Senior Project Manager, Capital Projects; U

Position Summary

Capital Strategies is seeking a senior Project Manager for a variety of rehabilitation projects for Residential Student Service Programs (RSSP). This role functions as the University’s Owner Project Manager and Owner’s Representative within Capital Strategies, ensuring that each rehabilitation effort meets campus-wide standards for safety, quality, and sustainability. It involves managing all phases of project delivery, reporting to leadership, and maintaining organized project documents.

• Reviews, manages, and oversees design activities, including managing the project program and meeting with clients to help define both project scope and program.
• Formally establishes project plan, including working with other units, departments, and the Office of the President (i.e., Budget Office and other Capital Project Units) to facilitate this effort and ensure funding transfers; establishes project budget and submits for approval.
• Hires architectural, engineering and consultant firms to develop project requirement definitions, design criteria, and prepare layouts and detail drawings; provides leadership expertise, direction and management of the engineers, architects and other consultants.
• Responsible for preparing the Request for Qualifications required for contracting with architects.
• Prepares and approves cost estimates, functional studies and establishes project schedule and budget and reviews with clients; establishes milestones and monitors adherence to master plans, budgets and schedules.
• Create and maintain overall project schedules.
• Maintains well documented project files throughout projects, organized according to office standards.
• Develops criteria and performance specifications required to meet unique operating requirements and building and safety codes; ensures plans and specifications conform to all codes and regulations.
• Determines delivery method and bids or negotiates construction contracts.
• Generates bidding documents for construction contracts.
• Selects contractor delivery method.
• Reviews, manages and oversees construction activities, including contractor’s schedule, RFIs, Submittals, Change Order Requests, and Punch List; specializes and focuses in monitoring construction milestones.
• Acts as liaison among project participants and resolves problems or conflicts, including recommending range of solutions to disputed issues or contractor claims.
• Project participants may include the design team, contractor, and campus units such as the Fire Marshal and Building Office.
• Ensures project is properly closed out and Operations & Maintenance Manuals and record drawings are turned over to Physical Plant Services.
• May oversee, manage, and/or direct other Project Managers and Analysts.
• Creates project in project management software application, Oracle Unifier Project Management and Financial System, including updating and reporting of project status as required by organization, regulatory agencies and Capital Projects Management, including budget and schedule; may include monthly written analysis of project.
• Performs organizational, departmental and administrative activities not directly related to projects, including serving on committees representing department or unit.

• 7+ years of management experience.
• Advanced knowledge of building and construction, design, construction contract administration and California Building Codes, including advanced understanding of industry practices, or deep expertise in a highly specialized and critical discipline.
• Advanced project management skills to effectively manage highly complex projects, or highly specialized and critical project components.
• Advanced knowledge of the organization, including its infrastructure, rules, regulations, policies and short- and long-range strategic building plans.
• Advanced analytical, organizational, documentation, and problem recognition/avoidance/resolution skills.
• Advanced written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including highly effective negotiation skills and highly developed political acumen.
• Advanced ability to manage contractors and maintain compliance to the agreed-upon…