Senior Project Manager/Aerospace

About the role

BRPH is a technically focused, creative architecture, engineering, and construction company with over six decades of expertise in helping mission‑driven clients in the aerospace, defense, manufacturing, commercial, education, entertainment, hospitality, and federal markets identify gaps in their program delivery and develop innovative solutions to their most challenging problems across the U.S. and around the world. Consistently ranked among the nation’s top firms, we take pride in solving complex challenges with forward‑thinking solutions. BRPH is looking for a Senior Project Manager for our Lynnwood, Washington, or Denver, Colorado office.

Responsibilities

• Understand the project scope, goals, and limitations.
• Understand and visualize the customer’s goals and expectations.
• Communicate with the customer, the customer’s assignees, the design team, the construction administration team, the contractors, and all agencies involved to complete a project.
• Develop project scope of work where required or necessary.
• Prepare project proposals and contracts in accordance with Firm’s policies.
• Plan the project including activities, schedule, milestones, and cost projection over timeline.
• In concert with Department staff, establish the Firm’s project budget, communicate and distribute the budget, manage and control the budget, and report timeline status accounting.
• Request staff allocation to successfully fulfill the requirements of the project from both the customer and the Firm’s goal.
• Convey the customer’s and Firm’s expectations to the team members.
• Lead and manage the project and the Firm’s team (staff and consultants).
• Control and coordinate the project, the team, and the customer to fulfill the obligations of the Firm to the customer, while maintaining quality, profitability, reputability, and customer expectations.
• Practice risk management throughout the project.
• Prepare Instructions to Bidders, General Conditions, Supplementary Conditions and Division I of the Specifications.
• Motivate and mentor team in conjunction with the discipline directors.
• Prepare Project Status Reports including pertinent data, cost and profit projection vs actual over timeline.
• Maintain good project documentation, files and records.
• Prepare scope of work, obtain proposals, and prepare Agreements and Purchase Orders for required outside services.
• Assist accounting in timely and accurate invoicing and accounts payable.
• Promote customer satisfaction within the customer’s as well as the firm’s Mission.
• Deliver or exceed the customer’s expectations in accordance with the Firm’s contractual obligations and the Firm’s policies, including quality and profitability.
• Provide necessary activities and documentation to close out project.
• Maintain Firm’s project database for his/her projects.
• Assist in marketing in accordance with the Firm’s marketing plan and policies.
• Assure project quality and attend Quality Control Review sessions.
• Supervise assigned Project Administrator.
• Assist in development and mentoring of Project Manager Trainees.
• Promote communications, cooperation and quality among staff.
• May visit construction site to review, monitor, and report progress and perform other construction administration duties, such as attend construction site meetings, review RFI’s, prepare ASI’s, PR’s, prepare status/progress reports.
• Duties may include, or assisting in, supervising, coordinating and checking the work.

Requirements

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering or a Construction‑related field from an accredited four‑year college or university.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of related experience in areas covered under the essential duties and responsibilities.
• Must be a licensed professional engineer or architect.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident.

Skills

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Windows, Excel, Project, and Word.
• Promotes and represents the firm in a professional manner.
• Responsible for project‑specific standards, practices, and quality as defined in BRPH Systems Manuals.

Pay

Salary range: $117,000 – $174,000 (based on location and experience).