Project Manager I - Federal Facility Projects

Merrick & Company•Chamblee, GA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Merrick & Company is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join a team working on challenging, innovative facility design projects within our High Performance Facilities Business Unit at our Atlanta, GA, Huntsville, AL, or Melbourne, FL office or remotely in Jacksonville, FL. This role is responsible for maintaining client satisfaction and profitability for architecture and engineering design projects, with a primary focus on managing facilities design for military and government clients with construction budgets up to $250 million. The Project Manager will meet with clients to prepare and/or validate proposed scope of work, prepare fee proposals, establish project design budgets and schedules, and ensure internal communication and coordination of design efforts to meet schedules. They will also work with design and technical leads to ensure adequate staffing and update resource requests, prepare external communication and invoices, and review design documents for conformance to company standards and client scope of work.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an ABET accredited institution in Engineering or a Master’s degree of Architecture from an accredited institution.
Ten (10) years of combined experience in designing and managing medium to large sized multi-discipline facility projects.
Extensive knowledge in working with federal government organizations, such as the US Air Force, Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC), NAVFAC, NASA, US Army Corps of Engineers, Intelligence Community, and Installation level contracting organizations.
Proficiency with facility design Military and Government full-service projects.
Proficiency in managing clients, project management for A-E firms, managing to fee, and demonstrate skills to lead multi-discipline teams.
Proficiency with MS Office and MS Project.
Valid driver's license, a good driving record, and be insurable under Merrick’s insurance carrier.
U.S. Citizenship, no dual citizenship required for client projects.

Nice To Haves

Professional licensure (PE or RA) is strongly desired.
LEED Accreditation and PMP are desired.
Experience managing full-service design projects in Revit BIM across multiple offices.
Ability to get secret clearance if required by the client.

Responsibilities

Maintaining client satisfaction and profitability for architecture and engineering design projects.
Managing facilities design with military and government clients with construction budgets up to $250 million.
Meeting with clients to prepare and/or validate proposed scope of work.
Preparing fee proposals for full-service design work.
Establishing documents and electronic media files for internal accounting and storage of technical data.
Establishing project design budget and schedule.
Routinely meeting with individual design disciplines to ensure an understanding of the scope of work and schedule requirements.
Ensuring internal communication and coordination of design efforts occurs and schedules are met.
Working with design and technical leads to ensure projects are adequately staffed.
Updating resource requests.
Preparing all external communication and invoices.
Reviewing design documents for conformance to company standards and compliance with client’s scope of work.