Project Manager

Rider Levett Bucknall

$104K — $138K *
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
  • 5-10 years' experience in construction management across diverse building types
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong problem-solving and financial management capabilities
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Microsoft Project

Responsibilities

  • Manage client relationships and project teams to align with project goals
  • Serve as the main point of contact for client project-related decisions
  • Plan and direct project management tasks throughout all project phases
  • Oversee preconstruction activities, including team building, design management, and budget development
  • Lead construction management efforts, ensuring adherence to budget and schedule
  • Produce cost and status reports to meet client objectives
  • Mentor and manage project support staff while fostering team collaboration

Benefits

  • Opportunity for mentorship and team leadership
  • Engagement in all project phases from planning to closeout
  • Collaboration within a diverse team of professionals
  • Focus on delivering customer service excellence in project outcomes
  • Possibility of working on site to enhance practical experience
Full Job Description
Title: Project Manager

Reporting to: Office Director

Salary Range:

Los Angeles: $95,500 - $126,000

San Francisco: $104,500 - $138,500
Overview of Role
The Project Manager will maintain a primary focus on practice related services (management of the delivery of all project management related services) and a secondary focus on internal business operations (active engagement with business development, financial management, and staff development matters). Has significant independent responsibility for assignments including entire projects, or a portion of a project as determined by the project lead of office manager. The Project Manager should have the ability to identify opportunities within a project that will add value and help successfully accomplish the client's desired project outcome.

Essential Functions
• Responsible for the management of the Client and project team. Delivers projects that meets the Clients project goals and outcomes.
• Serve as liaison with clients, assist clients with all project-related decisions
• Plan, organize, and direct the project management functions through all phases of a project - Preconstruction - Closeout:

o Preconstruction - Building the A&E team, design management, schedule management, constructability review, budget development and cost control, contract administration, construction bidding and planning, and permitting strategy and process.
o Construction - management of the contractor from buyout, procurement, risk management, quality assurance, safety, and overall project execution. Maintain budget and schedule control.
o Closeout - manage the closeout process of the project that meets the project specifications
• Maintains and produces cost and status reports that meets the Clients objectives
• May manage and mentor an internal team of project support (Project Engineers and Administrators) or work independently.
• Contributes to team performance by collaboration and effective communication.
• Contributes to and understands the clients desired project outcomes, identifies opportunities to add value to accomplish the desired outcomes.
• Adds to team effort by accomplishing other duties as assigned.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate a positive proactive approach to the role and will be committed to delivering customer service excellence.
• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Architecture or Engineering, related field, or relevant experience.
• 5-10 years' experience in a variety of building types and construction management through all phases of construction.
• Excellent communicator both verbally and write, practical and logical qualities; good problem-solving skills, strong numeracy, and financial management skills; ability to write clear and precise reports and relate complex information to a diverse range of people; able to inspire and manage diverse teams. Proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite of programs including Microsoft Project.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
• Often work in an Indoor office environment. Equipment used includes computers and standard office machines. Essential physical tasks include: the ability to work on a computer and the ability to answer and speak on a telephone.
• May work on site location to include ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary motion and ability to lift 50lbs.

• May also require:
- Sitting
- Standing for long periods of time
- Walking, carrying, pushing, stooping, crouching, and pulling

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