At Mott MacDonald, we trust our brilliant people to do brilliant things in engineering, management, and development services, supporting multisector project work in over 150 countries. As one of the largest employee-owned companies in the world, we pride ourselves on our ability to deliver exceptional outcomes through our network of 20,000+ talented consultants. With sustainability and innovation at the heart of all our sectors in North America, including, Buildings, Energy, Transportation, and Water.

We believe in empowering our people to excel, learn, and grow, offering diverse opportunities to contribute to career-defining work. Join us and be part of a collaborative environment where your ambitions are united with ours, and you can truly shape your story.

Mott MacDonald, a leader in the engineering industry is seeking an experienced construction manager to join our team in Portland, OR working on minor to moderately complex construction projects . You will be responsible for overall project/construction management and maintaining scope, budget, schedules and more. As a construction manager, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Highly involved in construction project management ensuring efficient and effective resource management facilitating construction management and planning associated with the design of engineering projects such as Ports, and highways.
• Manage and ensure compliance of engineering construction contracts, serve as primary contact between clients and construction contractors, typically for projects with defined scope.
• Negotiate change orders, claims, disputes, and disagreements.
• Review project schedules and work practices, and manage contract submittal, RFI process, and quality assurance program to ensure contract compliance.
• Manage written correspondence with necessary parties and adapt pre-established templates as necessary.
• Engage stakeholders. Conduct weekly project meetings, generate, and record meeting minutes and coordinate construction requirements with project managers, engineers, clients and local agencies.
• Directly perform and/or manage construction contract cost control systems and provide guidance and supervision to administrative staff performing project controls functions.Establish Work Breakdown Strictures for project accounting requirements
• Generate CPM schedules, review, and comment on contractor CPM schedule submittals.
• Generate content and draft responses to contractor claims for management review.Respond to contractor claims.
• Coordinate with other departments (Environmental Services, Finance, Risk, Contracts and Procurement, Information Technology, etc.) to ensure requirements and polices are addressed in construction contracts.

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications”

• Bachelor’s degree in the relevant field.
• At least 10-15 years of experience
• Professional Engineer Registration in Oregon is desirable but not required.
• Depth of managerial and engineering experience working on large infrastructure projects
• Demonstrated experience working with clients and contractors.
• Experience with claims management and resolution.
• Knowledge of control systems design, construction and start up/commissioning and testing.
• Experience of project management processes, from feasibility and design through construction and close-out.
• Skills in structural engineering, geotechnics, and ports.
• Have the necessary drive to achieve their goals and deliver commercial success.
• Be innovative looking to develop their technical and management skills and willing to tackle any challenge.

The capacity to work closely with a range of stakeholders is essential providing a pragmatic, effective and successful solution to engineering challenges any project may present

Our teams are comprised of bright and enthusiastic people who wish to make a difference to the world that we live in. If you share that vision and don’t have all the experience outlined in this posting, we still want to hear from you!

Let’s discuss how we can help you take the next step in your career and how you can participate in an exciting new chapter for Mott MacDonald in North America.

Equal opportunity is the law.

We seek to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status or disability status.

Hybrid working policy

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.