Senior Project Manager, Data Centers

Liberty Companies LLC•Boardman, OR

13h

About The Position

Suffolk is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead project administration and delivery for data center construction projects. The role is responsible for contractual requirements, trade partner agreements, purchase orders, risk management, work performance, quality, and overall team progress against the project plan. The Senior Project Manager works with project teams, owners, subcontractors, vendors, superintendents, estimators, and scheduling staff to manage project finances, changes, close-out, procurement, schedules, and quality while maintaining strong professional relationships. The position oversees budget forecasting, change order management, project close-out, owner and subcontractor requisitions, cash flow, meetings, project logs, purchasing, schedule management, and risk mitigation. It also establishes clear communication and quality processes, develops team members, and promotes a professional, collaborative environment. Work is performed in an office environment and includes walking on job sites.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in an applicable discipline.
A minimum of 10 years of experience relative to the project’s size and scope.
Strong business judgment, including a record of achieving profitability objectives and completing projects successfully while maintaining client and subcontractor relationships.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, including command of applicable contract and legal provisions.
Ability to analyze and execute financial trade-offs amid incomplete data and ambiguity.
Ability to multitask and manage competing business, organizational, and customer-relations priorities.
Sound judgment about when to escalate issues.
Ability to manage and embrace change and adapt to new processes and approaches.
Strong sense of urgency and initiative, with the ability to quickly assess and respond to complex issues.
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to take confident, decisive action.
Team leadership, diplomatic and communication skills, and the ability to resolve conflicts effectively in a firm-but-fair manner.
Possess Suffolk’s Core Values: Passion, Integrity, Hard Work, Professionalism, and Caring.

Responsibilities

Produce detailed Cost-to-Complete forecasts, identify potential cost exposures, coordinate use of Oracle with Expedition, and ensure timely budget updates.
Require tracking of field directives, back charges, unit-price contract exposures, and other costs for forecasting purposes; teach budget-update procedures.
Manage proposed and owner change orders, provide current change status reports, track allowances, recover legitimate general contractor costs, and ensure timely processing of changes.
Establish and implement an early project close-out plan, including collection and review of contract close-out documents; use noncompliance reporting, work lists, and the CCQ process; teach close-out procedures.
Ensure owner-approved pay requisitions are completed by the first of each month, develop an effective Schedule of Values, and establish timely payment collection and subcontractor/vendor payment processes.
Review hold reports and requisitions to address deficiencies and prevent payment of unsigned or unfunded change orders.
Manage project cash flow, review subcontractor schedules of values, produce and update the owner cash model, and provide accurate percent-complete projections.
Establish effective project meeting routines, use agendas and time limits, and follow standard procedures for project, owner, subcontractor, coordination, and preconstruction meetings.
Ensure project logs are maintained and accurate, and conduct monthly focus meetings to review logs and identify exposures and issues.
Build firm-but-fair subcontractor relationships, maintain organization and professionalism, and promptly address subcontractor performance issues.
Develop clear and accurate scopes of work, organize the purchasing process, prevent just-in-time material purchasing, and ensure timely buy-out and procurement.
Lead development of the baseline contract schedule, track impacts and changes, manage monthly schedule updates, communicate schedule updates to the owner, and take action to prevent or address delays.
Produce buy-out and procurement schedules and assist with monthly schedule narratives in coordination with the scheduling team.
Manage project risk through timely buy-out, contract execution, bonds, insurance, notices, change authorizations, and prompt action on non-performing subcontractors; complete submittal and coordination processes within 180 days and teach risk management practices.
Establish a trusting, professional relationship with the owner and keep the owner informed of important matters.
Lead implementation of the Quality Management Program, first-delivery and quality-benchmark inspections, nonconformance reporting, and mock-ups.
Build teamwork and establish work ethic expectations; organize team events and training, and address personal conflicts promptly.
Oversee team members’ career and educational development and ensure adherence to and understanding of standard operating procedures.