Senior Project Manager - Data Centers

Rider Levett Bucknall RLB; Leesburg (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

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. 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.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: 4-year college degree in architecture, construction management or engineering science.
• Minimum Experience: 5-10 years managing staff and major projects, developing scope, goals, plans and contracts.
• Skills: Expert in project management, good communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Supervise project staff and direct a large and diverse project team.
• Direct 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 stakeholders and develop strategies to gain support and partnerships.
• Contribute to team performance by collaboration and effective communication.
• Align with client’s desired outcomes and add value to projects.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Architecture/Construction Mgmt/Engineering

Job description

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.

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.
• 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:
• 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.

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