Senior Project Manager - Structural 04118 LBYD

Senior Project Manager - Structural

Location:

Birmingham, Alabama

Large Firm Expertise, Small Firm Responsiveness has become a staple across our company and is present in the work we do on a daily basis. Service is at the heart of our culture; consistently exceeding expectations allows us to build lasting relationships with our clients and our employees. Driven by our core values of Integrity, Responsiveness, Exceptional Service, and a "Can Do" Attitude, we approach our roles within all projects with professionalism and a team mentality.

Dedicated to these values, we take pride and ownership in every project and have created a culture that is well defined and unique.

POSITION

PURPOSE:

Leads, manages, plans, and coordinates project activities to ensure that goals and objectives of projects are accomplished within prescribed time frame and funding parameters. Provides and maintains project technical direction, quality, schedule, client relations, financials, records, and reports for use in overall company management.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Team Leadership:

• Lead, direct, and coordinate the project delivery team including designers, reviewers, administrators, and subconsultants.
• Coordinate supporting actions from shared services functions (e.g., contracting, accounting, legal, human resources, project excellence & delivery)
• Meet ethical standards for Professional Engineer or Architecture licensure.

Communications:

• Lead and facilitate project delivery team meetings and client / stakeholder coordination meetings where required.
• Provide clear and concise updates, with issues and proposed solutions, to the client on a regular basis.
• Distribute, provide direction, and follow up as needed on client communications, RFI responses, review comments, scope updates, schedule updates, and related items with the design team.

Client Relations:

• Develop trusted partner relationships with clients that result in follow-on work.
• Maintain regular contact with clients to obtain feedback and assess overall satisfaction.
• Coordinate with clients to receive specific feedback and make any adjustments necessary to obtain superior client ratings at the midpoint and/or the end of the project (e.g., CPARs, PPQs).
• Assist clients in preparing scopes of services for project requirements.

Contract Management:

• Understand all parts of the contract as well as flow-down requirements from other governing contracts (IDIQ, MACC, MATOC, SATOC, etc.).
• Ensure any assumptions or exclusions are contained in the final contract.
• Facilitate contract signatures, final execution, NTP, and closeout.
• Ensure the project delivery team understand the scope of work and their role in the project team. Define limits and roles between disciplines.
• Ensure project design complies with and stays within contracted scope of work. Avoid scope creep, be vigilant of changes, obtain contract modifications, and minimize work at risk.
• Prepare and execute subcontracts (teaming agreements, PO's, etc.) for subcontractors.

Production Management:

• Oversee production of design deliverables.
• Coordinate project data downloads and uploads with the client.
• Interface with the client to obtain project information required by the design team (RFI's, clarifications, review comments, comment responses)
• Oversee construction phase services as required by the project scope of work. Delegate questions, RFI's, revisions to appropriate team member as needed.
• Maintain project risk register and issue list.

Schedule Management:

• Prepare project design schedule in compliance with the contract requirements.
• Review and update the baseline schedule on a regular basis. Update the project team on changes and upcoming deadlines.
• Notify the client of schedule impacts, obstacles, and delays and propose solutions.

Cost Management:

• Establish and update the project budget and forecast to completion.
• Review budget regularly and work with the internal team to stay within budget.
• Maintain current invoicing, accounts receivable (AR), and accounts payable (AP), and accruals with clients and subconsultants.
• Establish invoicing schedule with clients with preference to monthly invoicing (vs. milestone invoicing). Invoice clients at the earliest possible time.
• Ensure that design stays within the client's expected construction budget. If over budget, provide the client options to reduce costs and/or de-scope the project.

Quality Control:

• Coordinate and ensure compliance with the quality control program.
• Implement and oversee quality control actions to include data quality review, peer review, independent technical review, compliance review, and management review.
• Perform management review of design deliverables developed by project team, including subconsultants, for technical sufficiency, completeness, accuracy, and contract compliance prior to submission to the client.
• Implement use of quality control checklists on each project.
• Prepare and execute quality control signature sheet capturing all disciplines.

Business Development:

• Coordinate with business…