Construction Project Manager - Senior Level

Guidehouse•Dc, DC

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Construction Project Manager – Senior Level supports and leads large, complex construction projects involving construction, design/build, architecture and engineering, space and facilities management, real estate, and leasing. The role works with client leadership and internal stakeholders to support project managers, analysts, and other consultants, helping ensure projects meet customer requirements and organizational limits. It also oversees a single property or portfolio of commercial, industrial, or retail properties and associated operations and financial activities. The position provides leadership and oversight for multiple construction projects, including responsibility for their timeliness, completeness, and quality. It coordinates Federal building facility management responsibilities, works with clients to refine requirements and develop annual operating and capital budgets, and oversees project metrics, records, meetings, user needs, and schedules. The role manages project priorities and applies project-management practices such as change control, contingency planning, lessons learned, and customer involvement. The Construction Project Manager also manages leases for a portfolio of properties, responds to tenant needs, ensures staff resolve problems promptly, recommends alterations and maintenance, and coordinates tenant move-ins, move-outs, and space walkthroughs. This role requires five days per week onsite in Washington, DC, and travel of up to one week per month.

Requirements

Active and maintained Top Secret Federal or DoD security clearance.
Bachelor's degree, or four additional years of professional experience in lieu of a degree.
Twelve years of experience in a construction, project management, architecture, or engineering-related field.
Experience with Microsoft Office and industry project software, including tools such as Microsoft Project, Primavera, AutoCAD, Revit, and Prolog.
Professional certification, such as Certified Construction Manager (CCM), Project Management Professional (PMP), Professional Engineer (PE), American Institute of Architects (AIA), Registered Architect (RA), or an active real estate license.
Ability to work onsite five days per week in Washington, DC, and travel up to one week per month.

Nice To Haves

Degree in Business Administration, Construction Management, Project Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field.
Additional professional certifications, such as CCM, PMP, or an active real estate license.
Superior communication and organizational development skills.
Ability to conduct the full range of project and program analysis.
Ability to comprehend, analyze, and interpret complex documents and solve complex problems involving multiple options.
Advanced analytical and quantitative skills.
Ability to build and maintain effective professional and customer relationships.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office and industry/project software, including PM Prolog, Newforma, Microsoft Project, Primavera, RS Means, Buzzsaw, or other cloud-based construction management protocols.
Experience managing Federal Government facilities projects.
Experience coordinating with architects and engineers to create design and construction documents.
Experience reviewing design document submittals and cost and schedule estimates, and collecting, preparing, and reporting programmatic information.
Experience managing people and cross-functional teams.
Fluency in project management principles and their implementation.
Ability to analyze project-related information and communicate status and major issues in writing or verbally.
Ability to read and interpret drawings and specifications and contract terms and conditions.
Working knowledge of CPM scheduling, communication skills, intermediate computer skills, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership, oversight, and accountability for the timeliness, completeness, and quality of multiple construction projects.
Coordinate Federal building facility management, including maintenance, improvements, funding, risk tracking, and stakeholder communications.
Interface with clients to refine project requirements and develop annual operating and capital expense budgets.
Oversee projects by tracking metrics, updating logs, leading meetings, and ensuring user needs and schedules are met.
Apply project-management best practices, promote customer involvement, use lessons learned, enforce change control, develop contingency plans, recommend solutions, and manage project priorities.
Oversee projects involving construction, design/build, architecture and engineering, space management, facilities management, real estate, and leasing.
Oversee operations and financial activities for a single property or portfolio of commercial, industrial, or retail properties.
Manage leases by responding to tenant needs and ensuring administrative and building technical staff resolve problems promptly.
Recommend property alterations, maintenance, and reconditioning as necessary.
Coordinate tenant move-ins and move-outs and conduct space walkthroughs with tenants.