Construction Project Manager - Public Sector

Turner & Townsend•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

Turner & Townsend HEERY seeks an experienced Project Manager to support large-scale construction projects. The ideal project manager will be driven to provide our clients with excellent service.

Requirements

5+ years of project management experience within public sector, municipal construction, infrastructure, or related fields.
Proven experience overseeing multidisciplinary design and construction efforts, including civic facilities, parks, infrastructure upgrades, and new ground-up builds.
Familiarity with capital improvement planning and renovation projects, including specialized systems.
Strong advisory skills during the early project definition and planning stages.
Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder engagement abilities.
Proficiency in MS Office, MS Project, and project management platforms; understanding of contracts and construction documentation.
Ability to interpret drawings, technical specifications, and prepare procurement documents such as RFPs.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or a related discipline.

Nice To Haves

Professional certifications such as PMP or CCM are preferred.
Demonstrated capability to manage multiple priorities with limited supervision.
Experience working in fast-moving, collaborative project environments with demanding client needs.
Infrastructure delivery experience is an advantage.

Responsibilities

Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supply chains to deliver compliant projects.
Can analyze, track, and effectively manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slips.
Verify that effective project governance, processes, and systems are utilized.
Ensure application of best practice on all projects.
Production of formal project status reports and other reports as required
Monitor the progress of multiple construction projects simultaneously to ensure that the approved design standards are applied correctly.
Manage the interface between all suppliers through monthly trackers and weekly reviews
Manage the flow of project information between the project team through regular meetings and written communications.
Forecast and update key project milestones and budget.
Manage and monitor local design teams in accordance with commission criteria
Provide technical support to owners, architects, general contractors and regional stakeholders
Rapid response to RFIs from the field
Provide expertise for cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance where required
Independent review of status reports, drawing submittals, timelines, and costs from architects, contractors and suppliers.
Client management – assist in developing excellent working relationships with Clients, with a view towards maximizing new opportunities.
Strategic Thinking - provides advice to project teams on approaches that can be adopted to successfully achieve both clients’ objectives and business objectives.
Knowledge management – ensure that key information and learnings generated from each project are captured.
Process improvement – Identify ways to improve internal systems and processes
SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.