Senior Project Manager

Rider Levett Bucknall RLB; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Rider Levett Bucknall RLB in Austin, TX, seeks a Senior Project Manager to act as the client's representative through design, development, and construction within time and value constraints.

The role focuses on identifying value-add opportunities, guiding interdisciplinary teams, and ensuring successful project outcomes. A 4-year degree in architecture/construction/engineering and 5–10 years of management experience are preferred, with strong communication and leadership skills expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, construction management or engineering required.
• 5–10 years of management experience on major projects.
• Prior MEP experience preferred.
• Strong project management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Supervise project staff and lead a large, diverse team.
• Direct development of goals, work plans, timeliness and strategies.
• Manage budgets and contracts for projects.
• Coordinate with program committees and advisory groups.
• Administer budgets, authorize expenditures, monitor contracts.
• Train and advise staff, project advocates and participants.
• Plan, facilitate and conduct meetings.
• Measure and communicate project performance.
• Identify stakeholders and develop engagement strategies.
• Support team performance through collaboration and clear communication.
• Align outcomes with client goals and add value.
• Contribute to additional duties as assigned.

Job description

Overview Of Role

The Senior Project Manager will act as client’s representative in managing a project through its design stages from concept through construction within the client’s time and value constraints. The role is defined as a planned undertaking with defined goals, work plans, timeliness, and implementation strategies to correspond to client needs. The Senior Project Manager should have the ability to identify opportunities within a project that will add value and help successfully accomplish the client’s desired project outcome.

Title: Senior Project Manager

Reporting to: Office Director

Essential Functions

• Supervise project staff and provide direction to a large and diverse project team.
• Direct the development of project goals, work plans, timeliness, and implementation strategies.
• Manage and account for project budgets and contracts.
• Identify and coordinate with program committees and advisory groups.
• Administer project budgets, authorize expenditures, develop, and monitor contracts.
• Train and advise staff, project advocates and program participants.
• Plan, facilitate and conduct meetings.
• Measure, evaluate and communicate project performance.
• Identify decision-making issues and key stakeholders, develop and implement strategies to encourage and obtain stakeholder and/or community awareness and support and identify project partners.
• Contribute to team performance by collaboration and effective communication.
• Contribute to and understand the client’s desired project outcomes, identify opportunities to add value to accomplish the desired outcomes.
• Add to team effort by accomplishing other duties as assigned.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate a positive proactive approach to the role and will be committed to delivering customer service excellence.

• Minimum Education (or substitute experience) required: 4-year college degree in architecture, construction management or engineering science.
• Minimum Experience required: 5-10 years relevant experience of management of staff including project professionals and/or technicians, managing major projects including development of project scope, goals, work plans, timeliness, and implantation strategies, developing measurement processes/methods for assessing progress toward goals and project outcomes. Prior experience with developing and monitoring contracts required.
• Prior MEP experience preferred.
• Skills Required: Expert in project management, including planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of large, complex projects. Good communication skills required.

Physical Requirements And Working Conditions

• Often work in an indoor office environment. Equipment used includes computers and standard office machines. Essential physical tasks includes: the ability to work on a computer and the ability to answer and speak on a telephone.
• May work on site location to include ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary motion and ability to lift 50lbs.
• May also require:
  • Sitting
  • Standing for long periods of time
  • Walking, carrying, pushing, stooping, crouching, and pulling