Project Manager

Job TitleWe are a team that is full of ideas, experience, creativity, passionate opinions, insatiable curiosity, uncompromising integrity, commitment, and skill. Our culture is about aspiration, embracing change and challenges, listening, and learning from each other, encouraging continual learning, and inspiring collective growth. As an inclusive, integrated architecture and engineering practice, we value the diversity of perspectives, experiences, abilities, and expertise that advance both the work we do, and the world we share.Our Higher Education sector is looking to add an experienced team member to our group of talented Project Managers. The candidate should have broad expertise, with a focus on Higher Education, and be enthused about joining our shared commitment to Advancing Your World through Critical Thinking, Integrated Practice, and Design Excellence. You will get to utilize your expertise in large-scale institutional / higher education projects with complex team structures.The ideal candidate will possess experience with high-rise residential, higher education housing, or complex mixed-use projects and will have the opportunity to take on a leadership role in shaping a landmark, high-profile project.ResponsibilitiesProject Managers are responsible for leading teams in all aspects of our professional services while maintaining liaison between the project team, client, consultants, contractors, and authorities having jurisdiction over the project.The Project Manager works in collaboration with the Principal-in-Charge and the Project Architect/Engineer to create and deliver Positive Impact for our clients, colleagues, and community.Fundamental to the PM role is spearheading the team's efforts in achieving Design Excellence through establishing project goals, defining and executing strategies to achieve these, and tracking and capturing the Results.Project Managers lead and facilitate all project activities and processes from the initial marketing effort (including participation in interviews and preparation of proposals) to scope refinement and planning, through the design, permit, bid and construction administration phases, and the post-construction evaluation.PMs manage day-to-day client relations and project activities, potentially on multiple projects at one time.Responsibilities include fee and contract negotiations and ongoing management, planning and schedule development and monitoring, project scope and financial management, coordination of quality reviews, and facilitation of workplans to determine staffing needs.RequirementsMinimum ten years' professional experience in the A/E industry required.Experience with Higher Education projects in the U.S. required.Experience in managing complex high-rise, multiple stakeholder projects strongly preferred.Bachelor's degree in architecture or engineering required.Professional Licensure required.Experience in project financial and risk management is a must.LEED Accreditation preferred.Extensive knowledge of all aspects of professional A/E services from business development through project close-out, including design and technical expertise.Excellent writing, communication, and organizational skills.Strong leadership and teamwork skills including the ability to lead, motivate, and work well with others in a design-focused environment.Proactive, self-motivated, enthusiastic, and flexible.Strong business acumen.Strategic outlook, with an eye for detail.