Major Project Team Lead, Capital Projects (0480U) #87975

Major Project Team Lead, Capital Projects (0480U) #87975

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Capital Projects manages the design, construction, retrofitting, and restoration of campus buildings and their surroundings. Many skilled professionals work in Capital Projects as Project Managers with backgrounds in architecture, landscape architecture, planning, engineering, construction, and administration, all of whom serve the campus community.

The Major Project Team Lead manages the design and construction of capital projects, including renovations, expansions, new facilities, infrastructure, and landscape projects. This position collects, develops, and analyzes technical data to determine project requirements and prepares information regarding specifications, materials, equipment, estimated costs, and completion times.

The Major Project Team Lead possesses extensive experience in managing the design, buyout, and construction of significant building projects, along with a proven track record of supervising other Project Managers. In this role, the Major Project Team Lead exercises independent judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria to achieve desired results, oversees and supervises other Project Managers in project execution, and manages projects independently based on workload and staffing.

The minimum posting duration for this position is 14 calendar days. The department will initiate the application review process on/after August 17, 2026. For full consideration, please apply by the first review date.

• Responsible for all capital projects delivered by the subject team. Directly oversees budgets and scheduling issues for projects managed by the subject's team, ensuring on-budget and on-time performance. Heavily involved in the early stages of projects delivered by the team to ensure that the project scope meets the client's project needs and that the budget and schedule included for project approval are accurate for the project scope.
• Organize and lead regular project update meetings with the client to keep them well-informed about all their active capital projects.
• During construction, monitor project progress with the project manager to ensure that the project scope is delivered on time and under budget.
• Oversees, manages, and supervises the work of lower-level professional positions.
• Anticipates, defines, and resolves issues/problems requiring specialized knowledge and is widely recognized and consulted by organization staff for their expert knowledge in a specific area of expertise, for all aspects of building systems, technology, and building code for major renovations and new ground-up buildings, and other key building components. Includes developing solutions to disputed issues or contractor claims.
• Responsible for managing all aspects of the design and construction process for major and significant capital program building projects of the highest value, where success is critical to the campus mission.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with assigned clients, units on campus (Engineering, P&T, etc.). Develops and maintains an understanding of the client's business operations and conditions of satisfaction as related to capital projects. Develops and maintain an understanding of the condition of campus buildings that are occupied by the client.
• Performs the most difficult professional work in the development, revision, refinement and / or amplification of program implementation. Manage large complex projects during the early stages of project definition and scoping, including programming, conceptual budgeting, public outreach, and meetings. Also managing the complex approval process for large projects by approving agencies, including UCOP, the campus, and the Regents. Ensures that building projects support applicable policies and practices to achieve specific goals and objectives within the area of expertise.
• Serves as a technical expert encompassing all areas of the construction industry for complex projects of the highest value, and provides advice and guidance to all levels of management,…