About the Role
The Project Manager I manages projects, coordinating the project team, client communications, and controlling scope, cost, and schedule. This role is client-facing, working on tenant improvement projects for a global e-commerce organization in Austin.
Responsibilities
- Plan, manage, and coordinate all aspects of the project schedule, scope, and cost.
- Value Engineer the project by identifying opportunities for savings and ensuring material substitutions are equal.
- Communicate with and manage project stakeholders.
- Prepare Project Management plan and fee budget/proposal at the project outset.
- Evaluate documents and communicate the client’s specific goals and expectations to all project team members.
- Develop and communicate action plans that will lead the project team throughout the project.
- Re-evaluate the contract scope of work as the project progresses against the goals, expectations, and the needs of the client, and recommend adjustments as necessary.
- Coordinate with cost management group for preparation of cost estimates, cost studies, actual job cost reviews, and budget reconciliation.
- Organize and maintain framework for project team processes and record keeping of electronic and physical documents.
- Drive the permitting process by designing team documents for submission to agencies and ensuring permits move through the process efficiently.
- Ensure the project design management continues to follow client project documents such as budget, scope, schedule, and client's design standards.
- Prepare cost and revenue projections.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Attend work during normal business hours.
Requirements
- Experience preparing Project Management Plans and fee/budget proposals.
- Experience developing and driving action plans.
- Demonstrated ability to monitor scope throughout the project and recommend adjustments when necessary.
- Ability to prepare and communicate cost and revenue projections.
- Knowledge of permitting process and ability to drive the process to meet project timelines.
- Utilize effective written and oral communication skills.
- Understand how your role contributes to the organization's goals.
- Deliver quality work product by role modeling organizational core values.
- Hold self accountable to individual and team goals.
- Consistently communicate and collaborate with team members and clients.
- Build relationships with peers, leaders, and clients.
- Proactively participate in self-development to continually enhance current skills and build new skills.
- Demonstrate ability to be dependable, diligent, and thorough.
- Exercise creativity and resourcefulness in managing the project effectively in a compressed timeframe.
Skills
- Project Management
- Cost Management
- Schedule Management
- Scope Control
- Client Communication
- Stakeholder Management
- Value Engineering
- Permitting Process
- Cost and Revenue Projections
- Written Communication
- Oral Communication
- Collaboration
- Relationship Building
- Self-Development
- Dependability
- Diligence
- Thoroughness
- Creativity
- Resourcefulness
Location
- Austin
Work Type
- On-site
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 4+ years of experience Project Management, engineering, or construction management
Education Level
- BS in Construction Management, Engineering, QS, Architecture, or related field
- CCM, PMP, PE, AIA, LEED certifications preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $93,000.00-$124,000.02 per year
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 401(k)
- 401(k) Matching
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Short and long-term disability
- Employee Assistance Program
About the Company
- Cumming Group is one of the fastest-growing project and cost management consultancies in the United States, with over 70 offices globally and a diverse project portfolio.
- We are committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunity in our personnel policies and practices.
Equal Opportunity
- Cumming Group recruits, hires, trains and promotes Team Members and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, marital status, registered domestic partner status, genetic information, sexual preference, sexual orientation, gender (including gender expression and gender identity), pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions, including breastfeeding), military service, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical disability, mental disability, veteran status or any other protected classification under federal, state, or local law.
- All employment decisions are based on individual merit, qualifications, and competence as they relate to the position, and promotion of equal employment opportunity.
- All other terms and conditions of employment, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoff, return from layoff, training, education, and social and recreational programs, are administered without regard to the protected characteristics.
- Cumming Group complies with all provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, all of the rules, regulations and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor, and all similar state and local laws.
