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About the Role
As an AVP, Project Manager with kW Mission Critical Engineering, a WSP company, you will lead a diverse group of engineers from project initiation through completion with minimal oversight. This includes client communications, proposal management, change orders, budgets, invoicing, and project closeout.
Responsibilities
- Lead multi-disciplinary teams of Engineers, Designers and other staff through completion of multiple simultaneous projects ranging from small to large with a wide range of complexities and requirements
- Independently prepare project work plans, proposals, and schedules, and obtain management/client approval
- Lead and initiate regular communications with clients regarding project status and project quality, and proactively resolve issues
- Manage relationships with project stakeholders, including internal and external clients and vendors, regulatory authorities and technical agencies, and the public
- Address change management matters promptly and professionally with clients and internal departments
- Maintain awareness of project budget maintenance, key performance indicators and forecasting
- Lead and manage business development initiatives including Requests for Qualifications and Requests for Proposals
- Compile a comprehensive and realistic scope of work, and prepare a complete and accurate fee estimate
- Provide mentoring, assistance, encouragement and motivation to team members and junior Project Managers
- Provide strong administrative and technical leadership for the project and maintain all project records and monitor correspondence
- Schedule and facilitate all project meetings required to successfully coordinate work activity
- Administer subconsultant agreements as assigned
- Implement and manage the kW Quality Control Plan for each project
- Proactively track and report workload management throughout the project
- Manage client and subconsultant invoicing
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- 10+ years of experience in Project and/or Program Management and experience on large, engineering and/or construction projects
- Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams of project professionals; concurrently managing issues, scope and quality while bringing projects to successful completion within the cost and time requirements
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills, including experience making presentations to senior management
- Exceptional interpersonal skills
- Ability to work well with people from many different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience
- Clear, concise, and tactful communication with senior management, clients, peers and staff
- Strategic, conceptual analytical thinking and decision-making skills
- Adaptability and flexibility including the ability to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity and change
- Experience negotiating contract terms
- Proficiency with computer office productivity (i.e., MS Office) and project management software tools
- Detail oriented with ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
- Familiarity reading drawings and specifications
- Project or Program Management Professional certification (i.e., PMP)
- Experience in an engineering consulting environment
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, project management
- Experience in project planning, cost management and schedule management, and methods of analyzing and reporting project performance on financial and other KPIs
- The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
Skills
- MS Office
- Project management software tools
Location
- New York, NY
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 10+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree
Salary/Compensations
- $174,000-$213,000
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
- Retirement savings
- Paid sick leave
- Paid vacation (or other personal time)
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings
About the Company
- WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms.
- Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals.
- WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets.
- With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
- WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs.
- At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base.
- Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges.
Equal Opportunity
- WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.