The Building People, LLC, has a position open for a full-time Senior Project Manager with a Mechanical Engineering Specialty and active Top Secret Clearance for a facilities engineering program to support a federal Agency. The Senior-Level Project Manager will manage and lead a staff responsible for individual, multi-disciplined real estate project solutions for clients, with direct accountability for project delivery.

Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Manages all facets of facilities project management (budget, schedule, procurement, quality & risk) for individual real estate projects including planning, design, construction, occupancy, and closeout.

• Demonstrates capability to read, understand and apply standard to complex documents affecting real estate projects, including but not limited to: agreements/contracts, leases, work letters, project charters, surveys, and drawings.

• Interfaces directly with clients to define project requirements. Prepares scope of work, project delivery resource requirements, cost estimate & budget, cash flow, work plan schedule & milestones, quality control, and risk identification.

• Identifies project delivery resources from pre-qualified lists or through individual project qualification process; conducts standard to complex request for proposals; completes bid analysis; leads evaluation interviews, recommends resources to clients.

• Leads project delivery resources/team (typically larger more experienced team) providing project guidance and direction to achieve project goals.

• Implements communication plan for meetings and written reports/meeting minutes to keep client and project resources informed. Facilitates project meetings.

• Implement project documentation governance aligned with company and client requirements. Ensure project data integrity and documentation is accurate, timely and coordinated.

• Tracks progress of each project against goals, objectives, approved budgets, approved timelines. Reports status and variances. Creates action plans to meet objectives, budget, and schedule.

• Implements change management routines to assess change requests, make recommendations, secure client approvals, and issue change orders. Assesses change requests to determine impacts to scope, budget, schedule, quality, and risk.

• Demonstrates ability to identify complex project risks, lead constructability reviews, develop risk mitigation and contingency plans, and implement action plans to reduce or eliminate project risks.

• Demonstrates knowledge of projects & project management within the context of business results (business case, larger economic implications, business risk, etc.).

• Other duties as assigned.

• Plans and monitors appropriate staffing levels and utilization of labor, including overtime.

• Manages project delivery resources/team (typically larger more experienced team).

• Responsible for identifying training needs, tracking performance, coaching, and motivating team members.

Qualifications and Education Required:

• Active Top Secret Clearance

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from ABET accredited college or university.

• Knowledge of building codes related to mechanical and plumbing infrastructure.

• Relevant experience in electrical mechanical aspects of design and construction phases.

• Proficient in the most current version of AutoCAD software.