Senior Project Manager - Alexandria, VA

About the role

The Senior Project Manager (SPM) is a central position in the company, requiring complete technical knowledge of the construction process with a strong focus on quality, client satisfaction, and organizational leadership. The SPM manages multiple teams of project managers, project engineers, and superintendents. Ultimately, this person is responsible for ensuring each and every project is completed on time, under budget, and exceeds client expectations.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple teams of project managers, project engineers, and superintendents.
• Build and motivate a complex team.
• Manage workload and capacity for each project team.
• Resolve RFIs and manage communication flow for complex/time sensitive issues.
• Maintain subcontractor relations for each project.
• Review all financial project reports for team performance.
• Negotiate, issue, and execute change orders for complex/time sensitive issues.
• Close-out projects in a timely manner.
• Mentor, train, and develop Project Engineers, Project Managers, and Superintendents.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from accredited college or university or equivalent work experience, or combination of work and education may be substituted.
• Graduate degree, preferred.
• 10-12+ years’ experience managing commercial construction projects as a Project Manager with a General Contractor.
• Build and acquire business from new clients through relationship building and marketing efforts.
• Create written narrative for pre-qualification and bid packages and proposals.
• Participate in budget creation with estimating and accept responsibility for the logistical/common sense overview to ensure profitability and constructability.
• Manage multiple teams and complex construction projects simultaneously while ensuring financial discipline, adherence to schedule, and quality.
• Create all project objectives and milestones.
• Lead internal staff meetings with PM teams to ensure projects meet financial and schedule requirements.
• Assist with resolving RFIs and managing communication flow for complex/time sensitive issues.
• Manage subcontractor relations for each project, especially for large/complex projects.
• Perform staff performance evaluations and disciplinary actions.
• Participate in candidate interviews, as required.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of principles of architecture, engineering, and construction.
• Mastery of financial terms and principles.
• Finely-tuned negotiating and political skills.
• Effective time management skills.
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills.
• Ability to build and maintain positive relationships with clients, building owners, building managers, consultants.
• Mastery of project management software tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Skills

• Expert knowledge of principles of architecture, engineering, and construction.
• Mastery of financial terms and principles.
• Finely-tuned negotiating and political skills.
• Effective time management skills.
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills.
• Ability to build and maintain positive relationships with clients, building owners, building managers, consultants.
• Mastery of project management software tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

In addition to industry standard benefits of health, dental, and vision insurance, rand* offers performance-based bonuses, 401K match, tuition reimbursement, and no-interest loans to qualified employees. We are proud to consistently be named a “Best Place to Work” by local Business Journals, the Washington Post, and Energage. Our culture of excellence has produced close to 200 Industry awards for our quality of work from the following associations: Associated Builders and Contractors, Washington Building Congress, NAIOP, USGBC, IIDA, and AIA. Most importantly, we love to promote from within. 80% of our Executive Leadership began their careers at rand* in entry-level positions.

Pay

Details about pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

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Company Information

rand* is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering meaningful careers and cultivating a workplace where individuals can thrive and do their best work. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, sex, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical or physiological condition (including pregnancy), national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, please let us know by noting this in your application. All applications must be submitted via randcc.com/careers. Non-solicited resumes submitted elsewhere will not be considered.