À propos de ce poste Project Manager - Heavy Civil Construction - Solar chez Granite Construction
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General Summary
This is an on-site, project-based position that requires travel to support Granite's construction operations. You'll work alongside Superintendents, Foremen, Project Engineers, and project partners to turn plans into results.
From shaping project strategy and leading high-performing teams to managing commercial risk and client relationships, this is an opportunity to make a significant impact and help advance Granite's project delivery capabilities.
What You'll Do
Lead Project Execution
- Lead project strategy, startup, planning, execution, and closeout for larger or more complex assignments.
- Set the standard for safe, efficient, and productive operations across the project.
- Direct project teams and partners with field leadership to align labor, equipment, materials, subcontractors, and project resources.
- Establish clear expectations, decision-making processes, communication, and accountability across the project organization
Own Financial Performance
- Own project budgets, costs, revenue, quantities, productivity, cash flow, and financial forecasts.
- Analyze performance and lead timely action on trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Provide leadership to field teams and project controls to maintain accurate performance information and implement corrective actions.
- Maintain accountability for project profitability, cash flow, and overall financial outcomes.
Manage Schedule, Contracts & Risk
- Lead development and management of the project schedule, key milestones, recovery plans, and resource strategies.
- Lead administration of prime contracts, plans, specifications, scope, subcontracts, and major commercial obligations.
- Anticipate and manage significant cost, schedule, contractual, operational, and stakeholder risks.
- Lead change management, claims preparation, and documentation supporting changes, delays, impacts, and other significant project events.
- Develop recovery and mitigation strategies, resolve issues independently, and engage senior leadership when appropriate.
Build Strong Partnerships
- Lead relationships with clients, subcontractors, suppliers, agencies, designers, inspectors, and other key stakeholders.
- Provide clear executive-level communication on project status, financial performance, risks, issues, and required decisions.
- Lead subcontractor strategy, negotiations, performance management, and contractual compliance.
- Represent Granite in complex project discussions and strengthen long-term client relationships
Develop the Team & Improve the Work
- Coach and develop Project Managers, Project Engineers, and other assigned project personnel.
- Build an effective project organization, delegate authority, and maintain accountability for results.
- Lead or play a key role in estimating, bid reviews, risk assessment, execution planning, project handoffs, and preconstruction activities to ensure alignment between pursuit strategy and project execution.
- Apply lessons learned and mentor teams to improve future estimating, operational, and commercial performance.
Travel & Work Location
- This is an on-site, project-based position requiring regular presence at active construction sites.
- Travel is an essential requirement and will vary based on project assignments and business needs.
- Assignments may require working away from home and moving between project locations as projects are completed.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant construction experience.·
- Five (5) to ten (10) years of progressively responsible construction/project experience, preferably in heavy civil construction.·
- Demonstrated experience independently leading complex construction projects, including financial performance, scheduling, contracts, risk management, field coordination, subcontractors, client relationships, and project teams.
Preferred
- Experience with earthwork/mass grading, paving, underground utilities, concrete, drainage, aggregate surfacing, or large-scale site development.·
- Civil experience supporting utility-scale solar, wind, battery energy storage systems (BESS), or substations, including grading, access roads, crane/equipment pads, drainage, or aggregate surfacing. Direct energy-sector experience is preferred, not required; comparable heavy civil, mass grading, and large-scale site-development experience is valued.·
- Experience with HCSS software, including HeavyJob.
- Familiarity with Trimble, Topcon, or comparable GPS/GNSS machine-control systems.Experience with Trimble Business Center or similar software is beneficial but not required.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Advanced working knowledge of heavy civil construction means, methods, sequencing, and field operations.
- Ability to lead the management of plans, specifications, contracts, budgets, schedules, and project controls on complex assignments.
- Advanced understanding of cost management, forecasting, cash flow, production tracking, and project financial performance.
- Ability to anticipate significant risk, evaluate commercial and operational options, and make sound, timely decisions.
- Proven leadership, executive communication, negotiation, and organizational skills.
- Ability to influence and align field teams, clients, subcontractors, partners, and senior stakeholders.
- Ability to lead multiple priorities and complex issues with strong attention to documentation, commitments, and follow-through
What Success Looks like
- Sets the standard for safety, leadership, and accountability.
- Owns the numbers and acts decisively on project performance.
- Connects field execution, commercial strategy, and client expectations.
- Anticipates complex risks and resolves issues before they affect results.
- Develops leaders and builds high-performing teams and partnerships.
- Takes ownership of commitments, decisions, and results
Physical Demands
This position is performed primarily in an active construction/project-site environment. 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. The employee is regularly required to talk and hear; frequently required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to operate a computer keyboard; and occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The position is subject to outside working conditions and may involve working around large construction equipment.
Additional Requirements
- Comply with and support Granite safety initiatives and requirements.
- Ability to abide by Granite's Code of Conduct on a daily basis.
- Valid driver's license and ability to drive.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
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Our Benefits at a Glance:
Building tomorrow starts with you, and Granite knows that you can excel only if we support you in and out of the workplace. That is why we offer a broad benefits package that includes paid holidays, sick leave, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, flexible spending plans, as well as special programs for musculoskeletal health, mental wellness, and more.
Salaried employees may choose from two PPO medical plans through Anthem BlueCross, including our most popular plan, for which 100% of the premium is paid by Granite for eligible employees and dependents. Employees can also opt into a Health Savings Account (HSA) or a Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
As part of our investment in your future outside of the workplace, Granite provides a 100% match on the first 6% of eligible compensation that salaried employees defer into their 401(k) plans, which vests immediately.
Benefits may vary for positions located outside of the continental United States.
Base Salary Range:
$121,754.00 - $182,631.00Pay may vary based upon relevant experience, skills, location, and education among other factors.
About Granite Construction Incorporated
Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Granite is a Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.
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Notice to Staffing Agencies
Granite Construction, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Granite") will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Granite, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Granite mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Granite employees, or to Granite's resume database will be considered Granite property. Granite will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Granite will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. Agencies must obtain advance written approval from Granite's recruiting function to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. Granite will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place. Agency agreements will only be valid if in writing and signed by Granite's Human Resources Representative or his/ her designee. No other Granite employee is authorized to bind Granite to any agreement regarding the placement of candidates by Agencies.
