Senior Project Manager

About Vanir

Vanir is a proud minority- and woman-owned company, recognized as a national leader in program, project and construction management (PMCM) and real estate development. Since 1964, we have consistently exceeded client expectations. Ranked as a top PMCM firm by Engineering News-Record (ENR) for more than three decades, our award-winning team provides a full range of services to public and private sector clients in the aviation; healthcare; education (K-12 and higher); justice and essential services; science and technology; state and local government; transportation; water and wastewater; energy; and commercial, residential and nonprofit markets.

Job Description

Overview

Vanir PNW is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager with a strong background in justice facilities to lead complex capital projects throughout Washington State. Ideal candidates will have experience with courthouses, corrections, detention, law enforcement, public safety, or other essential-services facilities .

The Senior Project Manager will lead new construction and renovation projects from planning and design through construction, commissioning, and closeout, with responsibility for schedule, budget, quality, safety, and stakeholder coordination.

Experience in K–12 education, healthcare, civic, or other public facilities is a plus. Candidates with substantial justice-sector experience and a proven ability to lead complex capital projects are strongly encouraged to apply.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of projects to achieve scope, schedule, budget, safety, and quality objectives.
• Serve as the primary liaison among clients, design teams, contractors, consultants, public agencies, and other stakeholders.
• Establish project management plans, procedures, documentation standards, quality processes, and reporting protocols.
• Lead planning and design coordination, user-group engagement, constructability reviews, procurement and bid phases, construction execution, commissioning, closeout, and turnover.
• Manage project budgets, estimates, forecasts, schedules, change control, risk registers, and other project-controls activities.
• Identify project risks and complex design or construction issues; develop mitigation strategies, recommend actions, and drive timely resolution.
• Track progress against milestones and performance indicators and provide clear, timely reporting to internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with contracts, drawings, specifications, safety requirements, codes, permits, and applicable agency standards.
• Lead project meetings, document decisions and commitments, and follow action items through completion.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with existing and prospective clients and represent Vanir professionally in the marketplace.
• Supervise, mentor, and develop project managers, assistant project managers, construction managers, project engineers, and support staff.
• Support successful project closeout, documentation, commissioning, records completion, and turnover to the owner.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, project management, engineering, architecture, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Seven or more years of progressively responsible project or construction management experience, including leadership of complex projects, coordination of multidisciplinary teams, and accountability for project outcomes.
• Experience working with public-sector owners or similarly complex organizations.
• Strong knowledge of construction contracts, drawings and specifications, estimating, scheduling, cost management, change management, and construction administration.
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects through multiple phases of delivery, including planning, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
• Strong written and verbal communication, organizational, judgment, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, negotiate effectively, and drive issues to resolution in a collaborative environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and experience using construction or project management systems.

Relevant Experience

• Experience managing planning, design, procurement, construction, and closeout for complex facilities or infrastructure.
• Experience leading or participating in public procurement processes, including RFQs, RFPs, bid evaluations, and contract negotiations.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and working with permitting authorities, public agencies, and community or user stakeholders.
• Experience developing and managing budgets, schedules, forecasts, change orders, project documentation, and management reporting.
• Experience managing design phases, including user-group engagement, constructability reviews, and development of drawings and specifications.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor staff, foster collaboration, and support effective team performance.
• Experience applying project-controls tools and principles to estimating, cost control, scheduling, forecasting, and construction administration.
• Familiarity with platforms such as Procore, Primavera, Bluebeam, Prolog, or comparable systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading projects in one or more relevant markets, including K–12 education, Healthcare and Justice facilities. Experience across multiple markets is valued but not required.
• Experience working with school districts on capital programs, bond planning, or community-facing projects.
• Experience with alternative project delivery methods, including Design-Build and Progressive Design-Build.
• Current architect, professional engineer, or general contractor license.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or willingness to obtain it.
• DBIA Designated Design-Build Professional™ or Associate DBIA™ certification, or a commitment to obtain it.
• Direct experience supervising and developing professional staff.

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for an experienced project leader who combines strong technical delivery skills with the ability to build trust, guide teams, communicate clearly, and represent Vanir with clients and industry partners. The ideal candidate brings experience from one or more relevant markets and can quickly understand the distinct operational, regulatory, and stakeholder needs of K–12 education, healthcare, and justice facilities. Success in this role requires curiosity, sound judgment, collaborative leadership, and the ability to apply lessons across sectors while helping strengthen and grow Vanir’s presence in the Pacific Northwest.

Vanir offers a comprehensive, competitive benefits package that includes 401(k) Savings with employer matching contributions, medical, dental, vision, health savings account (HSA) with employer contributions, life, AD&D and disability benefits, flexible spending account (FSA), voluntary benefits, Teladoc, pet insurance, paid time off, national employee assistance program (EAP) and employee referral program.

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EOE Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled

Persons with medical limitations may, with reasonable accommodations, be capable of performing the duties of this position. Such a determination must be made on an individual basis considering the person's limitations, the requirements of the position, and the company's ability to make reasonable accommodations to the person's limitations.

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Pursuant to the Ban The Box Act/Fair Chance Initiative, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Posted Salary Range

USD $150,000.00 - USD $180,000.00 /Yr.