Construction Manager- Heavy Civil/Highway at Sterling Construction Company, Inc. – Draper, Utah

Essential Responsibilities:

• Upholds and enforces corporate policies, procedures, and practices.

• Establishes project specific strategic prioritization, objectives, schedules, policies, procedures and performance standards within boundaries of corporate policy.

• Monitors and controls construction operations through direction of field supervision, craftspeople and trade partners to ensure project is built safely, with high quality, on schedule, and within budget.

• Reads and understands global project schedules created using critical path method (CPM).

• Actively participates in the development of the baseline project schedule and subsequent schedule updates.

• Provides routine schedule progress updates, as required, to maintain an accurate project schedule.

• Proactively seeks opportunities to reduce schedule risk and improve execution.

• Inspects in-progress work to ensure that workmanship conforms to contract requirements and adherence to construction schedules.

• Collaborates with and directs field personnel and subcontractors engaged in planning and executing work, interpreting plans and specifications, and coordinating various phases of construction to prevent schedule delays.

• Monitors daily, weekly, and monthly project productivity and cost. Proactively seeks opportunities to mitigate risk and improve execution.

• Completes regular performance and development reviews for employees under their direction in a complete and timely manner.

• Provides training and support for team members to enhance their skills.

• Facilitates communication and collaboration internal and external to our organization.

• Fosters a positive work environment and encourages teamwork.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Minimum 10 years of experience in heavy civil/highway construction and underground utilities.

• At least 7 years of experience with mass excavation and earthmoving

• Strong ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical documents.

• Strong mathematical skills (fractions, percentages, basic algebra, concrete volume calculations).

• Experience handling customer inquiries and complaints.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in the English language

• Ability to work well under pressure while meeting stringent, and sometimes conflicting deadlines.

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