Job Title
Senior Project Manager
Job Description Summary
Job Description
JOB PROFILE
Job Title: Senior Project Manager
Job Grade: VA
Location:
Report To: Senior Associate Director / Director – Project Management
Qualifications
(key qualifications and foundational training)
Competencies
(Critical pre-identification foundational competencies. Refer to existent competency frameworks)
10+ years in the interior/fit outs projects working with Developer/PMS. Prior experience in a supervisory position (direct report responsibilities) required if specific duties include direct report responsibilities.
Bachelor's degree (BE/BArch) from College or University in a technical area of study.
Supervisory:
- Team Management skills.
- Operation Management skills.
- Plans and monitors appropriate staffing levels and utilization of labour, including overtime.
- Manage 3rd party project delivery resources/team (typically larger more experienced team).
Communication:
- Strong communication and customer alignment skills.
- Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from clients, co-workers, and/or supervisor.
- Ability to effectively present information to an internal department and/or large groups of employees.
Financial Knowledge:
- Requires advanced knowledge of financial terms and principles
Reasoning Ability:
- Ability to solve advanced problems and deal with a variety of options in complex situations.
Other:
- Excellent knowledge & skills with project management software.
- Ability to read and understand architectural drawings.
- Knowledge in MS Project, leases, contracts, and construction practices.
- Preparing proposals and solutions for prospective customers.
Job Summary
- Ability to manage large fitouts projects independently.
- Ability to manage multiple minor projects.
- Ability to remotely manage projects.
- Lead and supervise all facets of 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.
- May 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.
- Identify 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.
- Lead 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.
- Keep a track progress of each project against goals, objectives, approved budgets, and approved timelines. Reports status and variances. Create action plans to meet objectives, budget and schedule.
- Demonstrates ability to identify and pre-empt complex project risks, lead constructability reviews, develop risk mitigation and contingency plans, and implement action plans to reduce or eliminate project risks.
- Assist with business development activities by identifying potential clients and setting up meetings.
- In charge of client relationship management by obtaining periodic feedback about team.
- Oversee project financials and be responsible for the resource deployment to ensure the anticipated gross margins are achieved.
- Provide mentorship and guidance to junior team members.
INCO: “Cushman & Wakefield”