Project Manager I

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Department:

Capital Program Management

Time Type:

Full time

Job Type:

Regular

FLSA Status:

Exempt

Work Modality:

Full On Campus Presence

Union:

Excluded

Job Description:

Summary:

Reporting to the Director of Project Management, the Project Manager provides professional expertise, management, and oversight necessary to ensure the successful planning and delivery of new construction and existing building renovation projects, beginning at project conception and continuing through final completion, turnover, and closeout.  Works with customers to develop project scope and cost estimates. Executes and communicates project scope based on assessment of program, budget, building structure, utility infrastructure, and code compliance. Develops, evaluates, and presents alternatives relating to scope, budget, and schedule. Performs in supporting and/or leadership role on projects as assigned, while providing a high degree of responsiveness to requests for service. Ensures a consistent customer service excellence approach is applied during interactions with students, staff, faculty, and all other internal and external University stakeholders.

Essential Functions:

1.) Project Management

• Function as the Project Manager on assigned projects, with responsibility for managing all project management activities including scope and requirements determination, cost estimating, contracting, coordination, FF&E procurement, move management, warranty coordination, and project closeout in a manner that delivers projects on time and within budget.

• Manage the assessment process for existing facility conditions.

• Assist, coordinate, and manage all aspects of consultant, contractor, and other project participant activity from conception and through project closeout.

• Work with contractors, vendors, and manufacturer representatives in supporting the development of accurate estimates.

• Perform site visits as necessary to support the assessment of project progress.

• Produce and maintain records of required and/or important project approvals, requests, and meetings.

• Review designs to ensure alignment with project scope intent and compliance with all applicable codes and regulations.

• Manage consultants, contractors, and vendors as required for the successful execution of projects.

• Monitor and control construction activities to ensure adherence to baseline budgets and schedules and communicate when deviations are observed.

• Review contractors change requests to verify validity and manage processing of all valid change requests in compliance with contract requirements.

• Monitor and ensure ongoing fulfillment of contractual responsibilities by all parties and provide awareness to address deficiencies.

• Observe and report all project quality control and assurance activities, including 3rd party commissioning and inspections.

• Review invoices to ensure compliance with contract requirements.

• Manage project turnover process, ensuring the coordination of appropriate training and transmittal of required documentation to all appropriate operations and maintenance related parties.

• Manage project closeout process and ensure closeout occurs in a timely manner.

2.) Project Planning and Development

• Assist in preparation of program plan development.

• Prepare and communicate scope information to the extent necessary to obtain and manage consultant services for design ph