Construction Director - KAIZEN INVESTMENTS

Industries We Service

• Aerospace & Defense Staffing
• Architecture Staffing
• Aggregates Staffing
• CAD Designer Staffing
• Chemical Engineer Staffing
• Civil Engineer Staffing
• Construction Staffing
• Electrical Engineering Staffing
• Engineering Staffing Staffing
• Heavy Machinery Staffing
• Industrial Staffing
• Land Survey & Mapping Staffing
• Logistics Staffing
• Operations Staffing
• Manufacturing Staffing
• Maintenance Staffing
• Materials Staffing
• Mechanical Engineering Staffing
• Mining Staffing
• Renewable Energy Staffing
• Robotics & Automation Staffing
• Safety Staffing

Excerpt

Connecting industry professionals with the most successful companies in the aggregate mining asphalt cement industrial minerals frac sand/proppants and heavy highway construction industries is what we do best at Kaizen.

Company Description

At Kaizen the projects we deliver make a difference and we offer opportunities for you to make one too. Our construction and engineering professionals work on some of the industrys most complex challenging and rewarding projects whether its boring tunnels through mountains turning rivers into energy or building bridges that connect communities. Kaizen people tackle important projects of every size in any market.

Kaizen is one of the engineering and construction organizations operating in North America Latin America and Caribbean UK and Continental Europe Middle East Asia Australia and New Zealand and Africa. With its roots dating back to 1991.

Kaizen offers construction and engineering services in a variety of markets including transportation; oil gas and chemicals; power; building; water/wastewater; industrial; and mining.

Maintaining thousands of relationships with highlytrained skilled and motivated professionals across the continent allows us to help our clients fill their jobs with top talent fast. We excel at identifying talent to fill critical and diverse roles for our clients including:

• Senior Executive
• Construction Project Managers Engineers and Superintendents
• Mining Operations Managers and Supervisors
• Bulk Material Handling Professionals
• Mechanical Civil Chemical & Mining Engineers
• Maintenance and Reliability Professionals
• Quality and Process Engineers
• Safety and Environmental Engineers
• Sales Estimating and Business Development Managers
• Logistics and Supply Chain Professionals and more...

Whether you are an experienced mining or civil construction professional looking to make that next big move in your career or an employer looking for talented people to grow your team Kaizen Investments will help you make the connections you need to achieve your goals.

Contact us today to learn how we will connect you for success.

Construction Director

The Director Construction has management oversight of multiple construction projects and construction teams. This position will assist with hiring and will be responsible for managing and leading the construction team through the entire construction process from the planning and design phase through project completion. The Director Construction will be an integral part of the leadership team providing support and guidance to Senior Project Managers Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers.

Responsibilities:

• Takes an active role in and guides projects and project teams in each phase of construction. Oversees the daytoday progress of projects from preconstruction through delivery.
• Conducts project site inspections to monitor progress and support projectassigned team members. Steps in as needed to address and resolve issues and problems and recommends approves and implements modifications to the project plans schedule staffing or budget as needed.
• Promotes the Companys safety culture by demonstrating commitment to an injuryfree environment through personal actions and mentoring others.
• Ensures that projects are built with the specified level of quality and to meet or exceed Greystar Quality requirements.
• Responsible for managing the procurement of contractors and subcontractors develops negotiates and approves contracts and provides for the acquisition of materials supplies and other service providers required to complete the project.
• Manages the RFI submittal and change order processes. Reviews and recommends change orders or amendments to the specifications blueprints and plans when appropriate and ensures related documents and budgets are amended as needed to reflect changes to the project specifications.
• Direct value engineering/constructability review efforts to achieve efficiencies in construction cost control.
• Prepares the project timeline and construction schedule with the Senior Project Manager or Project Manager. Updates the construction schedule to meet project deliverables.
• Identifies and plans for any potential schedule impacts including scope weather and manpower changes to minimize the impact to the construction schedule.
• Develops and maintains project budgets and timelines as required for each project to ensure overall project deliverables are met.
• Oversees the payment application process contributing to reviews corrections and recommendations regarding general contractor pay applications.
• Maintains exceptional relationships with owners general contractors subcontractors design partners and other team members. Drives subcontractor performance to ensure high quality work is produced in adherence to budget and schedule.
• Communicates with key business leaders owners and partners to provide updates on the status of projects surface and address concerns and plan specific actions as needed to ensure the ontime and onbudget completion of the projects. Able to effectively communicate the projects vision and goals.
• Leads and prepares agendas for various meetings such as project planning meetings project review meetings etc.
• Develops and supervises team members by interviewing hiring orienting and training employees and manages their performance in accordance with Company policies values and business practices. Assigns team members and subcontractors to construction projects.
• Provides strategic leadership and shares technical expertise with team members to achieve performance goals and company objectives. Delivers ongoing feedback direction and guidance to ensure a motivated productive workforce.
• Establishes improvement programs by assessing current processes and procedures with the goal of increasing profit while still maintaining quality.
• Other responsibilities may be assigned as required.

Knowledge & Qualifications

• Proven experience in a project management role at leadership level with exposure to initial construction through delivery.
• Member of the RICS Bachelor or Master of Real Estate or related field qualification (desirable).
• Knowledge of building regulations technical building specifications planning application processes construction and procurement processes for London.
• Knowledge of multifamily (build to rent) student or related industry developments (desirable).
• Proficiency in MS Office Word Excel Project; necessary to support budgeting and overall project management.

Experience & Skills

• Proven project management experience; including demonstrated ability to oversee the entire life cycle of the construction process up to and including handover in order to effectively track report and manage multiple projects and priorities where meeting deadlines is critical.
• Experience in coordinating the delivery of a mixeduse scheme.
• Experience in multiple phased projects and infrastructure works including roads utilities drainage and an understanding of programme and sitewide logistics.
• Experience or exposure to large scale phased development projects (desirable).
• Demonstrable knowledge of construction contracts (particularly JCT) and experience of managing client actions.
• Experience in applying Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) principles to construction projects (desirable).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; including the ability to effectively write and present reports and information.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to establish and maintain positive relationships communicate with tact and diplomacy and influence with impact at all levels.
• Demonstrated management and supervisory skills sufficient to lead direct evaluate and mentor subordinate and peer employee staff.
• Demonstrated skills necessary to supervise and monitor works provided by (technical) consultants negotiate manage and monitor construction/technical related agreements.
• Demonstrated mathematical skills necessary to add subtract multiply & divide numbers decimals and fractions and calculate percentages to complete financial records budgets and other fiscal reporting information.
• Excellent organisational and project management skills with the ability to effectively track report and manage multiple projects and prioritise where meeting deadlines is critical.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of the development and new construction business from both a technical standpoint and from a project management standpoint.
• A positive team player with an adaptable and flexible approach along with ability to work collaboratively to drive results and support the wider team and business objectives.

Disclaimer

Kaizen does not accept resumes from employment placement agencies headhunters or recruitment suppliers that are not in a formal contractual arrangement with us. Our recruitment supplier arrangements are restricted to specific hiring needs and do not include this or other website job postings. Any resume or other information received from a supplier not approved by Kaizen to provide resumes to this posting or website will be considered unsolicited and will not be considered. Kaizen will not pay any referral placement or other fees for the supply of such unsolicited resumes or information.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race color sex age national origin religion sexual orientation gender identity status as a veteran and a basis of disability or any other federal state or local protected class.

Job Types: Fulltime Contract

Salary: 80000..00 per month

Application Question(s):

• What are your salary expectations

Education:

• Masters (Required)

Experience:

• Minimum: 10 years (Required)