Public Capital Projects (K-12 Construction) Program Management Office (PMO) Lead

Company Description

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 are engaged to support our client with many complex projects, and we are seeking the ideal Program Management Office (PMO) Lead for our prestigious K-12 Education client’s capital (construction related) improvement program, through all stages of project life cycle.

The client’s program is a large program, and we require a lead to oversee the program, to manage the program team, provide client management responsibilities, and to provide strategic and tactical program leadership. The successful candidate will have a major programs, project management and project controls experience and will need to lead change management initiatives as part of improving the program’s performance and have a good understanding of best practice.

The ideal candidate will be a leader, self-starter and able to take the initiative and drive activities with limited supervision. A minimum of 10 years post-graduate experience in the design and construction industry is required. With a keen eye for detail and experience of identifying continuous improvement opportunities, the candidate should have experience working on large capital and maintenance programs consisting of multiple projects occurring simultaneously.

*This role is 100% on site

Job Objectives:

• Define a program delivery strategy and oversee the implementation.
• Provide leadership across the program and provide oversight to a team of delivery Project Managers, Construction Managers, Project Controls staff of cost estimators and schedulers, communications staff, and other support staff.
• Peer review core project management deliverables prior to issuance to the client.
• Coordinate and lead communications with the client and project stakeholders.
• Create, manage, and oversee program and individual project schedules using critical path method.
• Actively work with project managers and construction firms to maintain schedule integrity.
• Support process improvement initiatives to improve overall performance of the program.
• Engage stakeholders to review processes and project delivery methodologies to obtain input and recommendations for continuous improvements.
• Track and review change orders with Project Managers.
• Manage program financial controls including program- and project-level budgets, fees, construction budgets and contingency accounts.
• Produce monthly reports for client and public reporting needs.
• Contract Administration (retention, T&Cs, insurance, allowances, contingency, incentives).
• Maintain cost benchmarking database.
• Manage and monitor program cash flow schedule and track actual v forecast performance.
• Implement best practices and reporting trends both internally and externally.

Qualifications

• Candidate should be skilled in portfolio, program and project management and have a minimum of 10 years of experience in the Design and Construction industry.
• Experience working in a project controls leadership position for a portfolio of construction projects is essential.
• Experience in building and leading high performing teams is essential.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills are required.
• Program level Education project experience is required.
• Familiarity with portfolio and program management industry best practice.
• Experience with working closely with various disciplines in project delivery and project controls teams to ensure projects are delivered safely and predictably on time and within budget, and timely and accurate cost and schedule data is obtained to inform data-driven decisions to improve portfolio and program performance.
• Some cost engineering and scheduling and planning knowledge would be preferable.
• Experience with public-sector procurement regulations, contracts, and legal procedures.

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