Project Manager – Fort Lauderdale, FL

Project Manager – great opportunity with great GC

If you are someone who appreciates a smaller company without many layers of management, we want to hear from you.  GSD Contracting is seeking a Project Manager to join our team of talented professionals.  This is your opportunity to showcase your ability to build and maintain the relationship with our new client with your proven project management skills, professionalism and sound judgment.

Why GSD?

  • We offer a hands on boutique approach and are very client focused
  • We use a consultative approach with our clients
  • Our cohesive team is held accountable to each other
  • We live our values of honesty and transparency from the top down
  • We are a solid family owned firm in business since 1980

Snapshot of key accountabilities:

  • Ensure job estimates are complete and accurate and bid deadlines are met
  • Direct all pre-con activity to ensure permits are approved, contact documents are completed and essential materials orders
  • Create and maintain project schedule
  • Build schedule of value for project
  • Identify and issue scope of work for each subcontractor
  • Ensure all RFI’s, submittals and cost issues have been submitted and resolved in timely manner
  • Review/troubleshoot  subcontract draw requests and change order requests  for submission for payment
  • Conflict resolution
  • Quality control throughout all processes, zero punch list goal
  • Complete all project closeout documentation and approve release of any retention
  • Ensure that regular safety meetings are conducted with employees and subcontractors
  • Schedule and conduct regular job meetings with all parties as required for success
  • Ensure the management of job is communicated and documented through verbal and/or written reports on regular basis using the provided IT tools
  • Maintain and foster positive working relationships with all parties involved
  • Represent GSD as a professional at all times

Traits required for success:

Our ideal candidate makes the best use of time to complete projects on schedule while consistently demonstrating ability to establish and manage priorities.  Decisions are sound and logical, effectively weighing risk against the benefit.  You are an independent decision maker and take responsibility for your decisions.  Adept at investigating problems, you first collect all the facts and avoid jumping to conclusions.  Your communication style is firm, direct and self-assured in dealing with others.  Anticipating problems and solving with minimum cost demonstrates your sound fiscal judgment.

 Skills/Experience/Knowledge required:

  •  Experience as PM or APM managing ground up multi-family, mid-rise, AL, hotel or similar multi story projects up to $10M
  • Well versed in sequencing and scheduling
  • Strong ability to read construction plans and specifications written by project designers
  • Understand job cost control and cost control reporting
  • Proficient with MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, Project)
  • Red Team project management tools experience a plus
  • Bachelors degree in Construction Management a plus