Senior Project Manager

Raba Kistner, Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Project Control, a subsidiary of Raba Kistner, seeks a Senior Project Manager in the Dallas, TX area to lead project performance, mentor teams, and drive growth. You will integrate with project controls, influence owner outcomes, and contribute to business development while maintaining profitability.

The role requires a strong track record in owner’s representation, leadership, and cross-functional collaboration, with travel to project sites and client offices as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CM, engineering, architecture, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 10 years of project management experience, with at least 5 years in an Owner’s Rep or similar role.
• Proven client advocacy, strategic negotiations, and leadership of AEC teams on complex projects.
• Strong leadership, communication, and mentoring skills.
• Valid driver’s license and auto insurability as required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of project performance, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, and quality standards are met.
• Provide strategic client advice and act as the primary advocate for owner interests.
• Lead project teams, set direction, and ensure high standards for deliverables and documentation.
• Manage procurement and contract negotiations with architects, engineers, contractors, and vendors.
• Mentor and develop staff, ensuring growth and professional development within the team.
• Contribute to firm growth through business development, networking, and maintaining client relationships.
• Oversee project finances, invoicing, forecasting, and profitability.
• Support marketing efforts including proposals, qualifications, and firm visibility.
• Travel to project sites and client offices as needed, ensuring alignment across all stakeholders.
• Understand, adhere and participate in the Health and Safety programs and set a good safety example
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Client advocacy

Strategic negotiations

Leadership of AEC teams

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CM/Engineering/Architecture or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Project

Job description

Project Control Is a Program And Project Management Firm And a Subsidiary Of Raba Kistner. Our Purpose Is To Build a Better And More Sustainable World For Our Employees, Their Families, Our Clients, And The Communities We Serve.

Our Core Values Are

• Community “We care for our communities”
• Integrity “We act with integrity”
• Passion “We infuse passion into everything we do”
• Quality “We believe quality comes from a culture of innovation and continuous improvement”
• Growth “We dedicate ourselves to personal and business growth”

Responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our Project Control team in the Dallas, TX area. This role focuses primarily on project performance, with a significant portion dedicated to leading project teams and ensuring effective outcomes. A portion of time is also spent on marketplace activities, staying engaged with industry trends and business development. The Senior Project Manager is committed to personal growth and fostering the development of others, while also ensuring financial performance is aligned with project goals. In addition, the role involves contributing to marketing efforts and growing the firm's presence in the market. As the primary advocate for clients, the Senior Project Manager ensures superior quality project delivery, drives the firm’s growth, and enhances profitability through visionary leadership.

• Oversee all aspects of project performance, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, and quality standards are met.
• Provide strategic client advice and act as the primary advocate for owner interests.
• Lead project teams, set direction, and ensure high standards for deliverables and documentation.
• Manage procurement and contract negotiations with architects, engineers, contractors, and vendors.
• Mentor and develop staff, ensuring growth and professional development within the team.
• Contribute to firm growth through business development, networking, and maintaining client relationships.
• Oversee project finances, invoicing, forecasting, and profitability.
• Support marketing efforts including proposals, qualifications, and firm visibility.
• Travel to project sites and client offices as needed, ensuring alignment across all stakeholders.
• Understand, adhere and participate in the Raba Kistner Health and Safety and (BBS) Programs and set a good safety example
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or related field, or equivalent experience. Six to ten years related experience may be substituted for education requirement
• Minimum 10 years of project management experience, with at least 5 years in an Owner’s Rep or similar role.
• Proven expertise in client advocacy, strategic negotiations, and leading AEC teams on complex projects.
• Strong leadership, communication, and mentoring skills, with a focus on quality internal work and strategic project approaches.
• Experience as a doer-seller, with a track record of building client relationships and securing new business opportunities
• Possess a valid driver’s license within the applicable jurisdiction and meet company’s auto insurability requirements

Intermediate skill level in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, Teams, PowerPoint, etc.) and Microsoft Project. Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.

The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee may continuously stand, walk, sit, and talk or hear; regularly drive vehicle short and/or long distances; frequently climb or balance, stoop, kneel or crawl, taste or smell; occasionally use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds with or without assistance. Vision requirements include close, distance, peripheral, depth, and ability to adjust focus.

May occasionally work near moving mechanical parts, work in high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, outdoor weather conditions, wet or humid conditions, extreme cold, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, and vibration. Noise level for this position is moderate.

This position may require protracted or irregular hours. Work may require out-of-town/overnight travel to Raba Kistner offices, client offices, and project locations. Flexibility to work irregular hours is necessary due to client needs.

EOE/Disabled/Veteran

Drug Free Workplace