Construction Services Project Manager (40 Hour)

Hybrid

Recruitment # 240913-0368FE-001

Location Hartford, CT

Date Opened 9/19/2024 12:00:00 AM

Salary $110,627 - $158,547/year *(New hires to state service start at the minimum)

Job Type Open to the Public

Close Date 10/2/2024 11:59:00 PM

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• Introduction

  The State of Connecticut (https://portal.ct.gov/) , Department of Administrative Services (https://portal.ct.gov/DAS) , Real Estate and Construction Services Division is now seeking an ambitious and motivated Construction Services Project Manager (https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/specs/classspecdisplay.asp?ClassNumber=0368FE&R1=undefined&R3=undefined) in Hartford, CT.

What We Can Offer You:

• Visit our new State Employee Benefits Overview (https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/jobs/?b=Benefits) page!

• The opportunity to work for a Forbes top company: 'Forbes' State of Connecticut Ranked One of the Best Employers of 2023 (https://portal.ct.gov/das/press-room/press-releases/2023/forbes-state-of-ct-ranked?language=en_US) - State of CT Receives National Recognition for Offering Job Growth, Competitive Benefits, and Flexible Schedule.

• Professional growth and development opportunities.

• A healthy work/life balance to all employees (https://www.jobapscloud.com/ct/sup/EVPPDF123020.pdf) .

  Position Details:

• Full-time, 40 hours per week

• Monday through Friday schedule on first shift, preferred hours 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM

• Hybrid position (telework and in office)

• Alternative Work Schedule available

• Primary Office Location: 450 Columbus Blvd in Hartford, CT

  The Role:

• Project Planning: Develop comprehensive plans for construction or renovation projects, including scope, timelines, budgets, and resource allocation.

• Design Oversight: Coordinate with architects, engineers, and designers to ensure that project designs meet state requirements, standards, and goals.

• Construction Management: Supervise and manage the construction or renovation process, ensuring adherence to plans, quality standards, and safety regulations.

• Budget Management: Monitor and control project budgets, track expenses, and manage financial resources to ensure projects stay within allocated funds.

• Contract Administration: Oversee and manage contracts with contractors, vendors, and consultants, ensuring compliance with terms and conditions.

• Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the main point of contact between state agencies, contractors, and other stakeholders, facilitating clear communication and addressing any issues or concerns.

• Risk Management: Identify potential risks and develop strategies to mitigate them, ensuring minimal disruption to project timelines and budgets.

• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all projects comply with state and federal regulations, building codes, and environmental standards.

• Quality Assurance: Implement and enforce quality control measures to ensure construction work meets or exceeds required standards.

• Reporting and Documentation: Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including progress reports, meeting minutes, and performance metrics, for internal and external reporting purposes.

• Team Coordination: Collaborate with the four teams within the Construction Services Project Management unit to coordinate efforts and share resources effectively.

• Portfolio Oversight: Manage and oversee a large portfolio of projects, valued at over $1,500,000,000, on behalf of 24 state agencies, ensuring alignment with overall strategic goals.

  Selection Plan

  To Apply:

• In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on this job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application.

• The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.

• Ensure that your application is complete and detailed before submitting it. In order to comply with Public Act 21-69 (https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/act/pa/pdf/2021PA-00069-R00SB-00056-PA.pdf) , the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process. You will not be able to make revisions once your application is submitted into the JobAps system.

• Please select all location(s) and shift(s) you are willing to work on your application. Failure to do so may result in not being considered for vacancies in that specific location or shift.

• All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov.

• In order to receive educational credits toward qualification for this job posting, the institution must be accredited. If the institution of higher learning is located outside of the U.S., you are responsible for providing documentation from a recognized USA accrediting service which specializes in determining foreign education equivalencies to the recruiter listed on this job posting.

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  Important Information After You Apply:

• For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from one of the three branches of state government (i.e., Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other.

• This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the questionnaire's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.

• Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.

• Note: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.

• Interviews will be limited to candidates whose experience and training most closely meet the requirements of the position.

• The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.

• Candidates who are offered and accept a position with the State of Connecticut are bound by the State Code of Ethics for Public Officials and State Employees which is available at www.ct.gov/ethics (https://portal.ct.gov/ethics) .

  Connect With Us:

  Due to the large volume of applications received, we are unable to provide confirmation of receipt or status during the recruitment process. Updates will be available through your JobAps portal account. Should you have any questions pertaining to this recruitment, please contact Hayley Newhouse, at Hayley.Newhouse@ct.gov.

  PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

In the Department of Administrative Services this class is accountable for managing, directing and overseeing the entire operation of assigned design and construction projects from initial plans through design and construction to occupancy of facilities and post-occupancy evaluations.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

• Ensures department meets objectives of agency project program including size, quality and schedule;

• Makes arrangements for utilization and oversees work of both external and internal resources such as architects, engineers, consultants and inspection personnel for each project;

• Coordinates contacts with client agencies to determine and meet their needs and manages all phases of projects from inception through design and construction up to and including furnishing and occupancy;

• Conducts project planning conference with client agency to determine scope of project and services required;

• Establishes resource requirements;

• Determines availability of funding;

• Responsible for monitoring and overseeing project budgets and ensuring projects costs remain within budget;

• Notifies Bidding and Contracts section of contract needs and provides input on required contract documents including preparation of project description for advertising;

• Monitors contract review;

• Establishes bonding needs;

• Evaluates architectural and engineering firms proposing to contract with state;

• Assists in reviews of proposals;

• Monitors and directs contract execution;

• Negotiates or assists in negotiating fees, terms and conditions;

• Ensures timely use of all resource groups;

• Conducts meetings (project construction, etc.);

• Coordinates with client agency regarding changes in program content, schedule and costs;

• Prepares report for client agency and administration;

• Ensures compliance to codes, permits, etc. through resource group;

• Ensures timely resolution of construction problems;

• Monitors shop drawing processing;

• Recommends approval of proceed orders and change orders;

• Ensures timely completion of construction;

• Coordinates with Equipment section to ensure timely delivery of furniture;

• Coordinates with agency for timely occupancy;

• Arranges and conducts post-occupancy evaluations;

• Must identify issues potentially affecting program throughout entire process;

• Performs related duties as required.

  KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

• Considerable knowledge of

• principles, practices and methods of large scale building design and construction;

• project management concepts;

• legislative process in bonding of funds for capital building projects;

• Knowledge of

• state design codes and national standards;

• statutes, regulations and laws governing construction permits;

• building materials;

• contract documentation;

• Skills

• interpersonal skills;

• oral and written communication skills;

• negotiating skills;

• Considerable administrative ability;

• Ability to maintain records and prepare reports;

• Mathematical ability.

  MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Eight (8) years of experience in the design and construction of commercial, industrial or institutional structures involving any combination of the following:

• architectural or engineering design or review;

• construction supervision;

• project estimation or project management.

  MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE

Two (2) years of the General Experience must have included responsibility for contract negotiations and coordination of architectural, engineering, cost review, equipment and physical operations.

NOTE: For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of a Construction Services Associate Project Manager.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED

• College training in architecture, engineering or construction management may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.

• A Master's degree in architecture, engineering or construction management may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.

  PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience overseeing all phases of non-residential vertical construction projects from bidding through final acceptance

• Experience using Construction Project Management Software for scheduling and financial tracking, such as PMWeb, e-Builder, Procore, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Project

• Experience in managing construction projects from contract development through construction, including plans, specifications, submittals, budgets and change orders.

• Experience in reviewing and coordinating resolutions of design and bid phase issues with design teams, client agencies, and authorities having jurisdiction

• Experience in reviewing and coordinating resolutions of change orders, construction issues, code inspections, material testing and inspection, and equipment installation

  SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Incumbents in this class may be required to possess a Professional Architect or Engineer License, Associate Constructor or Professional Constructor certification (AC-American Institute of Constructors) or Certificate as an Engineer in Training (EIT-National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying).

• Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.

  WORKING CONDITIONS

Incumbents in this class may be exposed to some risk of injury or physical harm from construction site environments and a moderate degree from year-round weather conditions.

Conclusion

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.

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