Senior Facilities Project Manager
Museum of ScienceAbout the role
SENIOR FACILITIES PROJECT MANAGER
Museum of Science, Boston
Innovation and creativity come from the unique perspectives of a diverse staff. We value your perspective.
Who We Are: The Museum of Science is dedicated to inspiring a lifelong love of science in everyone. We are committed to inclusivity, innovation, and education, serving diverse communities through our exhibits, programs, and outreach efforts.
Why We Need You: The Senior Facilities Project Manager will be responsible for collaborating with the Director of Facilities in order to successfully deliver projects with minimum negative impact on the Museum. These projects will vary in size and scope and each will necessitate working with various employees and contractors of the Museum. The senior project manager will be responsible for carrying a project forward to successful completion while keeping the Director of Facilities informed and involved on a daily basis.
What You'll Do:
- Working closely with Director of Facilities you will be managing components of an annual $ 4.0 million expense budget and up to a $10 million capital project budget. Projects being managed will typically range from $ 50k to $ 1M and interface heavily with the building mechanical systems.
- Projects will need to be seamlessly interfaced with the Museums physical plant, consisting of 1,000,000 square feet of museum property, consisting of 7 multi-purpose buildings including a 5 level parking garage, Planetarium, Omni Theater, exhibits, programs, and office areas as well as four animal living areas.
- Interface with up to 50 Museum employees and contractors who will be supporting projects
- Responsible for understanding the building electrical systems (9 million kWh of electricity delivered at 13,800 volts) and steam systems (25 million 1bm of steam delivered at 20 psi) as part of Museum construction and renovation projects.
- Responsible for understanding building systems - which include natural gas boilers (340 therms annually), 1000 tons of chilled water, 11 high voltage distribution stations, a 400 kW of generators and a 50 kW UPS, fire suppression and alarm, 11 elevators/escalators, environmental controls and a 500+point computer operated building management system - as part of Museum construction and renovation projects.
- On occasion be called upon to interface with Museum Board Members via. Physical Facilities Committee and Environmental Sustainability and Green Building Teams.
- Responsible for working with various Museum teams in order to seamlessly integrate your projects during and after business hours, 365 days per year, while minimizing negative impact on the visitors experience.
- Act as day to day on-site coordinator on construction and/or facility related projects as directed. Working with the Director of Facilities, review submittals from contractors, assist consultants, conduct pre-bid and pre-construction meetings. Responsible for the day to day communication with contractors, consultants, In-house maintenance staff, and the Museum community about the impact and progress of projects as it affects them for assigned projects.
- In collaboration with Director of Facilities, the project manager will be responsible for the development of bid documents as well as the solicitation and the review of bid proposals. Responsible for managing the project plan, working closely with assigned Museum staff and contractors
- On a day to day basis, oversee architects, engineers, public agencies and contractors for assigned projects.
- Process change orders and keep Director of Facilities informed of any major changes, issues
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