4-year degree in architecture, construction management, engineering, or related field.
5-10 years of experience managing project professionals and technicians.
Experience managing major projects, including scope development and implementation strategies.
Prior contract development and monitoring experience.
Strong attention to detail and ability to handle multiple priorities.
Responsibilities
Supervise large and diverse project team members effectively.
Direct project goals, work plans, and implementation strategies.
Manage project budgets and contracts diligently.
Coordinate with advisory groups and program committees.
Train and advise staff and program participants effectively.
Plan and conduct project-related meetings.
Evaluate and report project performance to stakeholders.
Benefits
Professional development opportunities.
Collaborative work environment.
Diverse project exposure.
Comprehensive training for staff and participants.
Full Job Description
Title: Senior Project Manager
Reporting to: Office Director Overview of Role The Senior Project Manager will act as client's representative in managing a project through its design stages from concept through construction within the client's time and value constraints. The role is defined as a planned undertaking with defined goals, work plans, timeliness, and implementation strategies to correspond to client needs. The Senior 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
Supervise project staff and provide direction to a large and diverse project team.
Direct the development of project goals, work plans, timeliness, and implementation strategies.
Manage and account for project budgets and contracts.
Identify and coordinate with program committees and advisory groups.
Administer project budgets, authorize expenditures, develop, and monitor contracts.
Train and advise staff, project advocates and program participants.
Plan, facilitate and conduct meetings.
Measure, evaluate and communicate project performance.
Identify decision-making issues and key stakeholders, develop and implement strategies to encourage and obtain stakeholder and/or community awareness and support and identify project partners.
Contribute to team performance by collaboration and effective communication.
Contribute to and understand the client's desired project outcomes, identify opportunities to add value to accomplish the desired outcomes.
Add to team effort by accomplishing other duties as assigned.
Minimum Requirements:
4-year college degree in architecture, construction management, engineering science or a related field.
5-10 years relevant experience of management of staff including project professionals and/or technicians, managing major projects including development of project scope, goals, work plans, timeliness, and implantation strategies, developing measurement processes/methods for assessing progress toward goals and project outcomes.
Prior experience with developing and monitoring contracts.
Preferred Qualifications:
Expert in project management, including planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of large, complex projects.
Excellent attention to detail
Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
Strong communication and collaboration skills
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
