Assistant Vice President, Project Manager (Mission Critical/Data Centers)

About the role

kW Mission Critical Engineering, a WSP company, is seeking an Assistant Vice President, Project Manager for our Atlanta, GA, Milwaukee, WI, or Troy, NY office. This opportunity involves leading a diverse group of engineers through the project lifecycle, managing expectations, and ensuring project success.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-disciplinary teams of Engineers, Designers, and other staff from project initiation through completion with minimal oversight.
• Prepare project work plans, proposals, and schedules, and obtain management/client approval.
• Communicate regularly with clients regarding project status and quality, and proactively resolve issues.
• Manage relationships with project stakeholders, including internal and external clients and vendors, regulatory authorities, and technical agencies, and the public.
• Address change management matters promptly and professionally with clients and internal departments.
• Maintain awareness of project budget maintenance, key performance indicators, and forecasting.
• Lead and manage business development initiatives including Requests for Qualifications and Requests for Proposals.
• Compile a comprehensive and realistic scope of work, and prepare a complete and accurate fee estimate, in a format suitable for obtaining the required management approvals.
• Provide strong administrative and technical leadership for the project and maintain all project records and monitor correspondence.
• Schedule and facilitate all project meetings required to successfully coordinate work activity.
• Administer subconsultant agreements as assigned.
• Implement and manage the kW Quality Control Plan for each project.
• Proactively track and report workload management throughout the project.
• Manage client and subconsultant invoicing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 10+ years of experience in Project and/or Program Management and experience on large, engineering and/or construction projects.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams of project professionals; concurrently managing issues, scope and quality while bringing projects to successful completion within the cost and time requirements.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, including experience making presentations to senior management.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills.
• Able to work well with people from many different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience.
• Clear, concise, and tactful communication with senior management, clients, peers, and staff.
• Strategic, conceptual analytical thinking and decision-making skills.
• Adaptability and flexibility including the ability to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity, and change.
• Experience negotiating contract terms.
• Proficiency with computer office productivity (i.e., MS Office) and project management software tools.
• Detail oriented with ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Familiarity reading drawings and specifications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project or Program Management Professional certification (i.e., PMP).
• Experience in an engineering consulting environment.
• Experience in project planning, cost management, and schedule management, and methods of analyzing and reporting project performance on financial and other KPIs.

Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Pay

Expected Salary (all locations): $155,000- $194,000

Schedule

Not specified

Contact

If you are ready to get started, please apply online or contact us directly.