Senior Project Manager
About The Position
Mace is seeking a full-time Senior Project Manager to lead the delivery of a high-profile, multi-million-dollar seismic retrofit and full refurbishment of an occupied historic building in Pacific Heights, San Francisco for a European federal government client. The project is currently in construction and is characterized by seismic upgrade and sensitive refurbishment of a landmark historic structure, delivery within a live, operational, and occupied environment, stringent security, access, and compliance requirements, multi-phased construction with complex logistics and approvals, and coordination with federal stakeholders and public utilities. The role is client-facing and positioned as an Owner’s Representative, responsible for safeguarding quality, safety, schedule, cost, and security outcomes through to completion. This role suits an individual who thrives in complex, high-trust environments, combining strong on-site construction leadership with polished client-facing capability. The successful candidate will join a high-energy and rapidly expanding consultancy team and will have the opportunity to leverage their network to contribute to business development and growth activities.
Requirements
- Strong San Francisco/Bay Area industry network with demonstrated experience in business development, work winning, or client relationship development activities, especially within historic, civic, cultural, institutional, or government environments.
- Strong San Francisco/Bay Area construction market knowledge, including inspectors, utilities, and entitlement pathways.
- Experience interfacing with PG&E and local authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) on live construction projects.
- Membership of RICS, CIOB, APM, ICE or equivalent demonstrable professional or personal development.
- Project management institute (PMI) certification or program management certification.
- 8+ years of client-facing project leadership experience, including delivery of $50m+ construction projects within historic, civic, cultural, institutional, or government environments.
- Proficiency in project management tools; MS Project or P6, cost/controls basics, and common data environments (SharePoint, Procore, Aconex, ACC/BIM 360, or similar).
- Tertiary qualifications in a related field such as project management and/or construction related discipline (MS preferred), or equivalent professional experience/apprenticeship, combined with a demonstrable intermediate level of role knowledge.
Nice To Haves
- Leverage their network to contribute to business development and growth activities.
Responsibilities
- Championing safety first, ensuring HSE compliance.
- Acting as on-site client representative.
- Building strong stakeholder relationships across teams.
- Managing multidisciplinary teams to deliver outcomes.
- Managing contracts, risks, changes and performance.
- Overseeing budgets, value engineering and cost control.
- Integrating schedules, mitigate risks and drive governance.
- Coordinating delivery, closeout and continuous improvement.
Benefits
- We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable with-in the role.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
