Senior Project Manager
Listed on 2026-08-28
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Engineering
Operations Management -
Management
Project & Program Management, Operations Management
Job Description
Job Description
Position Summary
RSI is recruiting for aSenior Project Manager who is expected to lead the successful execution of larger scale horizontal infrastructure, environmental, and groundwater projects from inception to completion. The Senior Project Manager is a pivotal leadership role, instrumental in driving project success through exemplary environmental, safety and health, and quality standards, including disciplined project management principles, efficient project delivery, and overseeing diverse, cross-functional teams in both office and field environments.
The Senior Project Manager should possess and demonstrate advanced knowledge in project management principles (PMI and PMBOK), development of decomposed, resource loaded schedules and budgets, earned value management, and problem-solving techniques. Previous experience should demonstrate successful understanding of these knowledge areas. This knowledge and experience will be applied to effectively manage project scope, schedule, budget, and change management processes to achieve project milestones, deliverables, and performance objectives.
Job Title:Senior Project Manager
Location(s):Grand Junction, CO
Status:Full-Time
FLSA:Exempt
Hiring Range:$90,000.00 - $ per year.(The anticipated starting salary is based on the posted minimum requirements for this position. The offered salary will be based upon the selected applicant’s education, training, and experience.)
This position is required to travel 20% of the time.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Responsible for development, implementation, and leading larger scale horizontal infrastructure, environmental, and groundwater projects supporting the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Legacy Management (LM).
- Responsible for performing requirements identification and management to ensure compliance with various federal regulations (e.g., CERCLA, RCRA, UMTRCA, and/or state regulatory programs), DOE Orders, policies, procedures, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR) clauses.
- Responsible for establishing cross functional project teams, client interface, client interface, client relationships, client negotiations, change management, and stakeholder engagement (internal and external).
- Responsible for establishing a disciplined and strategic approach to initiate, plan, execute, and close out projects.
- Responsible for developing project proposals, establishing decomposed resource loaded schedules and budgets, and performing earned value management.
- Responsible for implementing risk management, establishing and maintaining risk registers, and developing and implementing risk mitigation strategies.
- Responsible for performing occasional field visits to perform oversight, assessments, and confirm progress and status updates align with schedule, milestones, and earned value management efforts.
- Responsible for fostering a continuous learning mindset, development of lessons learned, and issue reporting.
- Develop and manage various types of subcontracting documents utilizing various contracting types (e.g., time & material, cost plus, fixed unit price, firm fixed price, and lump sum).
- Compile, review, and perform independent peer reviews on technical or other relevant documents.
- Lead by example and mentor junior project managers.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Education and Years of Relevant Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or related field. Experience in lieu of education may be considered.
- Minimum 7 years of experience.
- 12 or more years of relevant experience preferred.
Licenses and Certifications
- Valid Driver’s License.
- Professional Engineer (PE) registration or PMI® Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is preferred.
Required
Skills and Abilities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience and knowledge with horizontal infrastructure, environmental, and groundwater projects utilizing various contracting mechanisms (e.g., firm fixed price, cost-reimbursable, unit price contracts, and so on).
- Experience and knowledge with various federal regulations (e.g., CERCLA, RCRA, UMTRCA, and/or state regulatory programs).
- Experience and knowledge with client negotiations, client relationships, change manag
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