Project Manager (K-12)

Cumming Management Group, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 181,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

401(k) Matching

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Disability insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Cumming Group, a leading project and cost management consultancy, seeks a Project Manager to oversee K-12 school district projects near Menlo Park, CA. You’ll manage planning through closeout, coordinating budgets, schedules, consultants, and contractors, while ensuring DSA compliance and public-sector standards.

The role requires strong PM skills, client coordination, and experience delivering complex school facilities.

Qualifications

• Experience planning, managing and coordinating scope, schedule and cost for multiple projects.
• Ability to monitor and re-evaluate scope and recommend adjustments.
• Experience with cost estimates, cost studies, and budget reconciliation.
• Value engineering to identify savings and substitutions.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to lead teams and manage complex programs.

Responsibilities

• Plan, manage and coordinate project schedule, scope and cost.
• Value engineer to identify savings and ensure substitutions are equal.
• Manage on-site stakeholders and communicate goals to the team.
• Prepare project management plan and budget/proposal at outset.
• Evaluate documents and align with client goals and expectations.
• Develop action plans and drive project progress from planning to closeout.
• Coordinate with cost management for estimates, studies and budget reconciliation.
• Oversee entitlement processes and ensure zoning compliance.
• Lead design management, procurement strategies, construction, fit-out and closeout.
• Manage contracts and claim negotiations.
• Develop and manage budgets and revenue projections.

Skills

Project management

Budget management

Schedule management

Client coordination

DSA experience

Leadership

Education

CCM, PMP, PE, AIA, LEED certifications

Tools

None

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 seeking a Project Manager to support a reputable K-12 school district near Menlo Park, CA. This is an excellent opportunity for a construction professional with required Division of the State Architect (DSA) experience to manage school construction, modernization, and capital improvement projects.

In this role, you will oversee projects from planning through closeout, coordinating budgets, schedules, consultants, contractors, and stakeholders while ensuring compliance with DSA requirements and applicable public-sector standards. The ideal candidate brings strong project management, client coordination, and project delivery experience within the K-12 education sector.

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.
• 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: 6+ years of experience Project Management, engineering, or construction management
• Preferred Certification: CCM, PMP, PE, AIA, LEED DSA project experience required. K-12 bond program and project management experience would be ideal.

Salary:

The salary range for this full-time role is $136,000.00-$181,333.36 per year. Ranges are determined based on the position, geography, client and industry experience and level, and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range reflects base salary only, and not the total compensation package. Cumming Group reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on a candidate’s experience, skills, and qualifications, including client requirements.

Benefits:

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

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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.

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.

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.