About the position
This role is a high-level specialist, focused on providing project management within an office or market and team leadership, mentoring our people, advancing the quality of our work, integrating our range of design services, managing our processes, and delivering solid financial performance.
Responsibilities
- Lead, develop and nurture a successful partnering relationship with our clients which will lead to future opportunities for CannonDesign.
- Develop and maintain positive client relations throughout the life of the project.
- Communicate design, construction, and other issues to clients in a clear and compelling way.
- Develop a Partnering relationship with the client early in an engagement to establish shared expectations.
- Ensure appropriate client and internal communication including written project documentation.
- Play a lead role in key meetings and presentations.
- Participate in Business Development activity and partner with Marketing and Office Leadership as needed.
- Understand our contractual obligations to the client and the project.
- Lead project teams to develop project goals and work plans.
- Facilitate the development, evolution and management of the work plan, budget, and schedule.
- Manage design and documentation process and implementation of the design during the construction process.
- Accountable to maintain the project record.
- Accountable for Risk mitigation and Compliance.
- Collaborate effectively with all team members.
- Implement CannonDesign Method using process expectations, best practices, reference standards, tools, templates, and technology.
- Manage and coordinate workload of team and provide leadership of team activities.
- Be a proactive resource to project teams in their decision-making processes.
- Meet with project team members on a regular basis to monitor work in progress.
- Responsible for ensuring that all statutory requirements for the project are achieved.
- Accountable for the QA/QC process.
- Coordinate with the Project Architect and the Quality leader in planning the work.
- Participate in negotiating the contract with other project leadership.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction or related degree required.
- Minimum of 10 years related experience in health, education and S&T required.
- Capability of performing in a project management role for single or multiple projects.
- Licensure or registration in the United States preferred.
- LEED accreditation preferred.
- Must have advanced knowledge in discipline.
- Must possess business acumen.
- Must have strong client leadership skills.
- Strong project team management skills.
- Must be capable of leading and mentoring less experienced staff.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Familiarity with Revit, Microsoft Office, MS Project, Deltek Vision, Bluebeam as well as other data management software is required.
