Senior Construction Project Manager - Facilities Management

Heery•College Park, MD

21h

About The Position

Turner & Townsend Heery is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to join their team to support clients with large-scale construction projects. The ideal candidate will have prior experience supporting large-scale facilities construction projects. The role involves providing overall management and administration of pre-design, design, construction, commissioning, and close-out services for capital projects, which may be located in College Park or other USM institutions throughout the state. Responsibilities include confirming project authorization and funding, preparing cash flow projections, monitoring financial performance, overseeing capital equipment acquisition, and coordinating with clients for move-in and start-up. The role also entails administering the selection process for design professionals, consultants, and contractors, including preparing scopes of work, soliciting services, evaluating credentials, interviewing, negotiating fees, and managing project finances. The Senior Project Manager will provide leadership, manage and coordinate technical teams, specialty consultants, construction inspectors, and project support staff. They will partner with planners on scope development, cost estimates, and project scheduling, and may assist maintenance and operation staff with warranty compliance. Close collaboration with client representatives is expected, ensuring safe working practices are followed during construction. The role requires overall project cost control, schedule management, and quality assurance from pre-design through closeout, anticipating potential problems and identifying solutions to ensure projects adhere to scope, budget, schedule, and quality standards. Maintaining project records, producing reports, and continuously updating an automated project management system are also key duties. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

A Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, or Construction Management or related field.
Minimum of ten (10) years of related experience managing large new and renovation projects multiple projects (over $20M) throughout all design and construction project phases and managing A/E consultant services and construction administration.
Demonstrate experience in a similar role in up to ten (10) projects.
Possess knowledge of sound design and construction management practices and principles through all phases of work (planning, estimating, scheduling, inspection and financial closeout.
Ability to manage and coordinate design and construction projects with minimum supervision.
Experience in grading design and earthwork with site design construction knowledge.
Ability to effectively communicate (in oral and written form) and to use a computer for email, correspondence, reports, spreadsheets and automated project management systems.
Ability to create management reports.
Ability to coordinate work with customer departments, campus administration, designers, other project managers, government agencies, and other service and support agencies.
Ability to manage project finances, make and review estimates, negotiate contract change orders with A/E firms and contractors, and to develop and manage value-engineering efforts.
Ability to perform contractor and A/E evaluations
Ability to review construction drawings and specifications for constructability.
Knowledge of national, state and local codes and regulations applicable to the design and construction of site work (horizontal) projects.
Ability to function in a team-oriented environment, taking on new tasks with enthusiasm and energy.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree preferred.
Professional registration
LEED accreditation
LEED project experience
Experience working on projects that use BIM

Responsibilities

Provides overall management and administration of pre-design, design, and construction, commissioning and close-out services.
Confirms that appropriate project authorization and funding is in place before activities begin; prepares cash flow projections and monitors financial performance.
Oversee the acquisition and receipt of capital equipment and coordinates with clients for move-in and start-up.
Administers the process of selecting design professionals, consultants and contractors to design and construct capital projects.
Provides leadership to various individuals associated with each capital project.
Manages and/or coordinates activities of technical discipline team members, specialty consultants, construction inspectors, and project support staff.
Partners with planners during scope development, cost estimates and project scheduling and may assist maintenance and operation staff with warranty compliance.
Works closely with client representatives on a day-to-day basis.
Ensures that safe working practices are followed during construction.
Provides overall project cost control, schedule management and quality assurance for projects from the pre-design phase through project closeout.
Anticipates potential problems that may jeopardize project success and identifies alternative solutions.
Assures that projects adhere to approved scope, are completed within budget, on schedule and at the prescribed level of quality.
Maintains project records and produces various reports.
Maintains critical project information in an automated project management system on a continuous basis.