * Project set up, budget planning, buy out, and cost reporting experience is necessary. * Experience with scheduling, dealing with subcontracts, subcontractors and/or self-perform work. * Experience leading successful project teams, including development of employees, and maintaining relationships with external entities. * Creative and results-oriented, with a strong sense of urgency. * Successfully project managed projects of at least 10 million dollars (design-build preferred). * Highly entrepreneurial and self-motivated, with the ability to work equally well on own as well as in a team environment. * Ability to walk the job site, climb ladders, and multi floor scaffolding. * Ability to lift objects at least 50lbs. Some Things You Should Know * Our clients and projects are nationwide - Travel will be required. * We work on creative, complex, award-winning, high-profile jobs. * The pace is fast! Why Ventana and Clayco? * Best Places to Work - St. Louis Business Journal, Los Angeles Business Journal, Phoenix Business Journal. * ENR - Top Midwest Contractors (#1), Top Design-Build Contractors (#4), Top 400 Contractors (#20), ENR - Top Green Builders (#5). Compensation and Benefits * Competitive Annual Salary: Based on qualifications, skills, training, experience, and location. * Discretionary Annual Bonus: Subject to company performance and individual contribution. * Comprehensive Benefits Package Including: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401k, generous PTO and paid company holidays, employee assistance program, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability coverage, learning & development programs and more!