Senior Project Manager - Design

Job Description

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At IPS, you will apply your knowledge, skills, and passion to make a difference in the lives of people by solving complex challenges related to pharmaceutical, biotech, and animal health research and manufacturing facilities.

We are looking for a dedicated Senior Project Manager to join our talented team at our office located in Leawood, Kansas.

In this role, you will provide leadership on assigned projects and act to achieve financial, schedule, and client relationship objectives.

You will also plan and organize all engineering functions specific to the project, coordinate client interaction between the project team and client, and provide guidance on recommended manpower and technical resource loading.

Position Responsibilities

• Holds primary responsibility for the achievement of scope, cost, schedule, and quality objectives on assigned projects.
• Ensures achievement of corporate goals for assigned projects.
• Attends pre-bid meetings with clients and prepares proposals in conjunction with department heads, directors, and other key individuals.
• Independently develops Design budgets.
• Manages client interaction on assigned projects and promotes positive relationships.
• Identifies risks to the project and corporation and works with Project Executives and Director of Operations to mitigate risks.
• Leads project teams of their own or led by others to a successful conclusion.
• Coordinates with project discipline lead to determine scope, complexity, and planning and scheduling requirements of the projects.
• Develops and maintains meeting minutes and Action Items / Needs List for each project.
• Prepares internal monthly financial / schedule reports for the Director of Operations for each project.
• Prepares monthly financial / schedule reports for the Client as requested by the client.
• Manages all sub-consultants on the project.
• Assists in identifying, and developing innovative methods for improving project management processes and techniques against current SOPs.
• Provides mentorship to all developing individuals within the project management group and the design disciplines.

Come join a caring, nimble team that delivers world-class designs for our pharmaceutical clients and take your career to new heights!

Qualifications & Requirements

• 10+ years of industry experience in Project Management.
• Project Management Institute (PMP certification preferred).
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, or planning.
• Skilled in the use of IT tools, including spreadsheets, word processing, planning, and scheduling software.
• Understanding of Earned Value and other project control methods.

Context, Environment, & Safety

Travel duration, if any, is based on project complexity and location.

This position is a safety-sensitive position. The employee is designated for field work and attends activities at client sites where they work in construction, process, packaging, manufacturing, research, or other "non-administrative" areas.

About Us

IPS, a Berkshire Hathaway Company, is a global leader in developing innovative business solutions for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.

Through operational expertise and industry-leading knowledge, skill, and passion, IPS provides consultancy services, architecture, engineering, project controls, construction management, and compliance services that allow clients to develop and manufacture life-impacting products.

Its newest acquisition, Linesight, specializes in cost, schedule, risk, program, and project management services in various market sectors, including data centers, life sciences, and high-tech industries.

With the addition of Linesight, IPS has over 3,000 professionals in over 45 offices across 17 countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Middle East.

Specialties

Process Architecture, Process Design, Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Qualification, LEAN Project Delivery, Strategic Master Planning, Energy Conservation Management, Project Controls, Program / Project Management, Operations / Logistics Strategy and Planning, EPCMV and Staffing Services.

• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at IPS without regard to race; creed; color; religion;
• national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status;

veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. IPS is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

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Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at IPS via email, the Internet, or directly to hiring managers at IPS in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for a specific position will be deemed the sole property of IPS, and no fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by IPS as a result of the referral or through other means.

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