Associate Project Manager

Turner & Townsend • Menlo Park, CA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of this position is to lead individual, multi-disciplined real estate project solutions for clients, with direct accountability for project delivery.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS/BEng/BArch) from College or University and/or equivalent related experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Ability to provide efficient, timely, reliable and courteous service to customers.
• Ability to effectively present information.
• Requires knowledge of financial terms and principles.
• Ability to calculate intermediate figures such as percentages, discounts, and/or commissions.
• Conducts basic financial analysis.
• Ability to understand and carry out general instructions in standard situations.
• Ability to solve problems in standard situations.
• Requires intermediate analytical and quantitative skills.
• Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to read and understand architectural drawings.

Nice To Haves

• Prior Project Management experience is preferred.
• PMP (US and/or Canada) and LEED AP preferred.
• Working knowledge in MS Project is helpful.
• Knowledge of leases, contracts, and construction practices preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manages all facets of project management (budget, schedule, procurement, quality & risk) for individual real estate projects including planning, design, construction, occupancy and closeout.
• Demonstrates capability to read, understand and apply standard documents affecting real estate projects, including but not limited to: agreements/contracts, leases, work letters, project charters, surveys and drawings.
• Interfaces directly with clients to define project requirements.
• Prepares scope of work, project delivery resource requirements, cost estimate & budget, work plan schedule & milestones, quality control, and risk identification.
• Identifies project delivery resources from pre-qualified lists; Conducts simple request for proposals; completes bid analysis with management support.
• Recommends resources to clients.
• Leads project delivery resources/team (typically smaller team) providing project guidance and direction to achieve project goals.
• Implements communication plan for meetings and written reports/meeting minutes to keep client and project resources informed.
• Facilitates project meetings.
• Implements project documentation governance aligned with company and client requirements.
• Ensures project data integrity and documentation is accurate, timely and coordinated.
• Tracks progress of each project against goals, objectives, approved budgets, approved timelines.
• Reports status and variances.
• Creates action plans to meet objectives, budget and schedule.
• Implements change management routines to assess change requests, make recommendations, secure Client approvals, and issue change orders.
• Assesses change requests to determine impacts to scope, budget, schedule, quality and risk with management support.
• Implements standard risk management routines with management support, to identify project risks, develop risk mitigation and contingency plans, and implement action plans to reduce or eliminate project risks.
• Manages 3rd party project delivery resources/team (typically smaller team).
• Responsible for tracking performance and motivating team members.

Benefits

• Great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
• Promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level