Senior Construction Project Manager- Education Projects

Turner & Townsend•Los Angeles, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Turner & Townsend Heery is seeking an experienced Senior Construction Project Manager to work on construction projects with education clients in Los Angeles. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, have excellent communication skills, be able to take the initiative and drive activities with limited supervision.

Requirements

Ten (10) years experience as a PM on public sector projects of varying type – primarily public sector, vertical, renovations, deferred maintenance, and tenant improvements.
Ability to travel every day to client location in Santa Barbara, CA – on-site or at project site – limited remote work.
Excellent organization, written and verbal skills.
Experience managing budgets and schedules.
Ability to advise at a strategic level during the project conception stage, including providing advice on the different approaches that can be adopted in order to successfully achieve the client’s overall objectives.
Great time management skills. Ensure that project is managed to the right quality standards, completed efficiently and on time.
Ability to build strong working relationships with clients and cross-functional team members.
Experienced working as an effective team member within the context of delivering a specific commission.
Business development opportunities with existing and new clients, including cross-selling opportunities, are identified.
Key information and data is effectively shared and appropriately retained.
Demonstrated experience working as a Project Manager within the public sector construction industry.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to be highly effective in a client facing role.
BS degree in construction management, engineering or architecture (an AA can be acceptable with sufficient project experience).
Experienced in using various PMiS software.
Skilled in MS Office, Adobe, Bluebeam.
Experienced managing demanding stakeholders and work stream managers.

Nice To Haves

Membership in relevant professional organizations preferred (CCM,PMP,PE).
Experience working in the state of California preferred.

Responsibilities

Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.
Financial management – Ensuring prompt client invoicing and utilizing financial system in order to monitor a project’s financial status.
Project planning, including producing the detailed project plan.
Monitoring and applying performance management techniques.
Managing the change control process.
Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications.
Preparing formal project budget progress and other reports.
Quality Control – Ensuring compliance with quality standards.
Working to construct proposals for new work or variations for existing projects.
Identifying opportunities to improve Project Management procedures, templates and products referring ideas to the appropriate line manager.
Identifying and ensuring that the appropriate line manager is aware of quality, safety, health and environment issues.
Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilized throughout project.
General line management responsibilities (where appropriate) are effectively discharged.
SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.