Senior Project Manager

Department 4498 - Capital Planning & Design

• Bachelor’s Degree in architecture, engineering, construction project management or related field or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience to execute projects from start to finish with construction project management relating to building systems including infrastructure.
• Experience working with mechanical/electrical systems, IT, security, AV, Elevators and equipment.
• Experience with planning, furnishings, schematics and cost estimating and project development.
• Experience working with building envelops (roofing, curtain walls, foundations and site development).
• Construction project management experience working with individual small projects up to $5M.
• Experience writing scope, requests for qualifications and proposals and contracts and hiring architectural, engineering companies and the contractors.
• Experience in dealing with project budget and schedule.
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with others.

• Construction Management experience working on the owner’s side of the process.
• Experience working in or with Higher Education.
• Experience to develop RFQ and RFP to hire construction manager.
• Experience dealing with state BFS and DTMB on projects.
• Licensed as a Registered Architect or Professional Engineer or having a project management professional certification.
• Be familiar with building information, ADA and Building Codes.
• Experience with certified payroll and prevailing wage.
• Experience with Trimble Unity Construct/E-Builder

Unless otherwise required by an applicable collective bargaining agreement, all minimum, additional and desired qualifications are preferred, but qualifications, degrees, and/or experience deemed comparable and/or equivalent by Oakland University in its sole and exclusive discretion may be considered.

Develop and implement construction of small and capital improvement projects of buildings and infrastructure, including hiring consultants to perform master planning, space planning and utilization, cost development, design development, construction documents development, award projects to contractors and perform construction administration from Owner side. To be able to handle smaller projects and or over $5M. Execute projects on time and budget independently with minimum oversight.

03/09/2026