Project Manager - Mission Critical

Barge Design; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Barge Design Solutions is seeking a Project Manager to support our Mission Critical practice, managing mid-sized, technically complex projects for data centers, telecommunications infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and other critical facilities where reliability and continuity are essential.

You will lead project teams and act as the primary liaison between clients and delivery teams to ensure on-time, on-budget results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering/architecture/construction management or related field.
• Minimum 6 years of project management experience in engineering consulting or mission critical facilities.
• Professional licensure or industry certification, where required.
• Ability to attend and participate in project management training programs.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary project teams and managing concurrent assignments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage mid-sized, technically complex projects for mission critical clients.
• Serve as liaison between clients and project teams to ensure scope, schedule, budget, and quality.
• Develop and implement comprehensive Project Management Plans.
• Facilitate collaboration across multidisciplinary teams and enforce project management procedures.
• Provide technical guidance and resolve project problems.
• Coordinate client meetings and drive delivery of final project.

Skills

Client-facing communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related discipline from an accredited program

6+ years of project management experience in engineering consulting or mission critical facilities

Professional licensure or industry certification applicable to discipline

Job description

What We're Looking For:

Barge Design Solutions is seeking a Project Manager to support our growing Mission Critical practice. This role is responsible for managing a variety of mid-sized, technically complex projects serving mission critical clients and facilities, including data centers, telecommunications infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, critical utilities, and other high-performance environments where reliability, resiliency, and operational continuity are essential.

The Project Manager provides leadership throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring successful delivery of scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client expectations. This individual serves as the primary liaison between clients and project teams, while fostering collaboration among multidisciplinary teams and maintaining adherence to Barge project management procedures, business goals, and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Responsibilities include working with office leadership executing proper PM procedures.
• Develops contracts including subcontracts to comply with Barge terms.
• Prepares comprehensive Project Management Plans.
• Leads and facilitates a collaborative work environment and advances initiatives that support a positive workplace culture.
• Ensures Quality Program implementation and execution.
• Reviews project reports and findings.Makes modifications to project as needed.
• Provides technical guidance and resolves project problems.
• Acts as primary agent between client and project team coordinating events, leading client meetings & internal project meetings, and delivery of final project to client.
• On occasion may function as a technical lead on projects.
• Develops and maintains positive relationships with clients, customers, officials, contractors, and others.
• Attends various leadership meetings.
• Supports and implements strategic and business planning activities.
• Performs other duties as requested.

Education & Experience Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related discipline from an accredited program.
• Minimum of 6 years of project management experience within engineering consulting, architecture, construction, mission critical facilities, industrial, manufacturing, telecommunications, data center, or related infrastructure markets.
• Professional licensure or industry certification applicable to discipline, where required.
• Ability to attend and participate in Barge Project Management training programs.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary project teams and multiple concurrent assignments.
• Strong client-facing communication and stakeholder management skills.

Why join us?

Barge Design Solutions, Inc., is an engineering and architecture firm with diverse in-house multidisciplinary practice areas. The employee-owned company is more than 650+ people strong and serves clients nationwide from multiple U.S. locations. Barge is ranked on Engineering News-Record (ENR's Top 500 Design Firms) and Architectural Record's Top 300 Architecture Firms and is a certified Great Place To Work.

Barge CARES:

• Collaborate – Help and expect help. Teamwork is essential in what we do.
• Authentic – Honesty, integrity and trust are at the heart of everything we do. We are who we say we are.
• Responsible – We are accountable for our work, our attitude, and our actions. We make Barge better.
• Excellence – We go all in and expect more of ourselves than others expect of us.
• Service – We are humble. We use our gifts in service of others.

We believe that if we are living out our purpose for being in business and integrating our values into everything we do, we will ultimately achieve our vision to be the firm best known for being selected when it matters most.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Agency Submissions

No unsolicited agency submissions. Barge Design Solutions does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or staffing agencies. Any unsolicited resume becomes the property of Barge Design Solutions, and no fee will be paid for resulting hires. Only agencies with a signed agreement are authorized to submit candidates.