Project Manager 3 (PM3)

austincc; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Community College seeks a Project Manager 3 to lead design and construction projects from initiation through completion, including budget, scope, and schedule management. The PM3 collaborates with design teams, vendors, and ACC colleagues to ensure high-quality facilities that support student success.

You will mentor staff, coordinate with design consultants, contractors, and campus stakeholders, ensuring life safety and project quality while aligning with ACC’s mission and standards.

Responsibilities

• Establishes specific needs and project scope requirements; evaluates alternatives, prepares budget estimates, and obtains concurrence of initial scope of work.
• Prepares initial project scope, budget, and delivery schedule; secures project funding and procures design consultants or service vendors.
• Presents and reviews proposed solutions with department representatives, design consultants, and service vendors to ensure project scope meets client's needs; reviews design progress to ensure compliance with project budget, delivery schedule, and quality requirements.
• Directs, manages, and tracks the overall design and construction phases to meet the established project scope, budget and schedule; meets with local community committees and stakeholders to resolve potential problems and address concerns.
• Schedules progress coordination meetings and periodic field inspections to ensure completed work in place is acceptable and in accordance with the design intent and satisfies the client's needs and completion timeline; addresses or corrects discovered conditions to ensure continued operation, life safety, and security of the educational environment.
• Prepares reports to update project status to facilities and operations division, campus managers, district leadership, and other stakeholders, including any community committees.
• Reviews, suspends/rejects, or approves all services invoices and commodity procurements; monitors payment processing with other departments to ensure timely processing of vendor payments; verifies that services or commodities invoices are complete and satisfactory.
• Provides consistent, timely, and reliable communication between all project stakeholders including clients, professional service providers, College personnel, and contractors, to ensure projects are thoroughly documented and understood. Keeps track of progress and resolves issues as they arise, during all phases of projects.
• Manages multiple projects simultaneously and successfully within the demanding College environment.
• Mentors and guides project management

Job description

Job Posting Title

Project Manager 3 (PM3)

Job Description Summary

Provide professional project management of design and construction projects for college facilities from project initiation through completion of project design, construction, and warranty phases. Projects may include new construction, fit-out of shell spaces, renovation of existing spaces, and maintenance of existing building and campus infrastructure. The Project Manager 3 (PM3) position is a professional team leader with 8+ years of professional experience in the design and construction field, preferably with experience as an owner's representative in an institutional setting. He or she is actively working towards growing as an organizational and client leader. He or she may mentor less experienced professionals to support their growth and successful work output, and is capable of leading projects.

Key Attributes

Austin Community College employees are required to maintain a domicile in the State of Texas while working for the college and throughout the duration of employment. - AR 4.0300.01

Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement. We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

We seek to recruit and retain a workforce that

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching
• Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities
• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.
• Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes
• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others
• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Description

Description of Duties and Tasks

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Establishes specific needs and project scope requirements; evaluates alternatives, prepares budget estimates, and obtains concurrence of initial scope of work.
• Prepares initial project scope, budget, and delivery schedule; secures project funding and procures service of design consultants or service vendors required to complete project scope of work; prepares and negotiates contracts; approves payments to vendors; ensures compliance with all applicable local ordinances, and state and federal codes and laws.
• Presents and reviews proposed solutions with department representatives, design consultants, and service vendors to ensure project scope meets client's needs; reviews design progress to ensure compliance with project budget, delivery schedule, and quality requirements in accordance with College's design guidelines and construction standards.
• Directs, manages, and tracks the overall design and construction phases to meet the established project scope, budget and schedule; meets with local community committees and stakeholders to resolve potential problems and address concerns.
• Schedules progress coordination meetings and periodic field inspections to ensure completed work in place is acceptable and in accordance with the design intent and satisfies the client's needs and completion timeline; addresses or corrects discovered conditions to ensure continued operation, life safety, and security of the educational environment.
• Prepares reports to update project status to facilities and operations division, campus managers, district leadership, and other stakeholders, including any community committees.
• Reviews, suspends/rejects, or approves all services invoices and commodity procurements; monitors payment processing with other departments to ensure timely processing of vendor payments; verifies that services or commodities invoices are complete and satisfactory.
• Provides consistent, timely, and reliable communication between all project stakeholders including clients, professional service providers, College personnel, and contractors, to ensure projects are thoroughly documented and understood. Keeps track of progress and resolves issues as they arise, during all phases of projects.
• Manages multiple projects simultaneously and successfully within the demanding College environment.
• Mentors and guides project manageme