Project Manager - Project Management Consulting Services

Job Description - Project Manager

Position: Project Manager - Project Management Consulting Services
Employment Type: Full-Time / Contract
Location: Columbus, Ohio / Hybrid
Company: Guru Consulting Services LLC
Project: City of Columbus - Office of Construction Management

Position Summary

Guru Consulting Services LLC is seeking an experienced Project Manager to provide project management consulting services supporting the City of Columbus Office of Construction Management. The Project Manager will be responsible for coordinating and managing projects from initiation through closeout, including planning, scheduling, cost and budget management, risk management, stakeholder coordination, documentation, quality oversight, and project reporting.

The successful candidate should have experience managing complex projects and working with owners, consultants, contractors, vendors, technical professionals, and other stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closeout activities.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, deliverables, and project plans.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Coordinate project activities between the owner, consultants, contractors, vendors, and other stakeholders.
• Conduct project meetings and maintain meeting minutes, action-item logs, decision logs, and project records.
• Monitor project progress and provide regular status reports and management updates.
• Identify potential schedule, cost, scope, quality, and resource issues and develop appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Support project cost estimating, budget tracking, forecasting, and cost-control activities.
• Review and track change orders, project changes, claims, and potential cost or schedule impacts.
• Coordinate design and construction-related activities as applicable to assigned projects.
• Review project deliverables, documentation, submittals, RFIs, and other project correspondence as required.
• Support construction administration, field coordination, project observation, and contractor coordination when required.
• Coordinate with architects, engineers, construction managers, contractors, inspectors, and specialty consultants.
• Support quality assurance and quality-control activities.
• Maintain project documentation through electronic document-management systems.
• Support BIM coordination and technology-enabled project management activities when applicable.
• Monitor contractor compliance with project requirements, safety requirements, schedules, and deliverables as assigned.
• Assist with procurement, contract administration, funding coordination, and project closeout activities.
• Support dispute resolution, issue resolution, and claims-management activities when required.
• Prepare project dashboards, reports, presentations, schedules, risk registers, and other management deliverables.
• Conduct project closeout, lessons-learned, and post-occupancy/project evaluation activities.
• Ensure assigned projects are delivered in accordance with approved scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 5+ years of project management experience , preferably involving construction, facilities, infrastructure, engineering, public-sector, or other complex projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing project scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, and stakeholders.
• Experience coordinating multiple project teams and external consultants/vendors.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prepare professional project reports, schedules, presentations, and documentation.
• Ability to work effectively with government agencies, owners, contractors, consultants, and technical professionals.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification or equivalent project management certification.
• Experience with Primavera P6 or other critical-path scheduling tools.
• Experience with CPM scheduling and project controls.
• Experience with construction project management or owner's representative services.
• Experience with cost estimating and construction cost management.
• Experience with change-order and contract administration.
• Experience with risk registers, RASI/RACI matrices, and project governance.
• Experience with BIM coordination and electronic document-management systems.
• Experience supporting public-sector or municipal projects.
• Ohio professional registration/license such as PE or Architect is preferred where applicable to the assignment.

Technical Skills

• Primavera P6 / CPM Scheduling
• Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Teams / SharePoint
• Project Management Information Systems
• Electronic Document Management
• BIM Coordination
• Cost Tracking and Forecasting
• Risk and Issue Management
• Change Management
• Project Reporting and Dashboards

Core Competencies

• Project Leadership
• Schedule Management
• Cost Control
• Risk Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Construction Coordination
• Contract Administration
• Communication
• Problem Solving
• Team Coordination
• Quality Management
• Documentation and Reporting