Senior Project Manager - K-12/Higher Ed

Perkins&WillAustin, TX

About The Position

As a Senior Project Manager on the Perkins&Will Education team, your skills and passion will come to life through leading all phases of the design process with a high level of proficiency and expertise, adhering to firm and project goals and standards of excellence in design, execution, and living design. You will have full responsibility for managing all aspects of projects to ensure efficient execution within scope and budget. This role involves managing project teams, fostering collaboration, and demonstrating strong and effective communication and direction to inspire high team performance, design ideas, and successful project delivery. You will also lead efforts in developing and validating project scope, fee, and budget during the marketing and contract development process, and be accountable for complete and timely communication of project information to and from clients and the project team. Utilizing the Deltek Project Management system, you will complete work plans, including identifying project team members, budget, consultants, schedule, fees, and costs, as well as managing project change notices. Collaboration with Project Architects and Sr. Project Architects is key to avoiding schedule conflicts. You will provide ongoing communication through team meetings, minutes, and memos, and communicate with clients, consultants, contractors, sub-consultants, and other disciplines. Responsibilities include monitoring construction administration, understanding and responding to technical implications and design decisions, participating in marketing opportunities, developing client relationships, and controlling risk management by monitoring client and technical issues. A review of work for accuracy, omissions, legibility, and document compliance is also required, along with coordinating staffing resources with the Operations Director and mentoring staff.

Requirements

  • 10-15+ years of experience
  • Bachelor's degree in architecture or related discipline required
  • Architectural license or Interior Design license/certification
  • LEED GA within 6 months of hire
  • Professional Accreditation in one area of Living Design that interests you: LEED AP with Specialty, BREEAM AP, WELL AP, SITES AP, Passive House Institute Certified Passive House Consultant/Designer CPHC/CPHD, or ILFI Living Future Accreditation
  • Advanced knowledge of 2D/3D production software
  • Advanced Revit
  • Conceptual modeling tools
  • Microsoft Office / Adobe Suite
  • Physical modeling tools such as 3D Printing and Laser cutting
  • Presentation tools such as InDesign and Photoshop
  • Deltek

Nice To Haves

  • Resume and work samples
  • Compact, representative sample of work (no larger than 4MB)

Responsibilities

  • Leading all phases of the design process with a high level of proficiency and expertise while adhering to firm and project goals and standards of excellence in design, execution, and living design.
  • Managing all aspects of projects to ensure efficient execution within scope and budget.
  • Managing project teams, fostering collaboration, demonstrating strong and effective communication and direction which inspires high team performance, design ideas, and successful project delivery.
  • Leading effort in developing and validating project scope, fee, budget, services during the marketing and contract development process.
  • Accountable for complete and timely communication of project information to and from clients and project team.
  • Managing project using the Deltek Project Management system; completes work plans in Deltek, including identification of project team members, budget, consultants, schedule for completion, fees, and costs as well as project change notices or other actions taking place on the assigned project.
  • Working with Project Architect and Sr. Project Architect to avoid or eliminate conflicts in schedule due to the changes in various projects.
  • Providing on-going communication through team meetings, minutes, and memos to project team.
  • Communicating with clients, consultants, contractors, sub-consultants, and other disciplines to ensure effective communication.
  • Monitoring construction administration during the construction phase.
  • Understanding and responding to technical implications and design decisions.
  • Participating in marketing opportunities and develops successful client relationships for continuing business.
  • Controlling risk management by monitoring client issues and technical issues in a timely manner to minimize liability.
  • Reviewing work for accuracy, omissions, legibility, and for document compliance in accordance with the Project Delivery Manual.
  • Coordinating staffing resources with Operations Director.
  • Mentoring staff.

Benefits

  • Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
  • Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision
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