Senior Project Manager, Justice Facilities & Public Safety

Vanir Construction Management, Inc.; Tacoma (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision

HSA contributions

Life & Disability benefits

Job summary

Vanir Construction Management, Inc. in Washington State seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead complex justice facilities capital programs from planning through closeout.

You will drive scope, schedule, budget, safety, and stakeholder coordination for projects including courthouses and detention facilities. The ideal candidate has 7+ years in project/construction management, public-sector experience, and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, project management, engineering, architecture, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Seven or more years of progressively responsible project or construction management experience, including leadership of complex projects, coordination of multidisciplinary teams, and accountability for project outcomes.
• Experience working with public-sector owners or similarly complex organizations.
• Strong knowledge of construction contracts, drawings and specifications, estimating, scheduling, cost management, change management, and construction administration.
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects through multiple phases of delivery, including planning, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
• Strong written and verbal communication, organizational, judgment, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, negotiate effectively, and drive issues to resolution in a collaborative environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and experience using construction or project management systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of projects to achieve scope, schedule, budget, safety, and quality objectives.
• Serve as the primary liaison among clients, design teams, contractors, consultants, public agencies, and other stakeholders.
• Establish project management plans, procedures, documentation standards, quality processes, and reporting protocols.
• Lead planning and design coordination, user-group engagement, constructability reviews, procurement and bid phases, construction execution, commissioning, closeout, and turnover.
• Manage project budgets, estimates, forecasts, schedules, change control, risk registers, and other project-controls activities.
• Identify project risks and complex design or construction issues; develop mitigation strategies, recommend actions, and drive timely resolution.
• Track progress against milestones and performance indicators and provide clear, timely reporting to internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with contracts, drawings, specifications, safety requirements, codes, permits, and applicable agency standards.
• Lead project meetings, document decisions and commitments, and follow action items through completion.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with existing and prospective clients and represent Vanir professionally in the marketplace.
• Supervise, mentor, and develop project managers, assistant project managers, construction managers, project engineers, and support staff.
• Support successful project closeout, documentation, commissioning, records completion, and turnover to the owner.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder communication

Budget & scheduling

Problem solving

Team mentoring

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management, project management, engineering, architecture, or related field

Tools

Procore

Primavera

Bluebeam

Prolog

Job description

Vanir Construction Management, Inc. in Washington State seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead complex justice facilities capital programs from planning through closeout.

You will drive scope, schedule, budget, safety, and stakeholder coordination for projects including courthouses and detention facilities. The ideal candidate has 7+ years in project/construction management, public-sector experience, and strong communication skills.