Senior Project Manager

Description

Senior Project Manager

Role

Description:

Huitt-Zollars has a great full-time opportunity for Senior Project Architect at our Houston Downtown office. This role assists the design teams through all project phases including business and client development, programming, design and construction documents, and construction administration while maintaining strong client relationships. The ideal candidate will have worked in Institutional, Commercial, and/or Public Works markets.

Location:

Houston, Texas

Reports to:

Senior Vice President/Principal-in-Charge

Employment Type:

40 FT Hours

Compensation Type:
Salary

Registration(s):
Registered Architect

Education:

Bachelors in Architecture from a NCARB accredited program

Duties:

* Leads technical design for the office and directs a multi-disciplinary team to produce design documents for a wide variety of building types.

* Plan, direct, and monitor all aspects of projects with a high degree of technical complexity.

* Supervise project team's work cooperatively with the project manager and project designer.

* Coordinate workload within project teams and work with other project directors to manage workload across the office

* Ensure project development, documentation and its completion meets schedule, budget, code requirements, and technical quality requirements.

* Ensure compliance with contract terms and conditions.

* Review work and propose changes to design, and to comply with building codes and budget.

* Prepare plan of action to resolve project issues.

* Prepare bids or assist with contractor selection process.

* Assist market sector teams in preparing proposals, and participating in new project presentations as requested.

* Collaborates with project teams to solve tough problems and provide creative design solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

* Undertakes Project Manager responsibilities for major projects ($2.0+ million annual billing).

* Prepares and follows comprehensive Project Framework Instructions and proper work planning for a project. Ensures proper staff is assigned and utilized on their projects.

* Reviews project reports and performance metrics to track project progress and budget. Leads successful projects (profit, on-schedule, quality, satisfied client).

* Contributes to successful delivery and performance of projects.

* Cultivates relationships with clients and holds strong relationships with clients.

* Understands, follows, and enforces Huitt-Zollars' business process including weekly rhythm.

* Takes active steps in the pursuit of winning new business or additional opportunities with existing clients and is responsible for assigned portion of office sales goal. Assists and/or leads team in pursuit of new work (repeat work, SOQ and Proposals). Develops and/or executes project Win strategy.

* Understands and follows HZ QMS and Quality initiatives. Ensures quality control measures are being adhered to on projects and daily operations.

* Actively engages and participates in the training, coaching, and mentoring of junior staff.

* Understands duties and responsibilities, possesses necessary job knowledge and technical skills, maintains job knowledge current.

Role

Competencies:

* Sharing Information:
Conveying up-to date information in the most efficient and useful manner to the appropriate stakeholders.

* Critical Thinking:
Analyzing problems and solutions by evaluating the quality of the information available from different sources and avoiding decision-making bias.

* Executes Strategy:
Ensuring that people remain focused on accomplishing strategic goals by thoughtfully planning tasks and overcoming obstacles.

* Fosters a Learning Culture:
Creating an inspiring and engaging atmosphere where people feel motivated to grow, experiment, and learn new skills.

* Identifies Talent:
Actively maintaining awareness of internal and external talent, current abilities, and hiring needs.

Qualifications:

* Bachelor of Architecture required.

* Registered Licensed Architect in Texas required.

* 12 years of experience in profession as an Architect.

* Demonstrated building construction technical experience.

* Have worked in Institutional, Commercial, and/or Public Works markets.

* Ability to prioritize and deliver multiple projects with varying deadlines.

* Proficient in REVIT and Adobe Suite a must and working knowledge with architectural tools such as Sketch Up and Rhino

* Excellent verbal, written, and graphic communication skills.

* Ability to lead and coordinate consultant teams.

* Ability to interact with owners and user groups.

* Strong organizational and leadership skills.

This position is also required to adhere to Huitt-Zollars' Core Value and Leadership Competencies

About Huitt-Zollars:

* Huitt-Zollars, Inc. is a privately held, 100% employee-owned leading Architectural and Engineering (A/E) firm since being established in 1975. Since then, our firm has been providing innovative planning, engineering, architectural and interior design, construction and program management, and design-build services to our…