Job SummaryThe Senior Construction Project Manager serves as Georgia Gwinnett College's senior owner's representative for complex capital construction, renovation, infrastructure, and major repair projects. The position independently leads assigned projects from feasibility and programming through design, procurement, construction, commissioning, occupancy, and financial closeout. The role is accountable for scope, budget, schedule, quality, safety coordination, risk, and stakeholder communication; directs the work of architects, engineers, construction managers, contractors, commissioning agents, and specialty consultants; and advises Facilities leadership and senior College stakeholders on project strategy, delivery, and resolution of significant issues.
Responsibilities - Capital Project Leadership -
- Lead a portfolio of high-value, technically complex, mission-critical, or highly visible capital projects, including new construction, major renovations, building systems, utilities, site and infrastructure improvements, deferred maintenance, and occupied-space projects.
- Serve as the College's primary owner's representative and single point of accountability for assigned projects. Establish the project charter, scope, success criteria, governance, decision process, stakeholder plan, budget, milestone schedule, procurement strategy, and risk register.
- Project Planning -
- Manage programming and preconstruction planning. Translate academic, administrative, operational, accessibility, security, technology, sustainability, and maintainability requirements into complete project criteria and coordinated scopes of work.
- Develop capital renewal and Major Repair and Renovation (MRR) recommendations. Prepare project justifications, preliminary scopes, cost models, schedules, risk assessments, and required institutional and Board of Regents submissions; manage approved work within delegated authority and applicable USG procedures.
- Financial Management and Project Controls -
- Develop and manage total project budgets, including design, construction, equipment, technology, owner costs, contingencies, escalation, testing, commissioning, and move-related costs. Prepare forecasts, cash-flow projections, cost-to-complete analyses, and variance reports; recommend corrective action before budget or schedule commitments are exceeded.
- Maintain an integrated project record and executive dashboard covering scope, budget, commitments, invoices, contingency, schedule, risks, decisions, procurement, change orders, quality issues, and closeout. Provide concise reports and presentations to Facilities leadership, College administration, USG, and other governance bodies.
- Procurement and Contracting -
- Develop acquisition and project-delivery strategies in coordination with Procurement and USG. Prepare or lead scopes, qualifications criteria, solicitations, evaluations, interviews, negotiations, recommendations for award, and contract initiation for professional services and construction.
- Consultant and Contractor Management -
- Direct architects, engineers, consultants, construction managers, contractors, commissioning authorities, testing agencies, and other vendors. Establish performance expectations, meeting and reporting protocols, document-control requirements, and escalation paths; evaluate performance and require recovery plans when needed.
- Quality Assurance -
- Coordinate and critically review programming documents, estimates, schedules, design submissions, constructability reviews, bid documents, specifications, submittals, shop drawings, RFIs, substitutions, and field changes for alignment with approved scope, budget, College standards, USG requirements, applicable codes, and operational needs.
- Technical design responsibility remains with the licensed design professional.
- Construction Administration and Change Management -
- Administer construction activities through regular site observation and project meetings. Monitor progress, quality, testing, inspections, safety coordination, campus impacts, utilities, logistics, outages, phasing, swing space, access, and protection of occupants and College property; document deficiencies and drive timely resolution through the responsible contracted party.
- Manage change control. Analyze proposals, field conditions, claims, schedule impacts, allowances, contingencies, and requests for time or compensation; negotiate or recommend equitable resolutions; maintain complete decision records; and obtain required approvals before authorizing changes.
- Project Turnover and Closeout -
- Lead project turnover, commissioning, training, occupancy, substantial and final completion, punch-list correction, record-document delivery, warranty management, asset-data transition, and financial and contractual closeout. Verify receipt of O&M manuals, as-built documents, warranties, attic stock, keys, test reports, permits, certificates, and other required deliverables.
- Stakeholder Coordination and Emergency Support -
- Coordinate projects with Facilities Operations, Public Safety, IT, Procurement, Budget, Accounting, Risk Management, EHS, Accessibility, campus stakeholders, and regulatory authorities. Plan construction to minimize impacts on instruction, research, student life, and operations.
- Provide technical leadership to project managers, coordinators, inspectors, and Facilities staff. Review work, share standards and lessons learned, strengthen project controls, and lead teams or provide functional oversight as needed.
- Support emergency response, facility assessments, and recovery planning for facility failures or construction incidents. Perform other duties consistent with senior construction management responsibilities.
Required Qualifications - 4 Year / Bachelor's degree in construction management, building construction, architecture, engineering, building science, or a closely related field from an accredited institution.
- Five years of progressively responsible experience managing commercial, institutional, or public-sector design and construction projects.
- One or more years of supervisory experience (projects, program, or people).
Preferred Qualifications - Ten or more years of progressively responsible construction and capital project management experience.
- Experience that includes responsibility for project scope, budget, schedule, contracts, and construction-phase administration. Experience must include independently managing multiple projects or at least one complex major capital project through design, construction, and closeout.
- Experience serving as an owner's representative for higher education, healthcare, government, laboratory, residence life, or other complex occupied facilities.
- Experience with State of Georgia and University System of Georgia capital projects, procurement, contracts, delegated authority, MRR funding, and Building Project Procedures.
- Professional licensure as an architect or professional engineer, or active certification such as Certified Construction Manager (CCM), Project Management Professional (PMP), DBIA, LEED AP, or equivalent.
- Experience with alternative project delivery methods, commissioning, building systems renewal, campus utility/infrastructure work, and construction in continuously occupied environments.
- Working knowledge of BIM and construction-management information systems; experience with scheduling and cost-control platforms.
Proposed Salary71,700 - 91,400 Salary offer will be dependent on candidate's experience and qualifications, internal equity considerations, budget availability, and salary administration guidelines.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities - Strong financial acumen, including total-project budgeting, forecasting, contingency management, reconciliation, cost-to-complete analysis, and clear reporting of commitments and variances.
- Strong negotiation, conflict-resolution, facilitation, and vendor-performance management skills, with the judgment to distinguish routine project issues from matters requiring executive, legal, procurement, risk, or USG escalation.
- Ability to communicate complex technical, financial, and schedule information clearly to executives, campus clients, technical professionals, regulators, and community stakeholders through concise writing, presentations, dashboards, and meetings.
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams, establish accountability, mentor less-experienced staff, build productive professional relationships, and maintain composure during high-impact project events.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365, Adobe Acrobat, project-management and construction-management systems, scheduling and cost-control tools, and the review of CAD/BIM documents.
- Advanced knowledge of construction project management, owner representation, design and construction contracts, estimating, scheduling, cost control, procurement, change management, quality management, commissioning, occupancy, warranty, and closeout.
- Thorough understanding of architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, life-safety, technology, security, accessibility, and site-work coordination sufficient to identify risks and lead multidisciplinary resolution.
- Working knowledge of applicable building, fire, accessibility, environmental, and occupational safety requirements; State of Georgia public-works practices; and USG facilities policies, procedures, standards, and delegated-authority requirements.
- Ability to interpret drawings, specifications, contracts, schedules, estimates, submittals, RFIs, pay applications, change proposals, test reports, and commissioning documents and to identify inconsistencies, gaps, and project impacts.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects and competing priorities; develop realistic plans; anticipate constraints; quantify risk; make timely decisions; and lead recovery efforts.
