Portfolio Manager

CUBE ROOT Corporation; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401K

Paid time off

Career growth opportunities

Life/AD&D

401K

Paid time off

Job summary

A certified minority-owned business is seeking a Portfolio Manager in New York, NY. The role involves coordinating budgets and schedules for engineering projects, monitoring performance metrics, and preparing forecasts. Ideal candidates will have a bachelor's degree in engineering or related field and 5+ years of experience in project delivery. This position offers competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits including medical and retirement plans. Join a company committed to ethical standards and community opportunities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in Architectural/Engineering project delivery.
• Experience managing capital projects with significant design and construction elements.
• Proven ability to meet deadlines and work independently.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate budgets and schedules for Engineering deliverables.
• Monitor and report on project performance metrics.
• Prepare expenditure forecasts and document meetings.
• Prepare expenditure forecasts and document progress updates for all projects.

Skills

Project management

Budget coordination

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Communication

Presentation skills

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Negotiation

Problem solving

Decision making

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, or related field

Tools

Primavera (P6)

Job description

Cube Root Corporation is a Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and certified 8(a) small business headquartered in Washington, DC. We specialize in construction management, program and project planning, project management, program management, facilities management and engineering services. Our passion is to provide professional advice to policy makers, developers, fellow engineers and others in facilities planning, design and construction. As a company and as individuals, we are committed to the highest ethical standards and hold ourselves accountable to our clients, but most importantly to the communities that depend on our work. We take on big challenges and are committed to seeing them through to a successful conclusion. We are also proud of our commitment to expand opportunities for people in underrepresented communities.

The Portfolio Manager will work in the Engineering Project Delivery Division (EPD) and will be a direct report to the Engineer of Projects (EOP). The Portfolio Manager will have the responsibilities of coordinating the budgets and schedules for all Engineering deliverables and for monitoring, reporting and forecasting the Engineering deliverables for the assigned portfolio of projects within the Agency's Capital and Annual Operating Plans. The candidate selected will assist the EOP with Capital Plan Development by working with Design, Construction and the Line Departments on work plans, project prioritization and the assessment of project feasibility and deliverability, while supporting and fostering high levels of team performance.

Responsibilities

• Assist EOP with the setup, execution, and closeout of all projects within the assigned portfolio.
• Work effectively with the team members assigned to projects.
• Coordinate with the project team to develop effective work breakdown structures.
• Solicit project team input and prepare/revise project delivery plans (proposals to the Line Department) that will document scope, deliverables, resources, schedules, and costs.
• Review project delivery plans against existing project authorizations, the agency’s cost pro‑forma, and historical project cost and schedule performance. Follow‑up with the project team to reconcile or justify any variances.
• Track timely approval of project delivery plans and coordinate prompt resolution to any comments.
• Monitor and analyze key performance indicators (primarily cost, aging accruals, schedule, MWBE participation and risk performance), identify variances and trends, and provide recommendations.
• Prepare expenditure forecasts.
• Facilitate and participate in meetings, documenting key notes and action items.
• Solicit, communicate, and document progress updates for all projects within the assigned portfolio.
• Support the EOP and Chief Engineer's Office with Capital Planning and Board items.
• Assist in the development of supporting materials (illustrations, tables, etc.).
• Participate in the development and implementation of project delivery policies and procedures, as required.
• Establish and maintain electronic data library of all working and completed documents.

Minimum Qualifications

• Perform other project delivery related duties as required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related field.
• A minimum of five (5) years’ experience in progressively more responsible positions in the development and delivery of Architectural/Engineering projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing a variety of capital projects that involve significant design and construction elements, including the monitoring and reporting of cost forecasts against budgets and the management of project schedules.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, work independently, and prioritize work.
• Strong planning and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of Project management systems and platforms including Primavera (P6, and Risk Analysis)
• Superior oral and written communication and presentation skills including experience making presentations in front of large client groups and upper management staff and communicating effectively with executive staff.
• Strong interpersonal, leadership, negotiation and problem solving and decision‑making skills

Benefits

• We offer competitive compensation, medical, dental, vision, short‑term and long‑term disability, life/AD and D, 401K, and paid time off in addition to great career growth opportunities.

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