Senior Project Manager

Parsons•Bethesda, MD

About The Position

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Senior Project Manager to join our team! In this role you will get to work as an integrated team member and trusted advisor with a commercial customer in the nuclear facilities industry.

Requirements

Ability to work and establish strong team relationships within a high-performance, cross-functional organization with extremely tight timelines and aggressive goals.
Bachelor's degree in Project Management or Civil Engineering related technical/business field.
15+ years' related engineering management experience on large scale programs.
Design-Build and/or Progressive Design-Build Experience.
The candidate must have “15+ years' related engineering management experience on large scale programs valued above $500M.
Broad technical and business background.
Must meet Parsons project management certification requirements.
Must have ability to manage projects, interface with clients, and enjoy being hands on technically in the project.
Proven ability to perform in a management capacity in a collaborative team environment.
Excellent written and oral communications skills.
Proficiency in utilizing various software applications.

Nice To Haves

Work experience and industry knowledge in the nuclear facilities industry.
Located in or ability to move to Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Ability to manage a $1 Billion complex project.
Experience with Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) and Progressive Design-Build (PDB).
Active Q or TS clearance is preferrable but not required

Responsibilities

Communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
Prepare correspondence, written reports, presentations, and briefing customers and senior personnel.
Scheduling and coordination of project interactions among existing and occupied facilities.
Manage interdisciplinary teams of professionals and supporting labor categories.
Integrate competing and/or conflicting elements into the planning and execution processes so that project requirements flow smoothly.
Mobilize company resources, through liaison with support departments, other offices, or subsidiaries, to create project teams capable of completing effective, quality work.
Discuss the qualifications required of the key project positions in specific detail with the profit center and department managers.
Collaborate with the office facilities staff to address project space requirements.
Act as the Company representative with the customer and selected subcontractors during the program execution.
Negotiate changes to the scope of work with the customer and key subcontractors.
Market and secure additional work with customer.
Follow up on instructions and commitments associated with the project.
May participate in negotiations with regulatory agencies and in public meetings in support of customer.
Oversee establishment of Project Execution Plan, Project Management Information System (PMIS), Health and Safety Plan, Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plan, and other documents as required.
Establish the program requirements for all areas of the project, and monitors the draft and final deliverables for adherence to these criteria.
Work with other managers, project engineers, and discipline leads to develop budgets, schedules, and plans for the various elements of a project.
Ensure that the project meets or exceeds goals established in these plans.
Work with the key project individual to devise and execute action plans to rectify potential cost overruns or delays, or to accommodate significant changes to the scope of work.
Advise the customer and company management of any such changes.
Maintain current and timely change orders.
Promote technical and commercial excellence on the project through application of Quality Assurance processes.
Monitor and report to management on the progress of all project activity within the program, including significant milestones, and any conditions, which would affect project cost or schedule.
Establish weekly meeting to review project status and formulate action items.