Construction Project Manager

Job Title: Construction Project Manager

Job Location: 17725 Katy Fwy Houston TX 77094

CBAC does not offer visa sponsorship. Within three days of hire applicants will be required to complete I-9 documentation and confirm authorization to work in the United States. If your employment authorization and documentation is contingent on sponsorship now or in the future you will not meet CBAC employment eligibility standards.

Job Overview:

As part of its business model CBAC acquires new and second-hand commercial properties with the purpose of building a new brick-and-mortar automotive repair center on it. The Construction Project Manager is responsible for overseeing the Construction and Project Management process for CBAC.  As a strong part of the overall Development team the Construction Project Manager and the Project Management team will be expected to manage the pre-construction and construction timelines of 15-20 projects per year and effectively communicate inter-departmentally with the construction operations entitlements finance franchise legal teams and the Director of Construction on these timelines.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Managing the construction pipeline of current projects and ensuring each project is meeting or exceeding project timeline and cost goals
• Procuring general contractors
• Managing existing vendor and contractor relationships
• Cost-engineering each project during the architectural civil and MEP design processes
• Negotiating with general contractors and consultants to ensure that CBAC is paying the best price in each situation
• Internal consulting on the concept plan and site plan review stages to efficiently utilize the site.
• Other tasks responsibilities or duties as directed by management

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree is preferred but not required.  We will value experience in lieu of education where appropriate
• Minimum 5 years of commercial and/or retail construction experience

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Recruiting and hiring new general contractors
• Cost engineering/estimating
• Site plan and concept plan review
• Architectural/civil review
• Permitting experience with authorities having jurisdictions
• Warranty experience
• Building and maintaining strong vendor network
• Reading and interpreting highly technical reports from geologists architects and structural/civil engineers
• Proficiency with construction software such as Autodesk is a plus as this is the software the team utilizes

Key Results Areas:

• The Construction Project Manager will manage 15-20 land development projects per yearincluding some in pre-construction and some in construction simultaneously. 
• Demonstrate the ability to achieve:
  • A reasonable Total Project Cost across all current projects in construction.
  • A reasonable construction project timeline across all current projects in construction from building permit issued to Certificate of Occupancy.
• Proactively know the correct next steps for each project in each phase of development.
• Demonstrate initiative in pre-identifying potential issues and proactively address solutions.

Physical Requirements:

• Able to effectively use typical office equipment such phones computers etc.
• Occasionally bending twisting and turning.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Able to use commercial air travel to visit construction sites
• Able to quickly and safely navigate a live construction site

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

Workplace Environment:

• This role will be located at the Support Center headquarters in Houston TX
• A great workplace culture that has won repeated Top Workplace accolades by the Houston Chronicle
• Open office layout to promote collaboration conversation and teamwork
• Options to work remote/home on Mondays and Fridays
• Some travel is required to visit construction sites (2-3 times per month for 1-2 days at a time). 

Additional Information :

Accountabilities:

This individual will be accountable to other individuals responsible for protecting the Christian Brothers Automotive brand - including Franchisees the Support Center team and the Leadership team. The Construction Project Manager will report directly to the Director of Construction.

Base Salary: Competitive and commensurate with experience.

All of your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Christian Brothers Automotive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CBAC maintains At will employment practices.

CBA is a participant in E-verify and will provide the federal government with new employees form I-9 to confirm they are authorized to work in the U.S.

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Employment Type :

Full-time