Project Manager

Senior Project Manager – Design and Construction Services

The Design and Construction Services (DCS) group is seeking a Senior Project Manager to deliver world-class design and construction of facilities and infrastructure projects in support of world-changing scientific research. The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for planning, developing, procurement, design, construction, and close-out/transition to operations of project scopes ranging from $1M to $200M. The organization currently has multiple ongoing projects to improve scientific research capabilities and to maintain existing infrastructure, including backbone utility systems and experimental spaces such as research laboratories, cleanrooms, and associated MEP systems.

The Senior Project Manager could be assigned to one major project (>$30M) or several minor projects. Major projects include Department of Energy line-item projects such as critical utilities infrastructure revitalization and large-scale research facility upgrades. Minor projects include a wide range of infrastructure improvements such as electrical distribution system repairs and upgrades, cooling tower replacements, roadway repairs, and pipeline/culvert repair and replacements.

When serving on a major project, the Senior Project Manager is accountable to the Project Director or Infrastructure System Manager. When serving on minor projects, the Senior Project Manager is accountable to the Project Management Manager. The Senior Project Manager carries responsibility and authority for planning, coordinating, and executing critical project scopes to ensure the project's mission and program are met in terms of technical scope, cost, schedule, and resources.

The successful candidate will liaise with a broad range of organizational groups and stakeholders, including scientists, physicists, operations and engineering teams, finance and contracting, facilities maintenance experts, and project managers of other systems. The Senior Project Manager is also responsible for coordinating the engineering and design process, overseeing A/E service design contracts and construction contracts during construction, and presenting project information to DOE in Project Reviews, Project Assurance and Advisory Group meetings, and regular monthly meetings attended by senior leaders.

Your specific responsibilities include:

• Primary focus will be on delivering electrical, mechanical, and civil infrastructure design and construction work scopes of assigned major or minor project(s).
• Perform the full range of project management cycle on assigned project control accounts, including initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing of all responsible WBS activities. Independently lead and direct work scopes and deliverables involving functional integrations with multiple engineering systems and disciplines.
• Develop and manage critical paths and schedules. This position requires detailed knowledge of project schedule, with a high level of awareness of interdependencies with other major projects' schedules and operation downtimes. Develop and maintain a project baseline.
• Manage projects to ensure deliverables are met within cost, schedule, and technical expectations.
• Direct development of project execution plan, communication plan, and acquisition strategy plans. Responsible for development of a resources plan for assigned project control accounts, including level of effort for management, supporting labor, materials, and time required to complete assigned project control accounts.
• Facilitate discussions and negotiations between stakeholders to drive consensus on project design and operation requirements.
• Perform technical oversight of the project. Direct the work of contractors and Architects/Engineers consultants to successfully complete assigned project control accounts. Ensure that project requirements are captured and the design meets program requirements as established by project stakeholders and approved project documentation. Develop and maintain project documentation.
• Organize and prioritize the work of the project team.
• Utilize approved project management systems, processes, and tools during design and construction to ensure alignment with the Project Portfolio Management Office's and DOE's reporting requirements from an overall Project Status and Quality Assurance perspective. Ensure the use of standard DOE O 413.3B project management tools.
• Organize and hold design readiness and technical reviews. Identify and manage responsible project accounts' risks and actively monitor mitigation measures to control cost, schedule, and scope. Identify and manage project risks and make critical decisions.
• Integrate Environmental Safety & Health (ES&H) considerations in planning, design, and construction of facilities. Ensure implementation of ES&H policy and best practices in construction. Ultimately responsible for general contractor activities such as safety, configuration, cost, and schedule control on assigned project control accounts. Execute the project in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other applicable ES&H rules and regulations.
• Establish staffing needs and facilitate project resource requests.
• Foster a culture of safety and respect.
• Ensure that construction conforms to organizational policies and engineering specifications under very dynamic working conditions.
• Interact with DOE Site Office representatives along with the Project Director or Infrastructure System Manager to convey project status and proactively communicate challenges as they arise.
• Other duties as assigned.

To be successful in this position you will bring:

Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management (with a focus on infrastructure projects), or related field and at least 5 years of work experience, with 7 to 9 years preferred. At least 3 years of experience serving as a project leader with direct responsibility of at least $10M of scope and direct experience in:

• Providing project management and leadership on delivering major electrical, mechanical, and civil infrastructure scope of mission-critical projects with complex engineering design, extensive interfaces, and restricted construction work windows.
• Delivering construction projects using design-build, design-bid-build, and CM/GC methods.
• Overseeing single contract procurement of over $10M, from the sources sought phase through RFP development, vendor selection and contract negotiations, contract award and vendor performance management, change control, and contract closeout phases.
• Utilizing Primavera P6, MS Project, AutoCAD, Revit, Bluebeam, SharePoint, or other software to enhance collaboration during design review, control and streamline design and construction processes, and reduce construction conflicts and schedule uncertainty.
• Utilizing AACE estimate classifications, design maturity, and risk assessments to develop cost and schedule contingency.
• Highly effective written and oral communication skills to address a wide variety of audiences and convey complex technical information and project objectives to clients, Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ), construction contractors, architects and engineers, and financial and contracting personnel. Ability to maintain positive interpersonal relationships, balance customer expectations with project reality, and successfully guide decision-making to achieve project goals and deadlines.
• Strong commitment to improving construction quality and safety by investing in front-end planning, applying safety by design principles, embracing peer review processes, and actively sharing and applying lessons learned.
• A can-do spirit and demonstrated resilience, respect, and practical problem-solving skills under stressful and uncertain situations. A passion for doing it right the first time.

Preferred qualifications include:

• Master's degree or MBA a plus.
• Working knowledge in implementing project management practices required by DOE Order 413.3 Program and Project Management for Acquisition of Capital Assets, to include project planning, budgeting, scheduling, cost estimating, risk management, and performance management.
• Experience with Earned Value Management Systems in a project and/or construction environment.
• Experience managing multi-year public-funded construction projects subject to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).
• Knowledge of California Building Codes, electrical and mechanical design standards, local environmental standards and practices, and industrial and construction safety standards.
• Familiarity with design and construction of high-voltage and medium-voltage electrical transmission and distribution systems as well as electrical SCADA systems.
• Familiarity with sustainable design and construction approaches to reduce a project's carbon footprint.

Certifications and Licenses:

• Valid driver's license required. This position requires driving a personal or company vehicle to/from and safely on a construction work site.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or Registered Architect (RA) preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification a plus.