Project Manager, Regulatory Compliance Specialist, Civil Engineering

Department: Facilities & Campus Operations

Classification: Architect/Engineer 1

Job Category: Classified Staff

Job Type: Full-Time

Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)

Location: Fairfax, VA

Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible

Sponsorship Eligibility: Not eligible for visa sponsorship

Pay Band: 05

Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience -$107,000

Criminal Background Check: Yes

Motor Vehicle Records Check: Yes

George Mason University Facilities ensures a quality physical environment supporting the mission of the university. We are the technical and business experts of choice with the total trust and confidence of our students, faculty, and staff.

The Project Manager I is responsible for managing capital planning, project planning and programming, design, construction, and fit‑out for less complex capital and non‑capital projects from project initiation through turn‑over.

• Management of moderately complex renovation or upgrade/replacement projects, generally under $1M in budget and with a completion time of one year.
• Capital Planning:
  Works with capital planners or business units to identify user’s capital and non‑capital needs including new programmatic and renewal requirements for buildings and infrastructure; and develops scope, budget, and schedule for capital projects.
• AE Selection & Contract Administration:
  Develops project scope of services as required on assigned projects and coordinates with contracts for solicitation of RFQ or proposal request; issuance of contract or task order; participates in A/E selection as requested. Maintains a working knowledge of A/E contractual responsibilities (including the requirements set forth in the contract MOU and CPSM), and administers A/E contracts for all assigned projects through design and construction;
  
  and promptly addresses A/E performance issues if performance does not meet contractual obligations.
• Programming/Design Phase:
  Manages programming and design of assigned capital projects to ensure A/E design submittals maximize the users' program goals and are compliant with the project's authorization criteria, Mason's Higher Education Capital Outlay Manual, Campus Master Plan, and Design Guidelines and Construction Standards; ensures design submittal, review, and approval processes are completed in accordance with the applicable regulatory authority, the HECO Manual, university procedures, and project schedules;
  
  implements recovery actions when activity delays impact the design completion date; manages the Value Engineering process of assigned projects; works to resolve conflicting program requirements, design review comments, and budget concerns; performs design and constructability reviews, and leads construction phasing and logistics planning for assigned projects; coordinates work efforts of institutional organizations such as interior design, environmental graphic design, information technology, access control, and environmental health, safety, and risk management to ensure that program objectives, institutional design and construction standards, regulatory requirements, project schedule requirements, and project budget are achieved.
• CM Selection and Bidding:
  Coordinates with Facilities Contracts and A/E to develop requests for CMR proposals or bid solicitations; participates in the CMR or GC selection process as requested.
• Construction Contract Administration:
  Provides leadership and works closely with the project team to manage construction phase activities of assigned projects; visits project site(s) regularly to assess progress and quality of work; identifies design or construction issues that are impacting the schedule and works with A/E, contractor, and others to resolve; promptly addresses CM or GC performance issues if performance does not meet contractual obligations;
  
  administers all construction phase contracts, including but not limited to construction/CM, construction testing/inspection, independent scheduling, and other consultants; ensures that programmatic required design changes are issued to the contractor for pricing and implementation in a timely fashion; works…