Senior Project Manager

NV5 is a provider of engineering and consulting services to public and private sector clients, delivering solutions through six business verticals:
Testing, Inspection & Consulting;
Infrastructure;
Utility Services;
Environmental Health Sciences;
Buildings & Program Management; and Geospatial Technology. With offices nationwide and abroad, NV5 helps clients plan, design, build, test, certify, and operate projects that improve the communities where we live and work. As engineers, architects, construction/program managers, environmental professionals and beyond, we play a significant role in shaping our communities through the services we provide. We are looking for passionate, driven individuals to join our team.

NV5’s Project Delivery Services, a part of Buildings & Program Management, is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Project Manager to serve in an Owner’s Representative role within our multidisciplinary project delivery team. This position will manage complex projects from inception through completion and coordinate architects, engineers, technical specialists, and other professionals across the NV5 platform, as well as outside consultants.

The Senior Project Manager will serve as a trusted client advisor, provide strategic and day-to-day direction to integrated project teams, and maintain accountability for delivery consistent with client goals, contractual requirements, budget, schedule, quality, and risk expectations.

This is a hybrid position based in New York City, New York.

• Serve as the Owner’s Representative and trusted client contact, protecting client interests and guiding decisions throughout the project lifecycle.
• Build trusted relationships with client leadership and stakeholders; translate strategic and operational objectives into clear project priorities and delivery requirements.
• Lead complex multidisciplinary project teams on behalf of the Owner and NV5, exercising sound judgment and maintaining accountability for scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, and stakeholder alignment.
• Develop durable client relationships and lead or materially support business development efforts, including pursuit strategy, proposals, interviews, scoping, and expansion of follow-on work.

• Lead complex projects and programs from early planning and programming through design, construction, occupancy, and closeout.
• Develop delivery strategies and manage scope, budget, schedule, quality, and risk with a high degree of independence in alignment with client goals and contractual requirements.
• Establish project communication protocols, escalation paths, and decision-making processes appropriate to project complexity and stakeholder needs.
• Coordinate and integrate multidisciplinary teams of architects, engineers, planners, technical specialists, contractors, and consultants from across the NV5 platform and external partners, clarifying roles, deliverables, interfaces, and accountability.

• Manage design-phase activities across disciplines to confirm alignment with program requirements, technical interfaces, constructability, budget, schedule, quality, and regulatory standards.
• Lead integrated reviews of design deliverables at key milestones, resolve cross-discipline coordination issues, and guide cost-estimating, value-management, and design-to-budget efforts.
• Serve as the Owner’s primary project liaison during construction, monitoring progress, quality, safety, and team performance through site observations, project reporting, and meetings.
• Evaluate and provide well-supported recommendations regarding RFIs, submittals, change orders, claims, disputes, and other…