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Gordian

Construction Account Manager

Account Manager, Chicago Metro area

Location: Chicago area

Employment Type: Full Time

The Construction Account Manager assists various public agencies and contractors in the development of renovation and modernization project scopes, reviews price proposals for accuracy, and overseas work in the field through completion.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Primary responsibility will be to provide support for Gordian products and services for clients in a specific geographic area as well as for national accounts as needed
  • Prepare and maintain schedules of detailed activities to accomplish procurement objectives within a specified time period for clients
  • Describe and detail project procedures and steps from development, permitting, and construction execution necessary to accomplish a specific objective for various types of work
  • Manage material take-offs from plans and specs as well as create and review detailed construction line item estimates/proposals

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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related field, or comparable work experience
  • 5+ years of construction procurement, construction management, or general contracting related experience in both facilities and road construction preferred
  • Extensive knowledge and experience in commercial public construction operations, pricing and contracting, including scope development and estimating
  • High level analytical skills and problem solving capabilities, and the ability to effectively manage several projects in development and in the field simultaneously
  • Excellent customer service and communication skills, strong interpersonal and team building skills
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, Project and Acrobat Reader, ability to develop and generate custom tracking documents and reports. Background in construction documentation and administration preferred, but not required
  • Job Order Contracting experience is preferred, but not required, comprehensive understanding of various public procurement and project delivery methods and requirements
  • The ability to travel 20-30%

Gordian is the world's leading provider of construction cost data, software and services for all phases of the construction lifecycle. From planning to design, procurement, construction and operations, Gordian delivers groundbreaking solutions to contractors, architects, engineers, educational institution stakeholders, facility owners and managers in the local, state and federal government, education, healthcare, manufacturing, insurance, legal, retail and other industries. With our proprietary data, along with our RSMeans and Sightlines data, we offer the largest collection of labor, material and equipment data and associated costs in the world with over 275,000 construction tasks with costs for all areas of construction. Gordian also offers the most widely used construction procurement information management software available anywhere and cutting-edge facilities intelligence and life cycle costing software to assess initial installed costs versus long-term facility costs and improve long-term asset performance. We offer an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life and LTD insurance, HSA, and a 401(k) retirement plan. EOE M/F

Job ID: 8b2e6d32395d9367aa39c9a4d0cc8977
Employment Type: Other

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