Project Manager

Cumming Management Group, Inc.; Murrieta (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Matching

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Short and long-term disability

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Cumming Group is seeking a Project Manager in Murrieta, CA to lead public works projects as an Owner’s Representative, managing budget, schedule, and quality. The role involves coordinating with municipalities, counties, and educational institutions, ensuring alignment with client goals and regulatory requirements.

The ideal candidate has extensive PM experience in construction/engineering with public agencies, strong leadership, and a focus on delivering value and quality on complex projects.

Qualifications

• Plan, manage, and coordinate project scope, schedule, and cost.
• Experience with design-build and JOC delivery methods.
• Collaborate with cost management to provide cost estimates and budget reconciliation.

Responsibilities

• Plan, manage, and coordinate all aspects of the project schedule, scope, and cost.
• Value engineer the project by identifying opportunities for savings and ensuring material substitutions are equal.
• Manage the on-site project stakeholders.
• Prepare Project Management plan and fee budget/proposal at the project outset.
• Evaluate documents and communicate the client’s goals to all project team members.
• Develop action plans guiding the project team from initiation onward.
• Re-evaluate contract scope and adjust to client goals.
• Coordinate with cost management for cost estimates, cost studies, and budget reconciliation.
• Organize and maintain framework for project processes and document control.
• Drive permits with local, state, and federal agencies and monitor approvals.
• Ensure design management aligns with client documents and standards.
• Prepare cost and revenue projections.
• Perform constructability reviews to validate build plans.
• Lead design management, procurement, construction, fit-out, and closeout.
• Manage contracts and handle claim negotiations.
• Develop budgets and manage expenditures.
• Oversee larger, more complex projects.
• Delegate tasks to the project management team.
• Oversee entitlement processes for unoccupied sites and zoning.
• Lead project procedures and processes.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Attendance at work during normal business hours.

Skills

Project management

Budget management

Scheduling

Cost estimation

Value engineering

Design-build delivery

JOC (Job Order Contracting)

Grant management

Cost control

Communication

Relationship building

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Self-development

Education

BS in Construction, CM, Engineering, QS, Architecture, or related field

Job description

At Cumming Group, you will work on some of the world's most exciting projects in a dynamic environment where your success is measured by the impact you make. We are one of the fastest-growing project and cost management consultancies in the United States, as reflected in our top 15 rankings in ENR. With over 70 offices globally, an extremely diverse project portfolio, and double-digit year-over-year revenue growth, the opportunities to make your mark are limitless! We are currently hiring a Project Manager located in Murrieta, CA. This position will be supporting projects for a public works client and acts as an Owner's Representative to successfully manage budget, schedule, and quality. Our public works team are prime consultants to various municipality, county, state, and public education institutions nationally. You will be teaming with project, program, and client leadership to provide premier public facilities that make a positive impact in the communities we support.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Plan, manage, and coordinate all aspects of the project schedule, scope, and cost.
• Value Engineer the project by identifying opportunities for savings and ensuring material substitutions are equal.
• Manage the on-site project stakeholders.
• Prepare Project Management plan and fee budget/proposal at the project outset.
• Evaluate documents and communicate the client’s specific goals and expectations to all project team members.
• Develop and communicate action plans that will lead the project team throughout the project, beginning with the initial Project Management Plan.
• Re-evaluate the contract scope of work as the project progresses against the goals, expectations, and the needs of the client, and recommend adjustments as necessary.
• Coordinate with cost management group for preparation of cost estimates, cost studies, actual job cost reviews, and budget reconciliation.
• Organize and maintain framework for project team processes and record keeping of electronic and tangible documents.
• Drive the permitting process by designing team documents to be submitted to various local, state, and federal agencies and ensure the applicable permits are moving through the process efficiently.
• Ensure the project design management continues to follow the client project documents such as budget, scope, schedule, and client's design standards.
• Prepare cost and revenue projections.
• Perform Constructability Review to determine the reasonability of a build plan.
• Develop and lead design management, procurement strategies, construction, fit-out, and closeout.
• Contracts and claim negotiations.
• Budget development and management.
• Ability to run larger, more complex projects.
• Effectively delegate project tasks to project management team.
• Oversee the entitlement process for unoccupied construction sites to ensure appropriate zoning is obtained.
• Lead the vision for project procedures and processes for running the project.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Attendance at work during normal business hours.

Knowledge & Skills Required

• Knowledge and experience planning, managing & coordinating all aspects of project, scope and cost for multiple projects.
• Knowledge with replacing turf with drought-tolerant landscaping, working with water provider, and GIS mapping.
• Experience with project grant management.
• Alternate delivery experience including design-build and JOC Demonstrated ability to monitor and re-evaluate scope throughout the project and recommend adjustments when necessary.
• Experience collaborating with cost management group to provide accurate and timely cost estimates, cost studies, actual job cost reviews, and budget reconciliation.
• Experience with Value Engineering Ability to exercise creativity and resourcefulness in managing the project effectively in a compressed timeframe.
• Utilize effective written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to understand how your role contributes to the organization's goals.
• Deliver quality work product by role modeling organizational core values.
• Hold self-accountable to individual and team goals.
• Consistently communicate and collaborate with team members and clients.
• Demonstrated ability to build positive relationships with peers, leaders, and clients.
• Proactively participate in self-development to continually enhance current skills and build new skills required to excel at current role and prepare for career progression.
• Demonstrate ability to be dependable, diligent, and thorough.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Education: BS in Construction, CM, Engineering, QS, Architecture, or related field.
• Experience: 10+ years of experience Project Management, engineering, or construction management working with public agencies.

Preferred Certification

• CCM, PMP, PE, AIA, LEED.

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Cumming Group is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunity in its personnel policies and practices. It is Cumming Group’s policy to recruit, hire, train and promote Team Members and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, marital status, registered domestic partner status, genetic information, sexual preference, sexual orientation, gender (including gender expression and gender identity), pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions, including breastfeeding), military service, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical disability, mental disability, veteran status or any other protected classification under federal, state, or local law. All such decisions are based on (1) individual merit, qualifications, and competence as they relate to the particular position, and (2) promotion of the principle of equal employment opportunity.

All other terms and conditions of employment, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoff, return from layoff, training, education, and social and recreational programs, are administered without regard to the characteristics described above.

To this end, Cumming Group complies with all provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, all of the rules, regulations and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor, and all similar state and local laws.

The salary range for this full-time role is $115,100.00-$153,500.02 per year.

In addition to base salary, Cumming Group offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical Dental Insurance Vision Insurance 401(k) 401(k) Matching Paid Time Off Paid Holidays Short and long-term disability Employee Assistance Program

At Cumming Group, we are passionate about helping our clients execute large-scale, complex projects on-time and within budget. Our project and cost-management services are specifically tailored to each client’s needs and add meaningful value at every step of a project’s development. Drawing on deep expertise in the communities and sectors we serve, we anticipate and solve problems, deliver solutions, and drive results. Since opening our doors in 1996, Cumming Group has grown to 50+ offices globally, and is now home to more than 3,000+ team members – including many of the brightest minds in the industry.

Cumming Group is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunity in its personnel policies and practices. It is Cumming Group’s policy to recruit, hire, train and promote Team Members and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, marital status, registered domestic partner status, genetic information, sexual preference, sexual orientation, gender (including gender expression and gender identity), pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions, including breastfeeding), military service, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical disability, mental disability, veteran status or any other protected classification under federal, state, or local law. All such decisions are based on (1) individual merit, qualifications, and competence as they relate to the particular position, and (2) promotion of the principle of equal employment opportunity.

All other terms and conditions of employment, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoff, return from layoff, training, education, and social and recreational programs, are administered without regard to the characteristics described above.

To this end, Cumming Group complies with all provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, all of the rules, regulations and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor, and all similar state and local laws.