SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Our team has over 20 years of technical project delivery experience. During this period, we have established a standard for building the critical power and cooling infrastructure that supports data centers.

This role is responsible for the overall strategy of the project management team and multiple projects’ design, procurement, and construction, including cost, schedule, and quality control.



Oversees all aspects of each client project, including sub-consultants, sub-contractors, site management team, design team, contract administration, construction accounting, and others, to ensure the project's successful completion and customer expectations are met. The individual also coordinates all team bandwidth requirements with resource management. The Sr. PM mentors, coaches and supervises all PMs and Assistant PMs.

Client Management

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage multiple clients, ensuring satisfaction through every step of the project lifecycle.
• Build on established client accounts, maintain current sales goals and identify potential future opportunities and share with applicable sales team members. Seeks opportunities for the continued expansion of services into the client’s business.
• Ensure that the client is fully aware of the process, process deliverable expectations, and the necessary decisions to be made during the project.
• Create and manage the project team to deliver on client expectations for deliverables and communications.
• Ensure consistency of deliverables to meet the Standard of Care.
• Provided client and team leadership to drive project programming, design, budgeting and scheduling meetings with client and design team, including all follow-up regarding proposed or actual changes in any facet of the project(s) or project scope changes.
• Act as an escalation point for any customer-facing errors, implementing quick and encompassing corrective measures.
  
  

Team Management

• Ensure clear goals and expectations are set for all PM team members.
• Organize and conduct regular project team meetings to monitor design, documentation, and construction status.
• Organize and conduct and publish regular owner’s status meetings.
• Plan, organize and staff key positions and provide overall supervision and management of project(s), including ensuring proper training for team members (e.g., US Army Corps of Engineers Contractor Quality Control Management, OSHA 30-hour safety).
  
  

Project Strategy

• Maintain the budget for the entire project and oversees the forecast to reflect the most accurate project cost.
• Accountability for the review of unique execution strategies and decision-making processes. Leads all problem-solving necessary to arrive at conclusions.
• Leads the client interface and OAC meeting, including project reporting, meeting minutes, action items, and all associated logs.
• Prepare scopes of work, schedule requirements, subcontract value, reviews exclusions and special requirements for all subcontracts and change orders throughout the project.
• Monitor/control construction through administrative direction of onsite personnel to ensure the project is completed according to approved specs, on schedule and within the established project budget (monitor, review and approve subcontractor and vendor invoices).
• Prepare, monitor, and update master schedule in compliance with organizational standards; monitor 2-week rolling schedule and document project delays and causes.
• An expert contributor to Operations and Safety meetings.
• Represent and advocate company operations, safety requirements, and policies with field personnel, subcontractors, and owner.
• Ensure all reporting requirements for the government, subcontractors, owners, and the company are completed and submitted on time.
• Regular project-level client interface. Owner meetings should be conducted in the presence of the owner if possible.
• Ensure coordination of all sub-consultants.
• Work with Project Coordinator to ensure that project accounting is up to date and accurate.
• Work with the project team to ensure that submittals and RFI’s are maintained on the project schedule.
• Ensure that Safety and other quality inspectors are scheduled for site visits.
• Selects, coaches, and develops staff. Sets clear expectations to inspire and motivate the team. Manages performance by recognizing achievement, providing feedback, and administering progressive discipline when necessary.
  
  

Minimal Qualifications

Education / Certification / License

Work Experience

Minimum bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

• 5-8 years of field and previous PM experience
• 2-4 years of direct management of employees and subcontractors
• Experience leading a team in conflict resolution, motivation, teamwork, and issue resolution
  
  

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Demonstrated mastery in all project management-related tasks.
• Understand construction techniques to a high degree in principle and practice, including HVAC, electrical distribution systems, low voltage systems, energy management control systems, fire/life safety systems, plumbing, framing, building envelope systems, concrete, and environmental issues (asbestos, lead-based paint, and mold)
• Advanced understanding of cost estimating, including quantity survey (take-offs), square footage estimated costs, RS Means assembly of values and rates, $/ton, etc.
• Working knowledge of and thorough understanding of construction equipment and techniques, drawings, and specifications, building materials, codes and standards and contract management, and prime contract requirements, including plans and specifications developed for the contract.
• Microsoft Project Scheduling Analytical problem-solver with responsive follow-through to final resolution
• Strong interpersonal and communication (verbal & written) skills.
• Experience with the MSN Office Suite including Word, Outlook, Excel, Access, Project Scheduling (resource lading & baseline scheduling) and PowerPoint as well as Adobe Acrobat/Reader with Timberline experience desirable.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

Education / Certification / License

Master’s degree in Engineering or related field

Professional Engineer, Project Management Institute

IDEAL CANDIDATE

• Must have Data Center Construction Experience
• Expected travel up to 80% to project sites for meetings, inspections, and client interfacing.
  
  

BJ

Skills: scheduling,agile methodologies,cost estimating,construction techniques,project management,problem solving,resource management,risk management,team management,interpersonal skills,risk assessment,time management,communication skills,leadership skills,client management,stakeholder engagement,strategic planning,management