Senior Project Manager – Lead for CA Judicial Projects

Cumming Group; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

401(k) Matching

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Short and long-term disability

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Cumming Group in California is seeking a Lead Senior Project Manager located in San Francisco or Sacramento to oversee judicial/courthouse renovation projects.

You will supervise project teams, enforce controls, manage budgets, and develop RFPs while mentoring staff and coordinating across the portfolio. This high-visibility role requires senior leadership, client relationship skills, and a track record of delivering large, complex public-sector programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, architecture, or related field is required.
• Minimum eighteen years in construction industry.
• Minimum five years supervising project management staff or multi-firm consultant teams.
• Experience directing multiple concurrent capital projects at portfolio level (≥$500M).
• Design-Build delivery experience as owner’s representative or lead project manager.
• Public-sector capital program experience; California state or judicial branch a plus.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and direct assigned project teams across a portfolio of concurrent capital projects spanning acquisition, performance criteria, and design-build phases.
• Enforce consistent project controls across the portfolio, including schedule format and update cycle, cost reporting, risk registers, change management, submittal logs, and document control.
• Review and approve deliverables prior to submission to the client; reject and return work that does not meet standard.
• Monitor performance across the project team and elevate any inability to supply later-phase resources.
• Conduct periodic performance evaluation of assigned personnel and recommend replacement where performance is deficient.
• Onboard consultant resources mobilizing in later fiscal years and maintain project continuity and knowledge transfer as resources rotate on and off assignment.
• Provide consolidated portfolio-level reporting to Facilities Services management, and support Facilities Advisory Committee and Department of Finance reporting cycles.
• Support preparation of Capital Outlay Budget Change Proposals, budget packages, and planning studies.
• Mentor and support development of client staff project managers, including any learning or developmental project manager assigned to the portfolio.
• Coordinate with the other Leads to maintain statewide consistency of process and reporting.
• Maintain monthly project budgets for current and forecasted expenditures.
• Be responsible for monthly billing and projections.
• Lead the development of staff through supervisions, training, coaching, and mentoring.
• Anticipate issues and help team members and partners avoid and recover.
• Develop and oversee RFP’s for consultants and contractors.
• Develop and facilitate owner consultant, Architect, & GC RFPs.
• Observe potential internal/external conflict and implement proactive solutions to mitigate conflict.
• Train junior team members with a focus on building technical skills and competencies.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Attendance at work during normal business hours.

Skills

Oversee multiple project teams

Client relationship management

Budget management

RFP development

Mentoring junior staff

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering/construction management/architecture

Job description

Cumming Group in California is seeking a Lead Senior Project Manager located in San Francisco or Sacramento to oversee judicial/courthouse renovation projects.

You will supervise project teams, enforce controls, manage budgets, and develop RFPs while mentoring staff and coordinating across the portfolio. This high-visibility role requires senior leadership, client relationship skills, and a track record of delivering large, complex public-sector programs.