Executive Project Manager-Owners Rep

Job Description

Why join us?

It’s an exciting time at AtkinsRéalis! We are rapidly growing in the US. Our company purpose is to build a better world for our planet and its people. We recognize the importance of making sure that our clients and employees, feel this purpose every day. AtkinsRéalis is proud of our company culture that promotes, diversity, equity and inclusion. Our company ethos include collaboration through the connection of people, data and technology. We are a global firm, who leverages having employees located throughout the world, creating valuable partnerships and doing our part to make this planet and its people, thrive.  We need energetic, passionate and eager professionals like you to join our team. There has never been a better time to be a part of AtkinsRéalis! 

About Us  

AtkinsRéalis is one of the world’s most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies. AtkinsRéalis has been providing infrastructure planning, engineering, construction, environmental consulting, urban planning, architecture, and program management services to public and private clients across the United States for more than 50 years. AtkinsRéalis has the depth and breadth of expertise to respond to the most technically challenging and time-critical infrastructure projects and the 
urgent transition to a low-carbon economy.

Our U.S team is growing! The Owner’s Representative (OR)/Sr. Project Manager (SPM) maintains a primary focus on practice related services (management of the delivery of all project management related services) and a secondary focus on internal business operations (active engagement with business development, financial management, and staff development matters). Has significant independent responsibility for assignments including entire projects as determined by the manager in situations where the project scope and complexity are limited.
 
This position is based out of the Minneapolis office, though there is flexibility to work from one of our other US offices (prefer Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Dallas, Austin, Houston or Denver).  The current need is for an OR/SPM to support multiple large greenfield food manufacturing plant projects, primarily located in the Midwest or South East.  Typical Owner’s Representative/Project

Typical Owner’s Representative/Project Management assignments focus heavily on preconstruction phase services and include:
1)    Procurement Support – Develop RFPs and facilitate the selection process for engineering services, CMr, Design-build or multiple prime contractors where the client’s staff manages the construction.
2)    Cost Estimating Support - The role will oversee the estimating process and engage with the client to help them validate the scope of each bid package and align the estimate to any changes before it is issued to contractors. Once bids are received, the OR/SPM will assist the client in reconciling the contractor bids with the estimate and understand gaps, bid spreads, etc.  Finally, the OR/PM will assist the client with GMP negotiations, validating GMP costs.
3)    Schedule – Provide oversight of the master project schedule development and input on schedule strategy.
4)    Support the client with developing a contracting strategy that suits their project goals and objectives.
5)    Contracts - Provide a review of the client’s contract form and advise on +/- and risks.  
6)    Project Controls - Recommend project controls processes, procedures and reporting requirements.  Recommend tools and systems or support the client in the application and  disciplined use of their tool and systems across the project team.
7)    Project Oversite – Serve as an independent third party to the client to advise on conflicts, risk, contract changes/amendments, interact with the contractor and engineer as directed by the client. Lead executive project meetings and interface with the clients financial, procurement, operations team and others.
8)    Reporting – Provide a regular executive level report highlighting key KPIs and project risks.

How will you contribute to the team?

• Provides management and daily leadership for AtkinsRéalis project team or the client’s team as may be directed.

• Ability to manage the design/engineering phase of a project through construction completion, startup, commissioning and first product. Provides primary daily point of contact to client, engineers, contractors and consultants at project level.

• Creates, executes, and manages project execution plans for the practice and the client’s projects and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.

• Manages day-to-day operational aspects of a project and AtkinsRéalis scope of services.

• Identifies resources needed and assigns individual responsibilities as applicable to the