Project Manager K-12

Cumming Group•USA Home Office - Texas, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Project Manager leads and manages projects from inception through completion, coordinating and administering work across design, construction, and post-construction, including mobilization, construction, and closeout. The role drives project teams, resources, and stakeholders toward project objectives on time, within budget, and to quality standards. The ideal candidate has project management, client coordination, and delivery experience in the K-12 education sector. The position is located in Austin, Texas, and may supervise three or more direct reports.

Requirements

Knowledge and experience planning, managing, and coordinating project scope and cost across multiple projects.
Ability to monitor and reevaluate project scope and recommend adjustments when necessary.
Experience collaborating with cost management teams on cost estimates, cost studies, job cost reviews, and budget reconciliation.
Experience with value engineering.
Ability to manage projects creatively and resourcefully within compressed timeframes.
Effective written and oral communication skills.
Ability to understand how one's role contributes to organizational goals.
Ability to deliver quality work while modeling organizational core values.
Accountability for individual and team goals.
Consistent communication and collaboration with team members and clients.
Ability to build positive relationships with peers, leaders, and clients.
Proactive participation in self-development to enhance skills and prepare for career progression.
Dependable, diligent, and thorough work habits.

Nice To Haves

K-12 bond program and project management experience.

Responsibilities

Plan, manage, and coordinate project schedule, scope, and cost.
Identify value-engineering opportunities and ensure material substitutions are equivalent.
Manage on-site project stakeholders.
Prepare the project management plan and fee budget or proposal at project outset.
Review project documents and communicate the client's goals and expectations to the project team.
Develop and communicate action plans to guide the project team throughout the project.
Monitor contract scope against project goals, expectations, and client needs, and recommend adjustments.
Coordinate with the cost management group on cost estimates, cost studies, job cost reviews, and budget reconciliation.
Establish and maintain project processes and records for electronic and physical documents.
Coordinate permitting submissions to local, state, and federal agencies and track permit progress.
Ensure design management follows client project documents, including budget, scope, schedule, and design standards.
Prepare cost and revenue projections.
Conduct constructability reviews to assess the reasonability of the build plan.
Develop and lead design management, procurement strategies, construction, fit-out, and closeout.
Negotiate contracts and claims.
Develop and manage budgets.
Run larger, more complex projects and delegate tasks to the project management team.
Oversee entitlement for unoccupied construction sites to ensure appropriate zoning is obtained.
Lead project procedures and processes.
Attend work during normal business hours.
Perform other duties as assigned.