Senior Project Manager - Building Enclosure

Senior Project Manager - Building Enclosure

Intertek Building and Construction is searching for an Senior Project Manager to join our Building Science Solutions team in our Southern California office.  This is a fantastic opportunity to grow a versatile career in Building Enclosure Consulting!

Responsibilities:

• Grow the local BSS office by balancing staff workloads and bringing in new work such that staff are adequately utilized
• Mentor and train new building sciences team members.
• Provide on-the-job training and mentoring 
• Provide new design consulting and peer reviews of plans and specifications for building enclosures
• Perform review of architectural drawings, shop drawings and submittals pertaining to the building enclosure
• Perform field performance testing and water leakage testing of roofing and waterproofing systems, windows, curtain walls, and other building elements.
• Provide construction administration services, including mock-up testing and shop drawing reviews, and conduct factory inspections and site visits.
• Perform forensic investigations, documentation of existing conditions including wall claddings, windows, curtain wall systems, roofs, skylights, plaza waterproofing and below grade elements. 
• Provide remediation design of building enclosures.
• Assisting in meeting profit center financial goals.
• Assist Regional manager in profit center financials (e.g. forecasting)
• Provide support as the primary client contact for projects and develop client relationships
• Prepare professionally written technical reports for design and construction phase services
• Litigation support for projects involving all of the issues discussed above
• Develop the scope of services and prepare proposals
• Assemble and manage project teams 
• Participation in professional organizations, author papers, attend conferences, and/or perform work on technical committees
• Contribute positively to team morale
• Contribute to the servant leadership model

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Engineering or Architectural Engineering required
• 8+ years of building enclosure consulting, including waterproofing, roofing, facades, building sciences, and enclosure commissioning experience required
• Professional registration or ability to obtain registration within one year, preferred
• Technical knowledge of building construction and building enclosure systems
• Experience in managing a range of small to large projects
• Ability to read and understand architectural drawings and specifications
• Ability to perform office tasks and physical labor tasks
• Ability to perform work from ladders, boom-lifts, scaffolds, roofs, etc.
• Ability to efficiently work on projects independently and in a team environment
• Excellent organizational and project management skills
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines
• Strong technical writing and communication skills
• Ability to nurture client relationships
• Consistent and professional interaction and communication with clients and project team
• Ability to travel outside local area, depending on local work load and project locations
• Must have a valid driver’s license and a reliable driving record 
• Ability to pass a pre-employment physical and drug screening
• Participation/leadership in national associations is a plus

Preferred Skills:

• Field and design experience with diverse building enclosure types
  • Air barriers
  • Roofing
  • Fenestrations
  • Waterproofing
• Safety Training/Scaffold Certification
• Analyses (e.g., façade performance calculations)
• Building enclosure testing 
• Property / façade condition assessments
• AutoCad/Revit/BIM/Sketch-up proficiency
• Interest in taking a leadership role within the organization
• Interest/strength in business development

Why work at Intertek?

Intertek is a world leader in the $250 billion Quality Assurance market, with a proven, high-quality business model and a global network of customer-focused operations and highly engaged subject matter experts. At Intertek, we exercise our spirit of innovation, the passion of our people and our unmatched customer commitment to realize our purpose of making the world an ever better, safer, and more sustainable place for all. Learn more about Our History and