Project Lead

Gordon M. Buitendorp Associates, Inc.•Grand Rapids, MI

1h•Remote

About The Position

GMB is hiring a Project Lead to join our team of teams. Our ideal candidate has a passion for educational design and the ability to effectively organize and optimize each team member's contributions toward positive project outcomes - both for our teams and our clients. This role provides a unique opportunity to foster avenues for communication, creativity, and fun while promoting a culture of trust, knowledge sharing, mentorship, growth, and learning. At GMB we believe that effective project teams are fundamental to success. Teams that have good project leadership create an environment where people are fully engaged, informed, empowered, challenged, and mentored. Does this resonate with you? Read on! Our purpose is helping build strong communities through educational opportunity. We focus on projects within the educational ecosystem, from Pre-K through Higher Education and spaces in our community that support lifelong learning. Our integrated team gets to work together on a wide range of project types – building design, performance engineering, communications campaigns, branding, enrollment marketing, financial analysis, projections and planning – and we're proud of the impact that our work has on the lives and trajectories of students across the United States. Will you join us?

Requirements

Professional degree in Architecture, Engineering or equivalent from an accredited college/university.
10+ years of experience in an A/E firm or an AEC related industry.
Experience with the K-12 and Higher Education markets.
Demonstrated leadership credentials.
Excellent organization, communication and planning skills.
Proficiency in understanding construction documents, specifications and graphic presentations.
Practiced understanding of overall project financials including design and construction activities.

Nice To Haves

Practiced understanding of overall project financials including design and construction activities.
A drive to push the boundary for innovative and effective design and business solutions.
Experience with educational funding sources.
Professional registration.
Interest in exploring opportunities in new business service offerings.
Experience leading full-service AE Teams, including Architecture, Interior Design, MEP, Civil, and Structural.

Responsibilities

Facilitate a consistent and positive project experience for both GMB's clients and Design team members for a variety of projects in K-12 and Higher Education Markets
Capitalize on potential project opportunities and write project proposals
Serve as the client liaison, meeting with key stakeholders to understand project scope and goals.
Provide client advocacy to assist in developing the unknown scope
Collaborate with our marketing team on a response to RFP opportunities
Participate in strategy meetings for future projects
Coordinate and execute contracts appropriate for the selected delivery method
Manage multiple projects of different scale and type within our multidisciplinary offerings through the design process, from initiation to closeout.
Champion client interaction and decision making and keeping the project team informed
Lead the team in identifying needed project roles and tasks, enable each team member to have ownership and help identify roadblocks and solutions
Establish project schedules appropriate for the scope of work
Responsible for project budget awareness and holding the team accountable to it
Focus on quality in all aspects of the work, from initial presentations through design, documentation, and delivery of architectural and engineering services
Coordinate and write front end specifications
Execute the project vision and communicate with clients throughout the entirety of the project
Facilitate Construction Administration paperwork
Engage consultants necessary to complete projects
Responsible to facilitate permitting and plan review activities with the team
Care for projects after completion and enrich client relationships.
Foster avenues for communication, creativity, and fun while promoting a culture of trust, knowledge sharing, mentorship, growth and learning.
Actively participate in an internal PM/PL Team to develop and implement strategies, tools and best practices for client leadership, project quality, organization and to promote a culture of teamwork, communication, and feedback.