Deputy Project Leader - Atlanta, United States - M.C. Dean, Inc.

Description

The Deputy Project Leader is a training position that consists of learning how to supervise and direct the employees on a particular project, prepare strategic plans and budgets, develop a comprehensive project plan, and analyze statistical data.

• Run day-to-day operations of a project or sub-section of a project.
• Meet project deadlines and submit required deliverables
• Identify change orders and ensure effective resolution.
• Price, track and manage change orders.
• Plan and monitor cash flow against cash expenses.
• Document project issues/conditions.
• Plan and execute project completion and punch list.
• Create Manpower projections to effectively track financial burn and labor needs
• Develop specific goals and plans to prioritize organizing and accomplishing your work.
• Read and interpret blueprints and project specifications.
• Research and compile submittals; pricing change orders, Safety Plans and Project Schedules using MS Project.
• Confer with supervisory personnel, owners, contractors, and design professionals to discuss and resolve matters such as work procedures, complaints, and construction problems.
• Communicate with people outside the Company, representing the Company to customers, the public, the government, and general contractor representatives.
• Clearly understand the timeliness required for decision making, submission of RFIs, and documentation of all verbal conversations or agreements.

• Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements, including U.S. Citizenship, for access to classified information; ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance is required
• BS (Preferred EE or Industry related degree) with 5-7 years of experience.
• Related Construction experience with five years' working for an electrical or construction contractor.
• Experience working on construction projects ranging from $100,000 to $1M.
• Experience working with contract drawings, subcontracts, contract addendum's, specifications, change orders, RFIs, submittals.
• Experience tracking and invoicing for labor, materials and ODC's
• Experience with Scheduling
• Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principals involved in the production of precision technical plans, blueprints and drawings on projects.
• Past project experience with large government/public facilities, parking decks, or airports.
• Must have strong interpersonal and writing skills and be a problem owner/solver.
• Proven ability to effectively plan and organize one's own activities or the activities of others.
• Proficiency with Computers including MS Office, Blue Beam, MS Project, and PDF.
• PMP preferred but not necessary.

• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Identify and understand the speech of another person