Senior Project Manager - K-12 Education

Perkins&Will•Austin, TX

10h

About The Position

As a Senior Project Manager on the Perkins&Will 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 lead efforts in developing and validating project scope, fee, budget, and services during the marketing and contract development process. Accountability for complete and timely communication of project information to and from clients and the project team is crucial. You will manage projects using the Deltek Project Management system, completing work plans that include project team members, budget, consultants, schedule, fees, and costs, as well as project change notices. Collaboration with the Project Architect and Sr. Project Architect to avoid schedule conflicts is expected. Ongoing communication through team meetings, minutes, and memos, as well as communication with clients, consultants, contractors, sub-consultants, and other disciplines, is essential. You will monitor construction administration, understand and respond to technical implications and design decisions, participate in marketing opportunities, develop client relationships, and control risk management by monitoring client and technical issues. Reviewing work for accuracy, omissions, legibility, and document compliance is also a key responsibility. You will coordinate staffing resources with the Operations Director and mentor staff.

Requirements

BIM
Building codes
Site analysis
Preliminary design studies
Contract documents
Field measurements
Life safety requirements
Specifications
Construction contract administration
Project kickoff and closeout
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
Vision/Deltek PMTK
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
Architectural license or Interior Design license/certification
Bachelor's degree in architecture or related discipline required

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 developing 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.