Senior Life Sciences Project Leader

JLL; Deerfield (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

JLL in Deerfield, IL is seeking a Senior Construction Project Manager to deliver complex laboratory, manufacturing, and building infrastructure projects in highly regulated environments. You will lead with technical excellence and strategic leadership across a national platform within the Project and Development Services team.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, manage scope, budgets, and schedules, and ensure safety, compliance, and quality at every phase of execution on behalf of a

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree is required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the project management leader for a major account in Deerfield, IL, including responsibility for creation of the annual capital plan execution strategy, monthly forecasts, cash flow analysis, and creation and safe execution of the individual project plans.
• Provide supervisory leadership involving people management, decision-making, root cause analysis, inspections and audit readiness, communications, management of planning/scheduling and driving overall productivity.
• Own KPI's and metrics; manage performance and governance processes for daily management of project operations.
• Build trusted relationships across the client organization by leading with responsiveness and creative problem-solving.
• Manage adherence to financial plans, fee allocation and budgets; ensure allocation of proper resources to preserve account profitability; understand Gross Margin, A/R, P&L and Time & Expense.
• Oversee and prepare accurate project documentation for all phases of construction including project charter, due diligence reports, budgets, schedules, meeting minutes, financial funding requests, status reports, punch lists, and special reports.
• Apply top-tier project management skills during client interactions to decipher client needs and develop project goals and scope of work.
• Focus on Quality, Environment, Health, and Safety in the planning and design of projects, compliance with client standards and regulatory requirements, and safe execution of work.
• Maintain knowledge of interconnection points with other JLL Service Lines and leverage these services into additional client opportunities.
• Manage vendors (e.g., GC, A&E, Security, Safety) to ensure full compliance with all project policies and procedures, and close out every project within 120 days of completion.
• Understand OSHA 1926 requirements and review OSHA safety logs for contractors.
• Participate in and provide sign-off on project reviews, and validate that contracts are being actively and appropriately managed.
• Maintain documents and correspondence in accordance with approved JLL protocols, and keep project data current to support account-wide data health metrics.
• Send client satisfaction surveys in a timely manner and serve as the point of contact for escalation, helping the project team identify and resolve risk areas.
• Champion the technology and tools your team needs to do their best work, and advocate for new solutions that improve quality and efficiency.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

JLL in Deerfield, IL is seeking a Senior Construction Project Manager to deliver complex laboratory, manufacturing, and building infrastructure projects in highly regulated environments. You will lead with technical excellence and strategic leadership across a national platform within the Project and Development Services team.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, manage scope, budgets, and schedules, and ensure safety, compliance, and quality at every phase of execution on behalf of a