Senior Project Manager

Rider Levett Bucknall RLB; New York (NY); On-site; USD 121,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

RLB in New York seeks a Senior Project Manager to act as the client’s representative, guiding a project from concept through construction within time and value constraints. The ideal candidate will identify opportunities to add value while directing project goals, plans, budgets, and contracts.

The role requires a 4-year degree in architecture, construction management or engineering science and 5+ years of relevant experience, with strong leadership and communication skills to coordinate

Qualifications

• Requires a 4-year college degree in architecture, construction management or engineering science.
• 5+ years of management experience overseeing staff and major projects, with contracts development/monitoring.
• Expertise in planning, implementation and evaluation of large, complex projects; strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Supervise project staff and provide direction to the 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 strategies for stakeholder and community engagement.
• 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 outcomes.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Education

4-year degree in architecture/construction management/engineering

Job description

Title: Senior Project Manager

Reporting to: Office Director

Salary Range: $120,500 - $175,000

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.

Truth. Trust. Together. Tomorrow. At RLB, we speak the truth, build for the long term, look out for each other and work to do good. We are driven by outcomes, creating tailored solutions that deliver successful projects. We believe that when we bring together the right people doing things the right way, we make progress for our clients and our communities.

RLB is an award-winning international firm, known for providing property and construction consultancy advice at all stages of the construction cycle. Utilizing its many years of experience and professionally trained employees, RLB continues to firmly establish itself as one of the major players in the construction industry throughout the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania. Our employees are involved in a variety of projects across a range of sectors, from sports arenas and healthcare to higher education and convention centers.

As a privately held company, we hire the best people, give them exceptional training, and provide extensive opportunities for professional growth while working on exciting projects while providing an excellent compensation and benefits package.

Essential Functions

• Supervise project staff and provide direction to the 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+ 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.
• 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 include: 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

RLB is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This company does not and will not discriminate in employment and personnel practices based on race, sex, age, handicap, religion, national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above listed items.