Senior Project Manager - Design and Construction

Position Overview

This position is an employee of Stanford University, providing support to the Department of Energy (DOE) contract at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The Design and Construction Services (DCS) group is seeking a Senior Project Manager to deliver world‑class design and construction of facilities and infrastructure projects in support of world‑changing scientific research. The senior project manager will be responsible for planning, developing, procurement, design, construction, and close‑out/transition to operations of project scope(s) ranging from $1M to $200M.

SLAC currently has multiple ongoing projects to improve scientific research capabilities and to maintain existing infrastructure, including backbone utility systems and experimental spaces such as research laboratories, clean rooms, and associated MEP systems.

• The primary focus on this position will be on delivering electrical, mechanical, and civil infrastructure design and construction work scopes of the assigned major or minor project(s).
• Perform the full range of project management cycle on assigned project control accounts, including initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing of all responsible WBS activities. Independently lead and direct work scopes and deliverables that involve functional integrations with multiple engineering systems and disciplines.
• Development and management of critical paths and schedules. This position requires detailed knowledge of project schedule, with a high level of awareness on interdependencies with other major projects' schedule and laboratory operation downtimes. Develop and maintain a project baseline.
• Managing projects to ensure the project meets its deliverables within cost, schedule, and technical expectations.
• Direct development of project execution plan, communication plan and acquisition strategy plans. Responsible for development of resources plan for assigned project control accounts, including level of effort for management, supporting labor, materials, and time required to complete the assigned project control accounts.
• Facilitate discussions and negotiations between SLAC stakeholders to drive consensus on project design and operation requirements.
• Perform technical oversight of the project. Oversee the work of subcontractors and Architects/Engineers consultants to successfully complete the assigned project control accounts. Ensure that project requirements are captured and the design meets the program requirements as established by the project stakeholders and approved project documentation. Develop and maintain project documentation.
• Organize and prioritize the work of the project team.
• Utilize approved project management system, processes and tools during design and construction to ensure alignment with SLAC Project Portfolio Management Office's and DOE's reporting requirements from an overall Project Status and Quality Assurance perspective. Ensure the use of standard DOE O 413.3B project management tools.
• Organize and hold design readiness and technical reviews. Identify and manage responsible project accounts' risks and actively monitor mitigation measures to control cost, schedule, and scope. Identify and manage project risks and make critical decisions.
• Integrate Environmental Safety & Health (ES&H) considerations in planning, design and construction of facilities. Ensure implementation of SLAC ES&H policy and best practices in construction. Ultimately responsible for general contractor activities such as safety, configuration, cost and schedule control on assigned project control accounts. Execute the project in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other applicable ES&H rules and regulations.
• Establish staffing needs and manage project resource requests.
• Foster a culture of safety and respect.
• Ensure that construction conforms to SLAC policies and engineering specifications under very dynamic working conditions.
• Interact with DOE SLAC Site Office representatives along with the Project Director or Infrastructure System Manager to convey status of the project and proactively communicate challenges…