Lead Project Manager – Food & Beverage Facilities

Dennis Group; Springfield (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Job summary

Dennis Group is seeking a Project Manager to serve as the primary client contact through design concept, bidding, construction and startup. You will ensure scope, cost and schedule targets are met while coordinating design, engineering and construction teams across complex food and beverage facilities.

The role emphasizes leadership, organization, and effective communication throughout the project life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Works autonomously on specific tasks
• Managing projects from planning through commissioning including developing key success criteria for each project and ensuring the success criteria are achieved
• Assisting with the development of project scope, budget, schedule, and critical path elements
• Develop RFI
• Prepare purchase/work authorization.
• Maintain client SharePoint site
• Managing in-house and consulting design teamwork product
• Establishing design criteria; reviewing design and construction phase documents
• Managing permit, code and regulatory approvals
• Develop preliminary procurement plan (preparation of bid packages, bid tabulation, writing of purchase orders and subcontracts)
• Assemble and evaluate potential project bidders
• Define kick-off meeting agenda
• Determine project definition deliverables
• Coordinate all project communication
• Develop project outline specifications
• Develop conceptual layout – understanding of facility personnel and materials flows, critical adjacencies
• Develop medium engineering services proposal
• Manage bid process fairly and professionally and review and approve bid packages
• Maintain “Outstanding Items Needs” list
• Maintain Project Meeting notes
• Develop and implement lessons learned for project
• Develop and issue monthly reports
• Determine project permitting needs
• Update project forecasting tool monthly
• Review and approve engineering deliverables
• Develop preliminary construction cost estimates – site and building
• Define project assumptions / exclusions
• Review and approve monthly supplier invoices and client billing
• Develop and maintain submittal and RFI processes
• Develop preliminary PM/Eng/CM/Start-up support cost estimate
• Facilitate and manage food safety risk assessments
• Organizing construction trades and administering subcontracts
• Managing project budget and expense approvals
• Managing contract and change order administration
• Overseeing equipment installations
• Providing on-site supervision and coordinate design team on-site support activities
• Facilitate project interactive planning sessions
• Refine and update budget forecast
• Finalize procurement plan
• Managing project punch-list inspection
• Assembling and maintaining complete project records and close-out documents
• Facilitate and manage client and 3rd party design reviews
• Interfacing with client, working in client facilities and construction sites.
• Utilize multiple software programs (MS Office, CAD, Navisworks, MS Project, SharePoint, etc.)
• Researching project management best practices
• Supporting talent growth within our organization

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

Navisworks

Job description

Dennis Group is seeking a Project Manager to serve as the primary client contact through design concept, bidding, construction and startup. You will ensure scope, cost and schedule targets are met while coordinating design, engineering and construction teams across complex food and beverage facilities.

The role emphasizes leadership, organization, and effective communication throughout the project life cycle.