What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Project Manager - Architecture position at WATG Holdings, Inc.?
Location : Tustin, CA 92782, USA
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WATG is the world’s preeminent destination and hospitality design firm. We are employee-owned, almost 80 years young, and home to over 500 creative, globe-trotting professionals located remotely and in our offices in Atlantic City, California, Dallas, New York, Honolulu, London, Singapore, and Shanghai.
Our approach to design applies a hospitality ethos to the development of all shapes and sizes. From initial feasibility studies to finishing touches, we operate globally as an integrated, multidisciplinary practice. Along with our interior design studio, Wimberly Interiors, we specialize in hospitality, gaming entertainment, urban mixed-use, and high-end residential design.
Founded in Honolulu in 1945, we focus on community strength, self-reliance, and sustainability. We believe that culture and heritage are the roots that lead to long-term resilience. We design spaces that respect, protect, and enhance the natural magic of their surroundings while delivering long-term value for our clients and their communities.
WATG is hiring a Senior Project Manager - Architecture for our office in Tustin, Orange County, California.
ROLE
The Senior Project Manager is responsible for planning, organizing, and managing large-scale, complex projects or several smaller projects through all phases of development until completion. This position has direct responsibility for client engagement, design and technical quality control, and financial project performance. The Senior Project Manager provides direction and guidance to the project team and deploys resources to ensure that the work process flows smoothly. This position is the primary liaison between the principal, the team, and the client.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Primary point of contact for the client for several projects of large scale and complexity.
- Manages a portfolio of initiatives that span beyond the service line, acquiring valuable insight as to how parts of the organization impact one another.
- Successfully represents the client’s goals and needs of the team and WATG’s requirements to the client.
- Conducts site reconnaissance and manages the compilation and research of all project background information and base material, developing site analysis based on the research conducted and information gathered.
- Issues meeting minutes and action item logs following project meetings to maintain clarity on decisions made and follow-up tasks needed to progress the work.
- Consistently manages timely and accurate billings and collections.
- Monitors project processes and quality to ensure that design concepts meet the client’s and WATG’s expectations.
- Leads, coordinates, and oversees internal project teams and coordinates with sub-consultant partners.
- Has technical strength in a professional discipline or specific project type relevant to the project to successfully write project narratives, research code requirements, review cost estimates, design and technical deliverables, construction contract documents, and sub-consultant work.
- Creates detailed project schedules, work breakdown structure, and budgets, and maintains the work plan through regular monitoring and communication.
- Understands and manages the relationship between project contract terms, team assignments, budgets, and schedules, and controls the resulting impact on WATG’s financial results and staffing plans.
- Achieves all internal and external deadlines and is responsible for the project’s financial status and outcome.
- Leads external and internal project meetings.
- Supervises and mentors team members toward effective and efficient project progress and professional development.
- May assist with business development, marketing, and negotiation efforts in the procurement of new projects and clients.
QUALIFICATIONS
Travel may be required.
JOB INFORMATION
Salary range : $125,000-$145,000 per year.
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Salary : $125,000 - $145,000
