Project Manager - Mission Critical

HED; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Hed seeks a Senior Project Manager focused on the Mission Critical market. The role leads project teams, liaises with clients and consultants, and oversees all project phases to ensure quality and profitability.

A tenured professional with architecture or engineering background, licensure, and LEED preferences is ideal. You will drive planning, budgeting, and schedule management while coordinating across design disciplines and interfacing with authorities having jurisdiction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture or Engineering.
• Professional Licensure required.
• LEED Accredited preferred.
• Ten years' professional experience in Mission Critical projects.
• Strong coordination across design disciplines.
• Excellent written and oral communication.
• Maturity, assertiveness and leadership.
• Ability to work under deadline situations.
• Detail oriented, self-motivated and adaptable.
• Business acumen and client relations.

Responsibilities

• Assist Principal-in-Charge with proposals and Owner/Architect Agreement.
• Lead all phases of projects from programming to construction administration.
• Guide project activities to meet client and scope requirements.
• Prepare and implement standard project planning and monitoring.
• Identify additional fees for work outside the contract.
• Interface with project team, clients, contractors and authorities.
• Manage overall schedule and short-term tasks with the team.
• Monitor discipline hour budgets and staffing with leaders.
• Coordinate design, bidding and contract data requirements.
• Oversee design reviews to meet quality policies.
• Manage bidding and construction administration per agreement.
• Support marketing with client maintenance, proposals, interviews.
• Assist in post-construction evaluation when requested.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Client liaison

Team coordination

Budgeting

Scheduling

Communication

Proposal development

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Architecture or Engineering

Professional Licensure

LEED Accredited

Job description

About Hed

We are a team that is full of ideas, experience, creativity, passionate opinions, insatiable curiosity, uncompromising integrity, commitment, and skill. Our culture is about aspiration, embracing change and challenges, listening to (and learning from) each other, encouraging continual learning, and inspiring collective growth. As an inclusive, integrated architecture and engineering practice, we value the diversity of perspectives, experiences, abilities, and expertise that advance both the work we do, and the world we share.

About Hed

We are a team that is full of ideas, experience, creativity, passionate opinions, insatiable curiosity, uncompromising integrity, commitment, and skill. Our culture is about aspiration, embracing change and challenges, listening to (and learning from) each other, encouraging continual learning, and inspiring collective growth. As an inclusive, integrated architecture and engineering practice, we value the diversity of perspectives, experiences, abilities, and expertise that advance both the work we do, and the world we share.

Primary Function

This position is focused on the Mission Critical market sector and must have significant project leadership experience in the Mission Critical Market Sector. Responsible for leading and directing project teams in all aspects of our professional services while maintaining liaison between the project team, the client, consultants, contractors and all authorities having jurisdiction over the project. Oversee and manage all activities of the project including client and contract requirements, project planning and schedule, staffing needs and hour requirements to achieve the quality and profit goal expectations of the Company.

TYPICAL DUTIES

• Assist the Principal-in-Charge with the professional services proposal process and in negotiating the Owner/Architect Agreement
• Lead and direct all phases of a project including programming, schematic design, design development, construction document and construction administration services in accordance with the requirements of the Owner/Architect Contract Agreement
• Lead and direct all activities of the project including the following:
• Prepare and implement the standard project planning and monitoring process for all projects
• Lead team activities to meet the client and project scope requirements as established in the Owner/Architect Agreement. Identify and secure, prior to doing the work, additional service fees for activities outside the Owner/Architect Agreement and any previously approved work requiring changes
• Manage all activities relating to the project and interface with the project team, clients, contractors, consultants and all authorities having jurisdiction
• Manage overall project schedule and develop, coordinate and manage short-term schedules and tasks with project team
• Establish and monitor discipline hour budgets and staffing needs with the assistance from the discipline leaders to meet the profit goals established
• Secure all owner required data for specification development, bidding requirements, contract forms, conditions of contract and Division 1 general requirements
• Schedule, coordinate and manage all required design and technical reviews through all phases of the project to meet the established Company policies and procedures for quality
• Manage the bidding and construction administration phase in accordance with the requirements of the Owner/Architect Agreement
• Participate in marketing efforts including client maintenance, proposals and interviews as directed by the Project Management Leader
• Assist the Principal-in-Charge in the post-construction evaluation process when requested

Skill, Knowledge, Education And Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture or Engineering
• Professional Licensure required
• LEED Accredited preferred
• Minimum ten years' professional experience, with significant Mission Critical projects, and with extensive knowledge of all aspects of professional services from marketing through project close-out, including design and technical expertise
• A comprehensive understanding of the coordination aspects and related requirements of all design disciplines
• Ability to motivate others and develop teamwork, excellent writing and speaking skills, and strong organization skills
• Ability to work well with others under deadline situations
• Very detail oriented, self-motivated, enthusiastic and flexible
• Possess strong business acumen
• A senior level position, highly visible to clients and employees that requires maturity, assertiveness, integrity and the ability to lead, influence and persuade
• Ability to interact well in various business and social settings with all types of people in a mature and professional manner
• Computer literate

Physical Requirements

• Capable of traveling to and from project sites for attending client, project and construction meetings
• Ability to access existing and new project sites for observation, investigation and evaluation purposes
• Ability to use office equipment for communication and documentation purposes
• Visual acuity to perform responsibilities