Construction Project Manager Anticipated Opening

Heery; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend Heery is seeking an experienced Construction Project Manager to work on higher education construction projects in Los Angeles. The role requires a self-starter with strong communication, initiative, and the ability to work with limited supervision.

Responsibilities include interfacing with clients and consultants, budgeting, scheduling, change control, governance, quality, and business development.

Qualifications

• Seven years experience as a PM on public sector projects.
• Ability to travel daily to client location in Santa Barbara, CA.
• Excellent organization, written and verbal skills.
• Experience managing budgets and schedules.
• Ability to advise at a strategic level during project conception.
• Great time management skills and quality standards focus.
• Ability to build strong relationships with clients and cross-functional teams.
• Experience working with stakeholders and cross-workstreams on commissions.
• Business development opportunities with existing and new clients.
• Ability to share and retain key information.

Responsibilities

• Interfacing with the client and other consultants at all project stages.
• Financial management – ensuring prompt client invoicing and monitoring project financial status.
• Project planning, including producing the detailed project plan.
• Monitoring and applying performance management techniques.
• Managing the change control process.
• Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client through meetings and communications.
• Preparing formal project budget progress and other reports.
• Quality control – ensuring compliance with quality standards.
• Working to construct proposals for new work or variations for existing projects.
• Identifying opportunities to improve PM procedures, templates and products.
• Ensuring that the appropriate line manager is aware of quality, safety, health and environment issues.
• Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilized throughout the project.
• Providing line management responsibilities as required.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role.

Skills

Communication

Travel availability

Budget management

Scheduling

Client relationships

Team collaboration

Education

BS in construction management / engineering / architecture

CCM / PMP / PE memberships

Tools

PMiS software

MS Office

Adobe

Bluebeam

Job description

Turner & Townsend Heery is seeking an experienced Construction Project Manager to work on construction projects with higher education clients in Los Angeles.

The ideal candidate will be a self‑starter, have excellent communication skills, be able to take the initiative and drive activities with limited supervision.

Responsibilities

• Interfacing with the client and other consultants at all project stages.
• Financial management – ensuring prompt client invoicing and utilizing the financial system to monitor a project’s financial status.
• Project planning, including producing the detailed project plan.
• Monitoring and applying performance management techniques.
• Managing the change control process.
• Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client through regular meetings and written communications.
• Preparing formal project budget progress and other reports.
• Quality control – ensuring compliance with quality standards.
• Working to construct proposals for new work or variations for existing projects.
• Identifying opportunities to improve Project Management procedures, templates and products and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager.
• Ensuring that the appropriate line manager is aware of quality, safety, health and environment issues.
• Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilized throughout the project.
• Providing line management responsibilities as required.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

• Seven years experience as a PM on public sector projects of varying type – primarily public sector, vertical, renovations, deferred maintenance, and tenant improvements.
• Ability to travel every day to client location in Santa Barbara, CA – on‑site or at project site – limited remote work.
• Excellent organization, written and verbal skills.
• Experience managing budgets and schedules.
• Ability to advise at a strategic level during the project conception stage, including providing advice on the different approaches that can be adopted in order to successfully achieve the client’s overall objectives.
• Great time management skills. Ensure that the project is managed to the right quality standards, completed efficiently and on time.
• Ability to build strong working relationships with clients and cross‑functional team members.
• Experienced working as an effective team member within the context of delivering a specific commission.
• Business development opportunities with existing and new clients, including cross‑selling opportunities, are identified.
• Key information and data is effectively shared and appropriately retained.

Education / Experience

• Demonstrated experience working as a Project Manager within the public sector construction industry.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to be highly effective in a client facing role.
• BS degree in construction management, engineering or architecture (an AA can be acceptable with sufficient project experience).
• Experience in using various PMiS software.
• Skilled in MS Office, Adobe, Bluebeam.
• Membership in relevant professional organizations preferred (CCM, PMP, PE).
• Experienced managing demanding stakeholders and work stream managers.
• Experience working in the state of California preferred.

The salary range for this full‑time role is $125k-$160k per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package. Please note Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate’s experience and qualifications.

*Qualified candidates with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with LA County ordinance and CA law.

Turner & Townsend is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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