Head of Project Management

At Cumming Group, you will work on some of the world's most exciting projects in a dynamic environment where your success is measured by the impact you make. We are one of the fastest-growing project and cost management consultancies in the United States, as reflected in our top 10 rankings in ENR. With over 60 offices globally, an extremely diverse project portfolio, and double-digit year-over-year revenue growth, the opportunities to make your mark are limitless!We are currently hiring a Project Manager located in Palmdale, CA. This position will be supporting public works project types and act as an Owner's Representative to successfully manage budget, schedule, and quality. Our public works team are prime consultants to various municipality, county, state, and public education institutions nationally. You will be teaming with project, program, and client leadership to provide premier public facilities that make a positive impact in the communities we support.Plan, manage, and coordinate all aspects of the project schedule, scope, and cost.Communicate with and manage project stakeholders.Evaluate documents and communicate the client’s specific goals and expectations to all project team members.Develop and communicate action plans that will lead the project team throughout the project, beginning with the initial Project Management Plan.Re-evaluate the contract scope of work as the project progresses against the goals, expectations, and the needs of the client, and recommend adjustments as necessary.Coordinate with Inspector of Record (IOR), Fire Marshall, and other regulatory agencies to facilitate successful inspections and completion of projects.Drive the permitting process by designing team documents to be submitted to various local, state, and federal agencies and ensure the applicable permits are moving through the process efficiently.Ensure the project design management continues to follow the client project documents such as budget, scope, schedule, and client's design standards.Organize and maintain framework for project team processes and record keeping of electronic and physical documents.Contracts and claim negotiations.Budget development and management.Ability to run larger, more complex projects.Effectively delegate project tasks to project management team.Demonstrated ability to monitor scope throughout the project and recommend adjustments when necessary.Knowledge of permitting process and ability to drive the process to meet project timelines.Knowledge of the complete project lifecycle, including closeout work.Deliver quality work product by role modeling organizational core values.Exercise creativity and resourcefulness in managing the project effectively in a compressed timeframe.Bachelors degree in Construction Management, Engineering, QS, Architecture, or related field required.Minimum of six (6) years of experience in Project Management, engineering, or construction management. Including at least three (3) years independently managing public works projects. Prior experience with public sector building projects preferred, such as libraries, museums, police/fire stations, etc.Preferred Certification: CCM, PMP, PE, AIA, LEED#LI-DL1Cumming Group is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunity in its personnel policies and practices. It is Cumming Group’s policy to recruit, hire, train and promote Team Members and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, marital status, registered domestic partner status, genetic information, sexual preference, sexual orientation, gender (including gender expression and gender identity), pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions, including breastfeeding), military service, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical disability, mental disability, veteran status or any other protected classification under federal, state, or local law. All other terms and conditions of employment, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoff, return from layoff, training, education, and social and recreational programs, are administered without regard to the characteristics described above. To this end, Cumming Group complies with all provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, all of the rules, regulations and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor, and all similar state and local laws.The salary range for this full-time role is $120,200.00-$160,266.69 per year.