CONSTRUCTION MANAGER

Job Title: Construction Manager Department: IT FLSA Status: Exempt Reports To: Project Director Summary Under the supervision of the Project Director, the Construction Manager is dedicated exclusively to the Casino Arizona renovation project. The role coordinates day-to-day planning, design, construction, activation, and closeout activities to support completion within the approved scope, schedule, budget, specifications, and quality standards. The Construction Manager serves as the primary coordination point among Casino Arizona departments, consultants, contractors, and regulatory partners and escalates significant budget, schedule, quality, safety, operational-impact, and scope decisions to the Project Director. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. • Assists with all aspects of a construction project, including planning, budgeting, scheduling, coordinating subcontractors and ensuring safety compliance. • Partners with the Safety department, Security, Facilities, the general contractor, and Casino Arizona operations to establish and maintain a project-specific safety plan for renovation work within and adjacent to an operating casino. The plan addresses controlled access, public separation, emergency egress, hot work, dust and noise control, utility shutdowns, temporary barriers, incident response, and communication of changing site conditions. • Coordinates the Casino Arizona renovation design and construction phases, including bid packages, sequencing, temporary conditions, shutdowns, relocations, swing-space needs, commissioning, and phased turnover. Monitors contractor and consultant performance; identifies risks or issues affecting guest experience, casino operations, cost, schedule, quality, safety, or regulatory compliance; recommends corrective action; and escalates significant concerns to the Project Director. • Responsible for reviewing problems, checking progress and ensuring compliance with plans and specifications. • Develops and maintains a phased construction and operational-continuity plan for the Casino Arizona renovation. In partnership with Casino Arizona operations, Security, Safety, Facilities, Marketing, Information Technology, and other affected departments, evaluates business volumes, guest and Team Member circulation, transportation access, parking, property ingress and egress, temporary routes, noise, dust, utilities, life-safety systems, and planned shutdowns to protect revenue and minimize disruption to casino operations. • Coordinates required permits, reviews, inspections, and approvals for the Casino Arizona renovation, including applicable Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community processes, ECS, DRC, gaming-regulatory requirements, fire and life-safety reviews, accessibility requirements, and certificates or approvals required for phased occupancy and final completion. • Works with general contractor and executive management to perform value engineering and constructability review. • Assures regular jobsite meetings with subcontractors, architects and owners occur and that written minutes are maintained.  Monitors cost and schedule performance, change order requirements, maintains up-to-date records, and takes corrective action to meet milestone objectives.  Observes work put in place to monitor quality of workmanship and assure a successful project. • Prepares a monthly Casino Arizona renovation status report for the Project Director and executive leadership covering safety performance, completed and upcoming phases, schedule milestones, critical path, procurement, budget and forecast, contingency use, billing, change orders, operational impacts, regulatory approvals, key risks, decisions required, and corrective actions. • Reviews vendor and contractor invoices, confirms that charges are supported by completed work and appropriate documentation, codes invoices, and approves or routes them for approval in accordance with established authorization limits. • Reviews Casino Arizona renovation change-order requests and estimates for scope validity, completeness, schedule and operational impact, cost support, and alignment with the approved budget. Maintains a current change log, obtains required approvals before work proceeds except in authorized emergencies, updates the job cost system and forecast, communicates approved changes, and coordinates issuance of the appropriate contractor, subcontractor, or vendor change order. • Plans and manages phased and final closeout for the Casino Arizona renovation. Verifies substantial completion and contract compliance; coordinates inspections, certificates and approvals for occupancy or use; develops punch lists with executive leadership, operations, Facilities, the architect or engineer, and contractors; tracks corrective work to completion; and ensures delivery of record drawings, operations and maintenance manuals, warranties, training records, commissioning reports, spare parts, and other required turnover documents. Reconciles change orders, reviews cash-flow status, coordinates final invoicing, and monitors warranty obligations after turnover. • Monitors the Casino Arizona renovation against the approved project budget, commitments, expenditures, forecast at completion, allowances, contingencies, and cash-flow plan. Identifies current or potential variances, recommends corrective actions, maintains supporting documentation, and promptly escalates material budget concerns to the Project Director. Final budget authority and enterprise-level financial accountability remain with executive leadership. • Interacts with architects and engineers and contractors frequently and is responsible for building and maintaining positive relationships. • Performs duties in a cooperative manner and maintains positive relationships with all co-workers to ensure the success of the department and the company. • Complies with all regulatory, department and Gaming Enterprises’ policies and procedures. • Implements approved project management procedures and work plans for the Casino Arizona renovation, coordinates Gaming Enterprise Team Members and consultants, and recommends adjustments when project conditions change. • Reviews the project estimate and develops a working estimate by reallocating costs and assigning them to appropriate cost codes. • Coordinates a pre-job internal planning and kick-off meeting to confirm project scope, roles, responsibilities, schedules, communication protocols, and escalation points with the project team. • Coordinates a preconstruction planning meeting with the Project Director, architect or engineer, contractors, and other associated personnel to confirm approved scope, schedules, responsibilities, and communication expectations. • Evaluates subcontractor recommendations and material or equipment requests submitted through the general contractor, verifies alignment with project requirements and budget, and forwards recommendations for approval in accordance with established authorization limits. • Establishes field mobilization plan. • Reviews and maintains the Casino Arizona renovation master schedule with internal partners, the general contractor, and consultants. Monitors design decisions, procurement, permitting, enabling work, phased construction, shutdowns, commissioning, turnover, and operational-readiness milestones; evaluates critical-path impacts; recommends recovery strategies; and escalates threatened milestones to the Project Director. • Establishes a schedule for billing. • Schedules and facilitates regular Casino Arizona renovation coordination meetings with the Project Director, leadership, operations, and internal stakeholders; documents decisions, risks, dependencies, and action items; tracks commitments to completion; and escalates unresolved issues as appropriate. • Partners with Facilities and affected Casino Arizona departments throughout design, construction, commissioning, turnover, and warranty periods. Confirms maintainability, utility and system requirements, vendor and subcontractor support, staffing and supply impacts, emergency communication protocols, permit responsibilities, shared budget items, training needs, asset documentation, preventive-maintenance information, and operational readiness for each renovation phase. Education and/or Experience High school diploma or GED required. Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, or a related field preferred, with at least seven years of progressively responsible construction or project management experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience managing a large, complex renovation in an occupied hospitality, gaming, entertainment, resort, healthcare, or similarly regulated environment is strongly preferred. Required experience includes project planning, phased scheduling, contractor and consultant coordination, construction documentation, field operations, cost control, change management, regulatory coordination, commissioning, and turnover. Experience leading cross-functional project teams and coordinating work that affects continuous business operations is preferred. Computer Skills To perform this job successfully, an individual should be proficient with project management and scheduling software, construction document-control platforms, spreadsheet and word-processing software, and electronic tools used for budgets, forecasts, requests for information, submittals, change orders, meeting records, punch lists, and project reporting. Other Qualifications Must present a professional image and demonstrate strong communication, analytical, organizational, negotiation, problem-solving, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills. Must be able to maintain sustained focus on a multiyear Casino Arizona renovation, coordinate competing operational and construction priorities, influence without direct authority, facilitate timely decisions, communicate effectively with executive and frontline audiences, anticipate risks, and escalate issues appropriately. Language Skills Must be able to read, write, speak and understand English. Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the Team Member is regularly required to stand for prolonged periods of time; walk; use hands and fingers to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The Team Member must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Team Member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the Team Member is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places and secondary smoke. The Team Member is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and occasionally loud.