Lead Project Manager (Government Facilities)

Bodwe Professional Services Group

$90K — $120K *
Real Estate & Construction
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Four-year degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture or related field or equivalent experience.
  • PMP or other recognized project management certification.
  • Minimum of ten years managing federal government construction projects.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple stakeholders and project teams.
  • Strong understanding of construction management principles, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and contract administration.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain required government security clearances.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as primary liaison to the Contracting Officer Representative (COR).
  • Coordinate multiple construction and facility engineering projects.
  • Align priorities, resolve conflicts, and ensure execution standards.
  • Oversee planning, scheduling, and coordination among teams.
  • Monitor performance across cost, schedule, quality, and risk metrics.
  • Collaborate with government stakeholders, contractors, and facility personnel.
  • Ensure consistency across design, construction, and renovation efforts.

Benefits

  • Commitment to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
Full Job Description
Disclosure

This is a federal contracting opportunity that we, the Company, are bidding on and has not been awarded. The availability of this position is contingent upon successful award of the contract.

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Lead Project Manager to serve as the designated site lead supporting construction and facility engineering projects at the James J. Rowley Training Center (JJRTC), the primary training facility for the United States Secret Service. This role serves as the primary on-site contact with the government and provides leadership, oversight, and management of complex construction projects across a 490-acre federal training campus.

The Lead Project Manager will be responsible for directing multidisciplinary construction efforts, managing project execution, overseeing contractor performance, and ensuring successful delivery of facility planning, design, renovation, and construction initiatives. This position requires a highly skilled professional capable of independently managing large-scale commercial and government construction projects while maintaining focus on quality, schedule, budget, safety, and risk management.

Accommodation Requests

We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, contact our HR Director (April Hawkins) at [redacted] or [redacted]

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The following inexhaustive list of duties represents a sample of work routinely performed by this role:

  • Serve as the designated on-site lead and primary liaison to the COR.
  • Provide campus-level coordination across multiple construction and facility engineering projects.
  • Align project priorities, resolve cross-project conflicts, and ensure consistent execution standards.
  • Oversee integrated planning, scheduling, and coordination across multidisciplinary teams.
  • Monitor overall program performance across cost, schedule, quality, and risk.
  • Coordinate with Government stakeholders, contractors, architects, engineers, and facility personnel.
  • Ensure consistency in execution across design, construction, renovation, and repair efforts.
  • Support high-level reviews, planning discussions, and campus-wide infrastructure initiatives.
  • Provide consolidated reporting, briefings, and recommendations to Government leadership.
  • Ensure adherence to contract requirements and JJRTC operational priorities.

Education, Experience, and Technical Skills

Required Education, Experience, and Technical Skills

  • Four-year degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • PMP (Project Management Professional) certification or other recognized project management certification.
  • Minimum of ten (10) years of project management experience supporting federal government construction projects.
  • Demonstrated experience managing multiple stakeholders, subcontractors, and project teams.
  • Strong knowledge of construction management principles, project scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and contract administration.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain required government security clearances.
  • Must have or be able to obtain and maintain a Real ID or Passport in order to undergo commercial airfare travel
  • Must have or be able to obtain and maintain a valid driver's license

Preferred Experience

  • Experience supporting federal agencies, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Defense (DoD), or other government facilities.
  • Knowledge of federal construction standards, contracting processes, and facility management practices.
  • Experience managing large campus environments, training facilities, or mission-critical infrastructure projects.

Working Environment

This position primarily operates in a professional office setting with standard office equipment and a quiet, climate-controlled environment. While in the office, there is no regular exposure to loud noise, hazardous materials, or heavy machinery.

This role also requires periodic travel to project sites, including locations undergoing renovation or active construction. During site visits, the employee may be exposed to non-temperature-controlled environments, construction noise, dust, and other typical conditions found on job sites. Appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) may be required during these visits, depending on site conditions. While on site visits, an individual in this role will be required to work atypical hours at the request of the client or role demands.

Physical Demands

Sitting/Standing: This is not a sedentary role. This role requires the ability to be on your feet moving around a construction site for most of the day interacting with contractors, contractor representatives, and inspecting the construction work that is being performed.

Walking: This role requires the ability to move about outside in various geographic and building terrains to access a construction site to provide quality assurance services.

Stooping/Kneeling/Crouching/Crawling: This role requires stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and ladder climbing to inspect all aspects of building construction to foundations, crawlspaces, and roofs.

Using Hands/Fingers: This role constantly operates technological office equipment such as laptop, mouse, keyboard, computer monitors, telephones, and scanners, copiers, and fax machines.

Talking/Hearing: This role requires constant communication with others in the organization to exchange information, review information, and make decisions about information.

Seeing: This role requires the ability to see, view, and distinguish all aspects of construction to ensure quality control.

Carrying/Lifting: This role requires lifting up to 30 lbs to transport technological office equipment, safety equipment, and other needed construction items to and from various workspaces.

Branch:

Federal Support Services

Entity:

Bodwé Technology Services

FLSA Status:

Exempt

Hours Per Week:

40

Work Arrangement:

On-site

Reports To:

Sr. Project Manager

Manages Others:

No

Overnight Travel:

Yes

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