Construction Project Manager - K-12 Education

Construction Project Manager - K-12 Education

Founded in 1952 and formerly known as Heery International Inc., the firm operates throughout the United States as part of Turner & Townsend. It specializes in project and program management for public sector organizations, with industry-leading experts in corporate, cultural, healthcare, justice, sports, K-12 education, higher education, aviation and government facilities.

Recognized for service excellence by a broad spectrum of professional organizations and industry publications, the talented multidisciplinary team at Turner & Townsend Heery exceeds client expectations adding value, best practice and expertise at every turn. The team's unique client-centric culture is integrated into each project and reflects a passion for the built environment and staying true to the client's vision.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend Heery is seeking a Construction Project Manager to work on large scale K-12, Higher Education and / or Public Sector construction projects.

Responsibilities :

• Collaborates with design professionals, contractors, and administrators to ensure an acceptable product according to contract specifications, local and federal codes, regulations, and district policy.
• Manages all facets of project management (budget, schedule, procurement, quality & risk) for individual projects including planning, design, construction, occupancy and closeout.
• Interfaces directly with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.
• Project planning, including producing the detailed project plan.
• Creates action plans to meet objectives, budget and schedule.
• Monitoring and applying performance management techniques.
• Tracks progress of each project against goals, objectives, approved budgets, approved timelines, reports status and variances.
• Managing the change control process.
• Implements change management routines to assess change requests, make recommendations, secure Client approvals, and issue change orders.
• Assesses change requests to determine impacts to scope, budget, schedule, quality and risk with management support.
• Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications.
• Preparing formal project budget progress and other reports.
• Quality Control Ensuring compliance with quality standards as defined by Turner & Townsend Heery and the client.
• Working to construct proposals for new work or variations for existing projects.
• Identifying opportunities to improve Project Management procedures, templates and products referring ideas to the appropriate line manager.
• Is an integral part of the project delivery resources / team to achieve project goals.
• Implements communication plan for meetings and written reports / meeting minutes to keep client and project resources informed.
• Facilitates project meetings when appropriate.
• Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilized throughout project.
• Ensures project data integrity and documentation is accurate, timely and coordinated.
• Implements standard risk management routines with management support, to identify project risks, develop risk mitigation and contingency plans, and implement action plans to reduce or eliminate project risks.
• Ensuring prompt client invoicing and monitoring project and program financial status.
• Financial management track and manage all budget components of projects utilizing financial system in order to monitor a project's financial status.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications