Heavy Civil Project Manager

Heavy Civil Project Manager

Job Title: Heavy Civil Project Manager (with Bridge Experience) Employment Type: Full Time Location: Goldsboro, NC Pay: DOE per year Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7am-5pm

Job Summary: The Heavy Civil Project Manager is responsible for the successful planning, execution, and closeout of complex heavy civil construction projects, with a strong emphasis on bridge and transportation infrastructure. This position provides overall leadership for project scope, schedule, budget, contracts, procurement, safety, quality, risk management, and stakeholder coordination.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the planning, execution, and closeout of heavy civil and bridge construction projects from preconstruction through final turnover.
• Establish project execution strategies, budgets, schedules, staffing plans, procurement requirements, and performance objectives.
• Manage project financial performance, including cost control, forecasting, cash flow, commitments, productivity, and profitability.
• Direct project teams consisting of superintendents, project engineers, subcontractors, vendors, consultants, and field personnel.
• Administer prime contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders, and change orders, including scope management, negotiations, claims, and commercial risk.
• Develop and maintain detailed CPM schedules, monitor critical path activities, and implement recovery strategies when required.
• Coordinate construction activities involving bridge structures, foundations, earthwork, utilities, roadway improvements, drainage, and associated infrastructure.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field preferred.
• 7–12+ years of progressive heavy civil construction/project management experience, including significant bridge experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex bridge and transportation projects from preconstruction through completion.
• Strong understanding of bridge construction means and methods, including foundations, piling, drilled shafts, concrete structures, reinforcing steel, structural steel, girders, decks, joints, and related work.
• Experience managing DOT, state, municipal, or federally funded transportation projects preferred.
• Strong knowledge of contract administration, change orders, claims, cost control, scheduling, procurement, and subcontractor management.
• Experience with CPM scheduling and critical-path management, preferably using Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or similar software.
• Ability to interpret civil, structural, geotechnical, roadway, drainage, and bridge plans and specifications.

Preferred Qualifications:

• PE, PMP, CCM, DBIA, or other relevant professional certification is a plus.

Core Competencies Bridge construction, concrete & structural steel construction, leadership, project management