Senior Construction Project Manager - Higher Education

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 is seeking an experienced Senior Construction Project Manager- Higher Education Education to provide full project management and owner’s representation services for a large-scale education project at the University of Maryland

*This position is onsite at project site, College Park, MD. 

Responsibilities:

• Provides overall management and administration of pre-design, design, and
• construction and commissioning services.
• Confirms that appropriate project authorization and funding is in place before activities begin; prepares cash flow projections and monitors financial performance.
• Oversees the acquisition and receipt of capital equipment and coordinates with clients for move-in and start-up.
• Projects can generally be in College Park or other USM institutions throughout the state.
• Administers the process of selecting design professionals, consultants and contractors to design and construct capital projects. This includes preparing scopes of work, soliciting for services, evaluating credentials and interviewing potential contractors, evaluating references and past performance, and negotiating fees and services.
• Provides leadership to various individuals associated with each capital project.
• Manages and/or coordinates activities of technical discipline team members,
• specialty consultants, construction inspectors, and project support staff.
• Partners with planners during scope development, cost estimates and project scheduling and may assist maintenance and operation staff with warranty compliance.
• Works closely with client representatives on a day-to-day basis.
• Provides overall project cost control, schedule management and quality assurance for projects from the pre-design phase through project closeout.
• Anticipates potential problems that may jeopardize project success and identifies alternative solutions.
• Assures that projects adhere to approved scope, are completed within budget, on schedule and at the prescribed level of quality.
• Manages and/or coordinates activities of technical discipline team members, specialty consultants, construction inspectors, and project support staff.
• Assists planners during scope development, cost estimates and project scheduling and may assist maintenance and operation staff with warranty compliance.
• Works closely with client representatives on a day-to-day basis.
• Ensures that safe working practices are followed during construction.
• Maintains project records and produces various reports.
• Maintains critical project information in an automated project management system on a continuous basis.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities (SKAs):

• Possess knowledge of sound design and construction management practices and principles through all phases of work (planning, estimating, scheduling, inspection and financial closeout.
• Ability to manage and coordinate design and construction projects with minimum supervision.
• Experience in grading design and earthwork with site design construction knowledge.
• Ability to effectively communicate (in oral and written form) and to use a computer for email, correspondence, reports, spreadsheets and automated project management systems.
• Ability to create management reports.
• Ability to coordinate work with customer departments, campus administration,
• designers, other project managers, government agencies, and other service and support agencies.
• Ability to manage project finances, make and review estimates, negotiate contract change orders with A/E firms and contractors, and to develop and manage value-engineering efforts.
• Ability to perform contractor and A/E evaluations.
• Ability to review construction drawings and speci