Senior Project Manager - Remote

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

 Principal Duties and Responsibilities:  

• Provide strategic direction for the project management team (including preconstruction managers, project managers, and schedulers. 

• Develop and direct project management operations. 

• Oversee the work of preconstruction managers, project managers and project schedulers. 

• Oversee and coordinate the resources needed for projects within the defined scope provided from the client. 

• Provide strategy for projects and establish standards, processes, and tools to ensure their successful delivery. 

• Set productivity and quality targets and assess results. Ensuring the project management team is meeting necessary deliverable deadlines to clients.  

• Monitor project metrics to identify weaknesses or problems and propose operational improvements and cost savings for future projects and processes. 

• Help escalate project issues that might impede project delivery and coordinate solutions with the assigned preconstruction manager, project manager, or project scheduler on the project. 

• Participate in design, project evaluation, studies, value engineering, scheduling, and constructability reviews 

• Prepare RFP documents including instructions to bidders documents, bid form(s), scope(s) of work 

• Manage RFPs through life of process including issuing addendums and answering RFI(s) and performing the analysis as listed below:  

• Conduct scope gap and level analysis of each proposal 

• Participate and lead follow-up interviews with each bidder to identify scope gaps, overlaps, double-ups, unnecessary contingencies, and other risk factors within each bidder’s proposal 

• Perform value engineering review and present any viable opportunities  

• Recommend EPC contractor based on weighted criteria process 

• Support clients review EPC, TSA, and Supplier contract exhibits for completeness  

• Update contract exhibits as required for completeness and conformity to terms and stipulations within the overall agreement 

• Support clients through EPC/TSA/Supplier/ Project Acquisition Agreement negotiations acting as one of their subject matter experts on the construction and key commercial items throughout the negotiation process.  

• Support clients on project M&A through review of project documentation to perform red-flag reviews of the project development and constructability aspects. Including, but not limited to, performing due diligence site visits to potential M&A projects, and developing due diligence reports highlighting opportunities, risks, and overall constructability of potential M&A projects. 

• Conduct site visits as necessary to support RFP processes, Due Diligence visits, supporting project managers during monthly meetings, and as additionally necessary to support project management team 

• Work closely with project schedulers to develop scheduling standards and template schedules for the scheduling department  

• Manage team of project schedulers and support their scheduling work in complex scenarios where higher level of competency for scheduling practices and construction sequencing and process may be required 

• Communicates with owners, engineers, suppliers, and consultants to clarify scope of work, materials, and schedule requirements. 

• Provides support to Business Development team as necessary to maintain relationships with existing client base. 

• Keeps accurate meeting notes at all meetings. 

• Manages scope development and scope analysis. 

Supervisory Responsibilities 

Skills 

The requirements listed below are representative of acquired skills required. 

• Ability to read and interpret drawings and specifications. 

• Extreme attention to detail and high level of organization 

• Exceptional oral and written communication skills 

• Excellent computer skills, including MS-Excel, Word, MS-Project, Outlook, and Bluebeam Revu (or similar) 

• Excellent customer service skills 

• Ability to exercise sound independent judgment. 

• Ability to prioritize multiple projects or tasks. 

Physical and Environmental Conditions 

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Physical Requirement 

• Must be able to ascend and descend ladders, scaffolds, stairs and work in confined spaces and in proximity to loud equipment. 

• Must be able to position one-self to work in confined spaces such as trenches, pits, manholes, attics and tunnels. 

• Must be able to lift and carry or otherwise move 25/50 pounds regularly/occasionally 

• Must be able to respond quickly to sounds. 

• Must be able to move safely over uneven terrain or in confined spaces. 

• Must be able to see and respond to dangerous situations. 

• Must be able to wear personal protective gear most of the day. 

• Must be able to work in cold environments and on concrete floors. 

• Must be able to traverse irregular and steep terrain. 

Working Conditions 

• working indoors and outdoors 

• excessive heat 

• excessive cold 

• extreme weather conditions 

• excessive humidity 

• excessive dampness or chilling 

• excessive noise, continuous 

• slippery and uneven walking surfaces 

• working around machinery with moving parts 

• working around moving objects or vehicles 

• working around moving machinery/heavy equipment 

• working in close proximity to others 

Travel Requirements 

• Up to 50% travel may be required