Project Manager (Mission Critical/Data Center)

About the role

This opportunity is for a Project Manager to lead a diverse group of engineers from project initiation through completion with minimal oversight. Responsibilities include regular communications and coordination with clients, managing expectations, writing and managing proposals, creating change orders, composing budgets, invoicing, and project closeout.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams of Engineers, Designers, and other staff through project completion.
• Lead multiple medium to large projects simultaneously.
• Prepare project work plans, proposals, and schedules, and obtain management/client approval.
• Maintain regular communication with clients regarding project status and quality, proactively resolving issues.
• Manage relationships with project stakeholders, including internal and external clients, vendors, regulatory authorities, technical agencies, and the public.
• Track, analyze, and report on actual performance against the plan; prepare cost and schedule reporting for clients and internal processes.
• Address change management matters promptly and professionally with clients and internal departments.
• Prepare monthly project financial forecasts, maintain project budgets, and monitor key performance indicators.
• Analyze project management and delivery risks, establish contingency plans, and identify trigger events and responsibilities for mitigating action.
• Lead business development initiatives, including Requests for Qualifications and Requests for Proposals; compile scope of work and fee estimates suitable for management approval.
• Provide mentoring, assistance, encouragement, and motivation to team members; provide general administrative and technical leadership for the project.
• Maintain all project records and monitor correspondence; schedule and facilitate project meetings; administer subconsultant agreements as assigned.
• Implement and manage the kW Quality Control Plan for each project; track and report workload management throughout the project.
• Manage client and subconsultant invoicing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 5+ years of experience in Project and/or Program Management on large, engineering and/or construction projects.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams of project professionals; managing issues, scope, and quality while delivering projects within cost and time requirements.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, including experience making presentations to senior management.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills; ability to work well with people from many different disciplines with varying 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 tools (e.g., MS Office) and project management software.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Familiarity with reading drawings and specifications.

Qualifications

• Preferred: Project or Program Management Professional certification (e.g., PMP).
• Preferred: Experience in an engineering consulting environment.
• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or project management.
• Preferred: Experience in project planning, cost management, and schedule management, including methods of analyzing and reporting project performance on financial and other KPIs.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance coverage.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Paid sick leave, paid vacation (or other personal time), and paid parental leave.
• Paid time off for bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Pay

Expected Salary: $110,000–$137,000