Senior Project Manager

Czarnowski is one of the four studios of the Czarnowski Collective. It combines operations, strategy, design, and fabrication to create exhibits and events that engage communities, generate brand enthusiasm, and educate consumers. It’s been over 75 years since we opened our doors, but we’re still not resting on our reputation or accolades. We’re wondering  what if...  anticipating what’s next and embracing our role within the Czarnowski Collective as forward-thinkers for forward-thinking brands.

Joining the Czarnowski Collective means the opportunity to be more than a number, more than a job title, more than a spectator. We are a collective of dreamers and thinkers, doers, and makers… and we’re searching for more of the same to join the ranks.

The

Purpose:

As a Senior Project Manager, you are responsible for managing daily project operations, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and at a high-quality standard. This role involves coordinating planning, implementation, and finalization of projects, particularly within exhibit fabrication, and commercial construction projects. The Senior Project Manager must understand construction methodologies, labor, materials, equipment, and cost factors to prepare accurate and competitive estimates.

This role also requires collaboration with the Detroit Project Management team and contributing to the strategic direction of the account.

The Job:

• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and prepare associated documentation.
• Manage projects to timelines and budget constraints. Develop and track budgets.
• Meet financial objectives by forecasting, preparing annual budgets, reconciling projects, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions.
• Manage 3-Bid process based on client criteria and contact suppliers and subcontractors for bids as necessary.
• Ensuring quality control throughout project cycle.
• Supply chain management, estimating and estimate reviews from fabrication facilities and vendors, and supplier partners.
• Yearly, seasonally, and project-level planning for exhibit program fabrication and refurb.
• Provide timeline support, critical paths, work scheduling and facilitate weekly meetings.
• Continuous exploration of opportunities to add value to process and project deliverables.
• Proactively manages changes in project scope.
• Identifies potential risks and develops effective response plans.
• Extensive collaboration and communication with fabrication facilities, as well as project-based vendors and other contracted agencies.
• Manage multiple overlapping projects and shows in various stages of completion.
• Lead projects through planning, fabrication, and installation. Facilitate issue resolution, escalating when appropriate.
• Use interpretive analysis and research to apply educated cost probabilities to accurately convey pricing for assemblies and/or components.
• Work directly with Project Management and development teams on scope, timing, and details of new projects.
• Extensive collaboration and communication with fabrication facilities, as well as project-based vendors and other contracted agencies.
• Develop and track cost factors that impact pricing, including materials, labor, and vendor services with continuous exploration of opportunities to add value to the estimating process and project deliverables.
• Timely estimating reviews with Project Management leadership, Account Teams, fabrication facilities, and vendors.
• Yearly, seasonally, and project-level estimate planning for brand program fabrication and refurb.
• Track variances between estimated cost and actual cost to effectively evaluate the adequacy and accuracy of estimating parameters.
• Manage multiple overlapping estimating projects in various stages of completion.
• Review RFP specifications…