A Talascend client is seeking a dedicated Project Manager for a Direct Hire opportunity. This pivotal role entails collaboration with governmental entities and requires an active DoD Security Clearance. The position is onsite in Arlington, VA, Monday through Friday.

OVERVIEW:

Within this role, you will lead teams across broad technical disciplines, focusing on contract objectives and performance indices to ensure project milestones are completed on time, within budget, and achieve client expectations. The role will work with the government Program Director as part of a large Computer Aided Design and Master Record Drawing Repository Support Services contract for a Federal customer.

The ideal candidate has experience creating CAD files and working with GIS data, engineering or construction background, survey experience, engineering tech experience as well as team and contract management.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project Management:

• Work with the customer to manage team schedules, always ensuring adequate on-site resources.
• Develop and QC deliverables for distribution to the COR and other Government leads.
• Mentor staff when appropriate to improve quality of work or performance.
• Conduct performance reviews annually and ad hoc as needed.
• Coordinate with the Director of Operations to execute the contract and ensure the PWS is performed to meet the Performance Requirement Standards.
• Develop and implement CAD best practices for the organization.
• Help with CAD/GIS project set-up and configuration.
• Maintain ArcGIS Server/Portal 11.x for organization.
• QC projects to ensure we adhere to CAD/GIS practices AEC and SDSFIE standards.
• Supervisory knowledge of Records Management best practices including NARA.

Quality Control:

• Perform CAD standards checks to ensure that fonts, dimensions, line styles, levels, and other construction document formatting issues are in compliance with the WHS CAD standards.
• Manage CAD, GIS, and similar programs.
• Oversee compliance and conformance of CAD documents and drawings with EDS with regards to data compliance e.g., nomenclature, layering, symbol libraries and labeling. Contractor has programmatic responsibility for providing and retrieving, tracking and monitoring specifications and drawing changes, sketches and document reproduction services and CAD drawing and SOP development.
• Review each document or piece of information and use all naming convention types and attributes necessary to identify the document or piece of information and provide the full range search attributing established in the EDMS.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience managing large teams (~30) of CAD and GIS specialists with varying skill levels.
• Experience in contract administration for federal contracts.
• Experience developing and implementing customer service plans and programs.
• Experience working with CORs and managing contract scope, deliverables, and relationships.
• Experience using ArcGIS Pro to perform geospatial modeling, analysis, and data manipulation.
• Experience creating, updating, and maintaining databases, attributes, maps, and graphs using GIS software and related equipment.
• Experience using Bentley’s Geospatial interoperability tools to develop / exchange data in common GIS data formats.
• Experience analyzing spatial data for geographic statistics to incorporate into documents and reports.
• Experience compiling geographic data from a variety of sources including censuses, field observation, satellite imagery, aerial photographs, tabular data, databases, and existing maps.
• Experience using Bentley MicroStation & AutoCAD to create, modify, convert, and standardize new or existing CAD drawings.
• Experience assessing new and advocating current practices, designing software tools, and producing training documentations.
• Experience in digital review processes using Bluebeam and Adobe Acrobat Professional.
• Experience conducting trainings to customers.
• Using Bentley products, including ProjectWise and/or Autodesk products in a production environment.

Education, Certifications, and Clearance:

• Bachelor’s degree in Drafting, or related physical or geospatial science such as Civil Engineering Technology, Construction Technology, Cartography, Information Technology, Computer Science, Urban Studies/ Planning, Architecture, Engineering, Interior Design, Geography, or Construction related field;
• AND a minimum of 10 years of experience providing and managing CAD support.
• Secret Clearance Required