What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager - Facilities Construction position at LJA Engineering?
Title: Project Manager - Construction
Division: Office Services
LJA recognizes that our success depends on the quality of the people we hire. We are currently seeking highly talented individuals that take pride in their work, function exceptionally well in team environments, and contribute to the overall success of the company. As a 100% employee-owned company, we promote an entrepreneurial spirit that helps drive the bottom line and the long-term professional and financial success of our employees. With more than 70 office locations, LJA is growing and ready for talented people to help us build our future.
Summary: As part of the Corporate Facilities and Office Services team, this role will provide project management for a range of corporate real estate and construction office projects, bringing expertise in project management, real estate, IT, and stakeholder management.
General Responsibilities:
- Project Leadership & Planning
- Lead corporate office projects, including new offices, relocations, expansions, and decommissioning, overseeing all phases from planning to closeout.
- Host project kickoff meetings with internal teams, consultants, landlords, and trade partners to ensure alignment with the project plan.
- Develop and manage project schedules, tracking planned versus actual start and end dates, and circulating updates to the project team for review.
- Hold regular coordination meetings and update the team on the work plan forecast.
- Track project and portfolio progress, including schedule and budget, analyze outcomes, and create actionable dashboards to optimize project delivery.
- Maintain continuous engagement with stakeholders, ensuring transparent communication and integration of feedback throughout the project lifecycle.
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders at each location, ensuring projects meet strategic and operational needs.
- Serve as the first point of escalation for project-related issues, providing timely solutions and resolutions.
- Construction Management & Technical Oversight
- Guide and oversee the construction schedule with the general contractor from commencement through move-in.
- Review and interpret construction drawings (architectural, structural, mechanical, and plumbing) to ensure accuracy, compliance with project specifications, and alignment with industry standards.
- Project Leadership & Planning
- Lead corporate office projects, including new offices, relocations, expansions, and decommissioning, overseeing all phases from planning to closeout.
- Host project kickoff meetings with internal teams, consultants, landlords, and trade partners to ensure alignment with the project plan.
- Develop and manage project schedules, tracking planned versus actual start and end dates, and circulating updates to the project team for review.
- Hold regular coordination meetings and update the team on the work plan forecast.
- Track project and portfolio progress, including schedule and budget, analyze outcomes, and create actionable dashboards to optimize project delivery.
- Maintain continuous engagement with stakeholders, ensuring transparent communication and integration of feedback throughout the project lifecycle.
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders at each location, ensuring projects meet strategic and operational needs.
- Serve as the first point of escalation for project-related issues, providing timely solutions and resolutions.
- Construction Management & Technical Oversight
- Guide and oversee the construction schedule with the general contractor from commencement through move-in.
- Review and interpret construction drawings (architectural, structural, mechanical, and plumbing) to ensure accuracy, compliance with project specifications, and alignment with industry standards.
Required Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
- PMP (Project Management Professional) certification preferred.
Required Experience:
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to build strong relationships
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in project management, with a focus on architecture or construction.
- Valid driver’s license, proof of insurance, and clean driving record required; must be willing and able to travel as needed.
- Travel: Frequent Travel 60% – Texas, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, Colorado, Arizona, Tennessee (and new locations)
Physical Requirement: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate with others and exchange accurate information; operate a computer and other office productivity machinery; move about the workplace; remain in a stationary position for 50% of the time; ascend/descend a ladder; conduct visual inspections; extend hands and arms in any direction; handle and manipulate hand tools; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; exert force by pushing/pulling items; and lift or move up to 50 pounds.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
