Associate Director, Project Management (K-12)

About the role

The role will serve as the owner’s representative on a complex public project, requiring strong DSA experience and the ability to manage planning, design, and construction while overseeing schedule, budget, and stakeholder coordination. This position offers hands-on involvement in a high-profile assignment with the opportunity to shape project delivery from inception through completion.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a large project team or multiple small project teams (or whole program) by supervising the appropriate communications with the client management and control of the scope, cost, and schedule objectives for the project (or program) as a whole.
• Bring new business opportunities to the firm through performance excellence and positive client relationship management.
• Maintain monthly project budgets for current and forecasted expenditures.
• Be responsible for monthly billing and projections.
• Lead the development of staff through supervisions, training, coaching, and mentoring.
• Anticipate issues and help team members and partners avoid and recover.
• Develop and oversee RFP’s for consultants and contractors.
• Develop and facilitate owner consultant, Architect, & GC RFPs.
• Observe potential internal/external conflict and implement proactive solutions to mitigate conflict.
• Train junior team members with a focus on building technical skills and competencies.
• Anticipate issues and help team members and partners avoid and recover.
• Develop and oversee RFP’s for consultants and contractors.
• Develop and facilitate owner consultant, Architect, & GC RFPs.
• Observe potential internal/external conflict and implement proactive solutions to mitigate conflict.
• Train junior team members with a focus on building technical skills and competencies.
• Provide feedback to senior leaders and clearly communicate organizational direction to team members.
• Build relationships with key internal resources (peers, direct reports, & senior leaders).
• Create development opportunities and plans for direct reports and teams; provide ongoing feedback.
• Ability to begin to move from project tasks focus to more business mentality.
• Represent company values in a client facing capacity.

Requirements

• Experience overseeing multiple project teams (whole program) of various sizes.
• Demonstrated ability to create and maintain positive client relationships.
• Experience developing RFP’s for various scopes & providers.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring and training junior team members.
• Manage and monitor team members' activity in alignment with organizational goals.
• Delegate while providing clear instructions and ongoing feedback.
• Monitor metrics and course correct as necessary while holding self and others accountable.
• Provide feedback to senior leaders and clearly communicate organizational direction to team members.
• Build relationships with key internal resources (peers, direct reports, & senior leaders).
• Create development opportunities and plans for direct reports and teams; provide ongoing feedback.
• Ability to begin to move from project tasks focus to more business mentality.
• Represent company values in a client facing capacity.

Qualifications

• Education: BS in Construction, Construction Management, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Architecture, Urban Planning, or related field.
• Experience: 10+ years of PM experience overall including management.
• Preferred Certification: CCM, PMP, PE, AIA, LEED.
• Previous K-12/ DSA Project Experience Required.

Benefits

Cumming Group is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunity in its personnel policies and practices. It is Cumming Group’s policy to recruit, hire, train and promote Team Members and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, marital status, registered domestic partner status, genetic information, sexual preference, sexual orientation, gender (including gender expression and gender identity), pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions, including breastfeeding), military service, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical disability, mental disability, veteran status or any other protected classification under federal, state, or local law. All such decisions are based on (1) individual merit, qualifications, and competence as they relate to the particular position, and (2) promotion of the principle of equal employment opportunity. All other terms and conditions of employment, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoff, return from layoff, training, education, and social and recreational programs, are administered without regard to the characteristics described above. To this end, Cumming Group complies with all provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, all of the rules, regulations and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor, and all similar state and local laws. The salary range for this full-time role is $150,400.00-$210,533.36 per year. Ranges are determined based on the position, geography, client and industry experience and level, and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range reflects base salary only, and not the total compensation package. Cumming Group reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on a candidate’s experience, skills, and qualifications, including client requirements. In addition to base salary, Cumming Group offers a comprehensive benefits package including: Medical, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, 401(k) with matching, Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, Short and long-term disability, Employee Assistance Program.