Position Description For Senior Project Manager

Reports To: Vice Presidents

Basic Function:

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for overseeing large, complex construction projects and multiple smaller projects while providing mentorship and support to Project Managers and project teams. This role ensures project compliance with all relevant regulations and standards, fosters collaboration, and drives successful project execution.

Job Responsibilities:

Values

  • Demonstrate a deep understanding, and foster in others, an understanding of the company values by listening to employees, clients, and stakeholders to ensure alignment with DCI Group’s Values and Mission.
    • Devoted: Demonstrate a commitment to supporting both our employees and clients by fostering strong relationships, mentoring team members, and ensuring project success.
    • Genuine: Communicate openly and honestly with all stakeholders, addressing both challenges and successes with integrity and professionalism.
    • Simple: Follow DCI’s fundamental approach to problem-solving by following our motto: Listen, Plan, Execute, Exceed.
    • Growth: Make decisions with a long-term perspective, ensuring that project execution aligns with both company goals and client needs.

Team Leadership and Relationships

  • Lead teams on multiple complex projects.
  • Listen to team members’ challenges and aspirations, providing mentorship and guidance to support their professional growth.
  • Listen to team members’ feedback to improve training programs and assist in implementing policies and procedures of the Company.
  • Listen actively to clients to understand their needs and concerns, fostering strong relationships while engaging in contractual, design, and production meetings, with little assistance from Project Executive.
  • Develop new client contacts and maintain existing client relationships to promote new and repeat engagements.
  • Assist in interviewing potential employees and provide recommendations to the executive team.
  • Collaborate with design teams, engineers, architects, and vendors to define project scope and requirements.

Accountability

  • Create “Monthly Status Reports” and communicate “red flags” to Project Executives when necessary.
  • Demonstrate leadership by ensuring all projects align with company values and best practices.
  • Communicate openly and honestly with teams, clients, and stakeholders to maintain trust and transparency.
  • Ensure that project measurements are met related to time, cost, quality, safety, and risk while upholding company values.
  • Conduct mid-year and year-end employee performance review process.

Budget and Cost Control

  • Develop and monitor project budgets to ensure financial success.
  • Analyze and track job costing, change orders, and material deliveries to maintain financial control.
  • Lead preconstruction duties including management of the overall project estimate, including general conditions development, bid solicitation, scope development, and complete bid tabulation.
  • Complete accurate and timely execution of change management.
  • Provide internal reporting and financial projections.

Schedule Management

  • Lead the DCI Full Circle Scheduling Process for the project and ensure team members are utilizing tools to maximize value.
  • Listen to clients and project teams to develop project-specific goals, schedules, and budgets, then plan, direct, and monitor all aspects of large multidiscipline projects or medium-sized projects with a high degree of technical complexity.
  • Coordinate staffing and workload throughout project development to complete documents on schedule.

Quality

  • Ensure adherence to DCI’s Quality Control plans and company standards and industry best practices to deliver high-quality projects.
  • Ensure DCI’s Site Expectations are being met and followed.
  • Lead the constructability process throughout the design phase.
  • Oversee project deliverables to ensure they meet client expectations and regulatory requirements.
  • Execute the regulatory process related to building codes, city guidelines, and local and state regulations.

Safety

  • Develop and execute DCI’s Safety Expectations plan on all projects.
  • Maintain compliance with all safety regulations and ensure all safety codes and safety inspections are met.
  • Promote a culture of safety among employees, subcontractors, and clients.
  • Implement and enforce company safety initiatives.

Contract Management and Knowledge

  • Review and understand prime contract terms and ensure projects comply with contractual obligations.
  • Routinely review and negotiate subcontract terms with Project Executive and Executive Leadership.
  • Solicit, interview, and hire consulting experts as necessary.
  • Work closely with Project Executive, legal, and project teams to address any contractual issues.
  • Have a thorough understanding of the contract delivery methods and be working towards the ability to administer and provide leadership to project teams on all delivery methods.

Project Closeout

  • Lead timely completion of project closeout procedures, including final inspections, documentation, financial reconciliation, and client satisfaction assessments.
  • Conduct lessons-learned reviews to improve processes for future projects and communicate with DCI Peer Groups.
  • Maintain strong post-project relationships to foster repeat business.
  • Provide documentation to DCI marketing for future project pursuits.

Requirements and Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, or a related field.
  • Minimum 10+ years of experience in construction management as a Project Manager or in a similar role.
  • Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office; experience with Project Management software and P6 scheduling software preferred.
  • Ability to function independently on assigned projects and effectively coordinate, delegate, and provide leadership to assigned team members.
  • Advanced knowledge of safety and relevant OSHA requirements and regulations.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for working with internal teams, subcontractors, vendors, and owners.
  • Detail-oriented with the ability to analyze and organize significant amounts of information related to plan layouts, material deliveries, and job site productivity.
  • Thorough understanding of schedules, project budgets, submittals, change orders, and job costing.