Construction Project Manager

Overview of Role

The role of Construction Project Manager is a key role within Property Solutions Thailand (PST).  As the first person that many prospect clients of PST will meet, the Construction Project Manager plays a vital role in the securing of sales for PST through this first contact, by identifying opportunities to provide our reconstruction services and then securing these sales.

The Construction Project Manager is responsible for the overall project management of one or more concurrent re-construction projects, in accordance with Company Policies and approved Work Instructions, or specific requirements of a construction site, as required by the contract between PST and the customer.

The ability of the Construction Project Manager to accurately quote projects, and to manage the execution of projects, including extensive subcontractor management, is a key responsibility and one which has a direct impact upon the profitability of the company.

In summary, this role is crucial to the long-term success and growth of the business in the location where the role is stationed, and throughout the region.

Role Description

Damage Assessment

• Clearly define client requirements and agree on commercial terms before engagement.
• Conduct initial site assessments, provide plans and advice to clients, and identify opportunities for additional services.
• Ensure the presentation of the Property Solutions Thailand brand is maintained at the highest levels.

Sales

• Actively participate in securing reconstruction contracts, negotiating terms, conditions, and prices.
• Maintain ongoing communication with clients, subcontractors, insurers, and other stakeholders.
• Ensure service quality in both sales and delivery meets company standards.

Project Management

• Undertake project planning to define boundaries, including scope, time, cost, resources, quality, and safety.
• Monitor project costs, quality, safety and timelines to meet gross margin expectations.
• Manage project execution, ensuring adherence to company standards, client requirements, safety and timely project finalization

People Management

• Attend project sites to address problems and complexities, negotiating and solving issues.
• Conduct construction management team meetings as necessary.
• Participate in the selection of new subcontractors and annual reviews of existing subcontractors.

Reports to: Managing Director / Country Manager (Project dependent).

Direct Subordinates: Where Applicable / Project dependent.

Qualifications and Training

• Degree: Bachelor of Civil Engineering
• License: Senior Professional Engineer, Professional Engineer (PE)
• Formal Project Management Training.

Knowledge, Skill, Ability (Experience)

• Minimum 3 - 5 years working in construction industry as a Project Manager.
• Sales exposure / experience.
• Estimation and Cost management experience (projects).
• Quality management systems knowledge and experience.
• People Management skills.
• Leadership, project, and time management skills.

Key Accountabilities

Damage Assessment

• Ensure that the requirements of the client are clearly defined prior to engagement.
• Ensure that commercial terms are agreed and the billing party details are obtained e.g. insurer contact details, prior to engagement.
• Attend incident sites, carry out an initial assessment, and a plan and advice to clients.
• If there is Loss Mitigation work required, ensure that a Construction Project Manager onsite to prepare and submit quotations to carry out loss mitigation work.
• Recognise opportunities to carry out decontamination work or mechanical / electrical repair work, and call other PST experts with this expertise to site, in order to widen the scope of our offering to the client.
• Carry out further inspections of the damaged areas of buildings, obtain quotations from subcontractors and provide quotations to the client. The goal is to provide a Turn Key solution for the cleint.
• Ensure the presentation of the PST brand, including the people representing PST (including subcontracted labour) is kept to the highest levels.

Sales

• Be actively involved in the technical and commercial aspects of securing reconstruction contracts after incidents have occurred.  This involves liaising with clients of PST, subcontractors, suppliers, insurer representatives, loss adjusters, insurance brokers and other organisations which may be involved, and the preparation and delivery of quotations and presentations to clients.
• Negotiate terms and conditions and price, and ongoing communication with client(s) at all levels, in order to secure contracts.
• Maintain contact with parties involved from time of the incident until the time that the client has reinstated their equipment, in order to determine their priorities, constraints, options.  Ensure that PST has provided workable and commercially viable solutions for the client.
• Ensure the service quality both in Sales and Delivery are up to the standard expected by PST.

Project Management

• Ensure that prior to project commencement, planning is undertaken, in order to define project boundaries such as scope, time, cost, resources, communication, quality, procurement, integration, safety, etc.
• Monitor project costs, quality and timelines to ensure Gross Margin expectations are being met.
• Ensure that PST and client quality requirements and expectations are met.
• Monitor our service quality (our technicians and subcontractor) on a regular basis to maintain our service quality level. Implement progress monitoring techniques for each subcontractor (incl. our internal), in accordance with the applicable Policies and Work Instructions.
• Ensure that project execution by members of the project team is managed in a professional manner, according to company standards and procedures, in order to satisfy both client and PST requirements and expectations.
• Ensure that project finalization procedures are implemented in timely manner.  Ensure paperwork and project files are up to date and completed at the end of each project.  Ensure Invoicing is initiated and carried out by Operations Support.
• Ensure that collection of the project is managed in timely manner according to the contract and PST procedure.
• Ensure that the requisite information required to produce a project case study has been recorded during the execution of the project.

People Management

• Attend project sites where problems / complexities exist and work to negotiate / solve these issues.
• Prepare and conduct Construction Management Team meetings as deemed necessary.
• Involve in the selection of new Subcontractors and annual review of existing subcontractors.
• Coordinate subcontractors and the construction team to meet contractual conditions of performance.