Senior Project Manager | Higher Education

Collaborates with Principal in evaluation of project requirements and helps to negotiate an acceptable owner-architect agreement including the fee and time schedule.

Demonstrates task-focused mastery of project scope, profitability, schedule, and budget. Completes projects on schedule, within budget and with maximum client satisfaction.

Negotiates critical issues with top-level architects, engineers and officials of other organizations and firms.

Utilizes experience and technical knowledge and monitors quality of the construction documents keeping in mind schedules/budgets and provides coaching/communication as appropriate with team leaders and/or team members who are responsible for workflow/timelines, etc.  this may require worksite job visits and in-person client meetings.

Develops discipline cost and work-hour budgets for each project and monitors project costs, completion status against budget schedules/timelines.

Oversees all correspondence and pertinent documents, making sure they are accurate, signs or obtains signatures and seeks legal counsel as appropriate

Coordinates review and evaluation of contractor bids and works with Principal so that award recommendation can be submitted to owner

Provides day-to-day leadership in the absence of and as delegated by the Principal and/or Practice Group Leader keeping lines of communication open with all office management leaders and assists with preparation of client billings prior to submittal for signature.