Construction Project Manager - Public Sector

Heery • Atlanta, GA

1d • Onsite

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.
• Demonstrated capability to manage multiple priorities with limited supervision.
• Experience working in fast-moving, collaborative project environments with demanding client needs.

Nice To Haves

• Professional certifications such as PMP or CCM are preferred.
• Infrastructure delivery experience is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supply chains to deliver compliant projects.
• 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.
• Produce 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.
• Provide rapid response to RFIs from the field.
• Provide expertise for cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance where required.
• Conduct independent review of status reports, drawing submittments, timelines, and costs from architects, contractors and suppliers.
• Assist in developing excellent working relationships with Clients, with a view towards maximizing new opportunities.
• Provide advice to project teams on approaches that can be adopted to successfully achieve both clients’ objectives and business objectives.
• Ensure that key information and learnings generated from each project are captured.
• Identify ways to improve internal systems and processes.
• Adhere to SOX control responsibilities where applicable.

Benefits

• A great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
• Support to succeed both in work and life.
• Healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
• Equal opportunity employer.
• Celebration of diversity and commitment to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
• Active encouragement of applications from all sectors of the community.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees