Description
Participates in planning new construction and supervises the entire construction process. Evaluates proposed designs. Negotiates contracts and assures adherence to schedules, terms and conditions. Negotiates variances with local ordinances as required. Assures good working relationship with outside architects, engineers, and construction firms. This is the top construction management position. Education and Experience: Bachelor degree or equivalent experience in architecture, engineering, and construction. 8 or more years experience in construction management, planning, and negotiating. The primary duty of employees in this classification is the management of a customarily recognized department or subdivision, including the supervision of three or more full-time equivalent employees every week. Direction is over a permanent status-continuing function, not a collection of employees assigned to complete a project. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary. Management responsibilities include the authority to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations that are given particular weight. Employees have impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change. Under FLSA, this is the exempt job classification for this title. Incumbents in this position must meet the full criteria for exempt status: salary level, salary basis, and duties tests.