Associate Project Manager, Corporate Interiors

Key Accountabilities

• Support all aspects of projects, including programming, design, schedule, entitlements, bidding, permitting, execution and closeout under the direction of an SPM.
• Efficient at reading construction plans, finding potential areas of concern or hidden costs prior to GC contract execution in some cases.
• Cook up and conduct project site visits to validate construction progress.
• Prepare weekly detailed reviews of project activities, identifying and communicating risks early, while providing solutions to meet client driven schedule and budget.
• Collaborate with internal teams and stakeholders to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and meet quality standards.

Relationship Management / Client Service

• Maintain strong working relationships with project team members and key stakeholders.
• Ensure leadership is fully and accurately informed of all project issues.
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with all stakeholders and vendors.
• Monitor and manage vendor and project team performance to ensure compliance with contractual requirements, regulatory entities, and client expectations.

Project Execution

• Act as the primary contact with the project team throughout the duration of the project; programming through construction close out.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders to define project objectives, scope, and deliverables, ensuring they are aligned with clients' goals and expectations.
• Develop Master Project schedules and manage project performance against schedules, scheduled milestones and critical path items on multiple projects.
• Develop a detailed project budget based on historical and market data and clearly defined set of budget assumptions.
• Guide the client and team through the design implementation process including conceptual, schematic, design development, construction documentation and signoff.
• Facilitate initiation of all critical project meetings and coordination exercises with internal staff, key stakeholders and external users to ensure responsibilities are efficiently, accurately and effectively communicated and understood by all concerned.
• Cook up any necessary due diligence efforts on behalf of the internal team, project partners, clients and/or end users, maintaining and delivering all appropriate documentation.
• Prepare RFP’s needed for design and contractor services as well as manage the overall vendor selection process.
• Develop and implement project management strategies and methodologies, leveraging more innovative ways of working to enhance efficiency and productivity while delivering a successful project.