The Building People, LLC, has a position open for a full-time Project Manager with a Project Controls Specialty and active Top Secret Clearance for a facilities engineering program to support a federal Agency. The Mid-Level Project Manager will support Agency related activities including assisting the client with oversight and overall management of their assigned projects.

Functional responsibilities will be that of a Project Manager with a broad-based knowledge of lease activity, construction trades, and facility maintenance including:

• Attend regular and special project meetings as required at the project site or nearby offices in person, on conference calls or video teleconferences.

• Create and update project reports and communications on regular schedules and as needed to support special requests.

• Reports/communications will include all project information related to scope, schedule, budget, issues, and other relevant information.

• Reports/communications may include charts and pictures.

• Create, set-up and maintain a project filing, record keeping and documentation system. Update the various Project Management Information Systems (PMIS) that may be used on each project to include client and other government systems.

• Provide overall project management functions to include monitoring and controlling the project and communicating across all project stakeholders, initiating the project, planning the project, executing the project and closing the project.

• During the Acquisition Phase, provide assistance to the government contracting officer with contract procurement, answering bid or request for proposal (RFP) questions, attending/participating in site visits (or market surveys), attending/participating in pre-bid conferences, preparing/issuing solicitation amendments for review and approval by the contracting officer and performing cost/bid/proposal analysis.

• During the Design Phase, provide design technical reviews, code compliance reviews, constructability reviews, analysis of value engineering proposals, preparation of cost estimates, cost analysis, cost control and cost monitoring, site investigations and site surveys, scheduling, review of design scope changes, leading/attending design review meetings, performing market studies and assisting client offices with phasing and move planning as needed to support the project.

• During the Construction Phase, manage, monitor and recommend approval/disapproval of project submittals, review and monitor project tasks and schedules for progress with emphasis on milestone completions, lead or assist in problem resolution to include developing the Government’s position, maintain marked up sets of plans and current drawings and specifications, perform routine inspections of construction as the work progresses, identifying work that does not conform to contract requirements and taking action to notify appropriate personnel/contractors in order to correct the shortfalls, compiling lists of defects and omissions, monitoring project financial data and budgets, monitoring and controlling project change orders by developing proposal requests, preparing cost estimates, reviewing cost proposals, assisting in negotiations and preparing change order packages, leading and conducting regular progress meetings to review progress, cost and schedule and resolve issues.

• Document each meeting through notes and minutes, coordinate construction activities with FBI managers and personnel, monitoring of hazardous material abatement work, assist the contracting office with preparation of progress payments, oversee and monitor the range of commissioning services for the project.

• During the Project Close Out Phase, perform post occupancy evaluations, assist with preparing lessons learned, close out all accounting and financial accounts, assist with developing and implementing move-in and move-out plans, provide move coordination and relocation assistance, provide coordination and oversight of client installed systems and equipment such as furniture, phones, cabling, IT systems, locks and alarms, file and archive all project information such as documents, specifications, drawings and other types of information, assist with transitioning the project over to the office responsible for the long term management of the space.

• The duties and tasks involved in this position may require some physical exertion, such as bending and twisting, climbing, pulling, pushing, carrying, crawling into tight space or other effort. The position may include some outdoors time for construction surveying, inspection or related work. The main duties and tasks involved in these jobs are usually performed sedentary in indoor environment.

Qualifications and Education Required:

• Active Top Secret Clearance

• BA or BS degree and 8 years of experience in a professional specialty category.

• Establishing and maintaining all files, submittals, daily reports, and contractor daily reports.

• Establishing and maintaining all Architects’ reports which include submittals, correspondence, pay requests, change orders, meeting minutes, supplemental instructions, sketches, Requests for Information (RFI), Requests for Changes (RFC), and all correspondence between the architect, engineer, testing agency, and the contractor.

• Establishing and maintaining all Engineer's reports which include submittals, correspondence, supplemental instructions, sketches, all correspondence between the architect, engineer, testing agency, and the contractor.

• Establishing and maintaining all Testing Agency correspondence, supplemental instructions, and sketches. Establish and maintain files for City inspections to include all correspondence.

• Establishing and maintaining all Contractors reports which include submittals, correspondence, supplemental instructions, sketches, Requests for Information (RFI), Requests for Changes (RFC), and all correspondence between the architect, engineer, testing agency, and the contractor.

• Receive, review and file reports and documents prepared by others on government project management team, government contractors or the construction contractor.

• Posting addendums to plans and specifications.

• Responsible for maintaining electronic and hard copies or project files.

• Training new contractor employees on procedures and requirements of the job.

• Experience with Microsoft Office and Industry Project software packages to include but not limited to latest versions of Microsoft Project, Primavera, AutoCAD, Revit, Prolog, etc.

• Experience with coordinating with architects and engineers to create design and construction documents. Experience with reviewing design document submittals, preparing cost and schedule estimates, collecting, preparing, and reporting programmatic information.