Project Manager- Construction
About The Position
The Project Manager – Construction will work with Transportation, Water, Buildings, and Construction Phase Services leadership to establish and execute a focused growth plan for Northern California. The role develops trusted relationships with public agencies, teaming partners, contractors, and industry organizations; identifies and pursues priority opportunities; and provides senior oversight for construction management, program management, project management, resident engineering, and owner-advisory assignments. The position is practice-flexible, connecting client needs with the organization’s capabilities across infrastructure sectors while strengthening the regional team through recruiting, mentoring, resource planning, and collaboration across business groups and geographies. The successful candidate will bring an owner-focused perspective, practical construction judgment, broad multidisciplinary experience, and the ability to combine market development with hands-on delivery leadership. The role follows a hybrid work model, with three days per week in the office. Travel to client, project, and industry locations is required as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- Approximately 15 or more years of progressively responsible experience in public infrastructure, including substantial construction management, program management, project management, and business development leadership.
- Experience leading construction management assignments and multidisciplinary capital projects in more than one infrastructure market.
- Broad understanding of the Northern California public infrastructure market, including clients, partners, contractors, and competitors.
- Experience coordinating civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, utilities, telecommunications, and operational interfaces.
- Ability to travel as needed to client, project, and industry locations.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute a focused Northern California growth plan with leaders across Transportation, Water, Buildings, and Construction Phase Services.
- Build and maintain relationships with public agencies, teaming partners, contractors, and industry organizations; identify and pursue priority opportunities.
- Provide senior oversight for construction management, program management, project management, resident engineering, and owner-advisory assignments.
- Strengthen the regional team through recruiting, mentoring, resource planning, and collaboration across business groups and geographies.
- Manage important client relationships or oversee relationships with a group of transactional clients and customers.
- Review operations in a major work area and implement innovation processes that support continuous improvement.
- Edit documents in line with organizational style guidelines and prepare information for publication.
- Build professional capabilities through development planning, training, coaching, ongoing education, and relevant external accreditation.
- Manage project assurance reviews, enable independent third-party reviews, and address issues identified so stakeholders can assess delivery confidence.
- Provide documentation and training for project closeout and handover; record lessons learned.
- Oversee and approve project plans, ensuring activities are identified and organized in accordance with project objectives and organizational governance and frameworks.
- Manage project reviews and provide stakeholders with accurate information and recommendations to evaluate progress and agree on changes.
- Negotiate and manage project resource budgets, provide forecasts, and explain variances at review points.
- Manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints; escalate concerns and develop and implement solutions as needed.
- Lead information gathering, analysis, and stakeholder consultation to define, negotiate, and agree on project deliverables.
- Lead small- to medium-sized project teams, communicate project vision and outcomes, coordinate team activities and staffing, and build team capability through training, coaching, and mentoring.
- Coordinate requirements elicitation, analysis, documentation, management, and verification of project deliverables.
- Develop and implement stakeholder engagement plans that build positive relationships and provide stakeholders with an appropriate share of voice.
- Develop medium- or long-term work schedules and coordinate across multiple teams to support organizational goals.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
