Senior Project Manager - Industrial

Project Manager Opportunity At Stantec Buildings

Stantec Buildings is on a mission to become the world's leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. We take an innovative, collaborative approach to projects, sharing a common belief that sustainable design for the built environment can make the world a better place for future generations. Join us and design your place with Stantec.

Your Opportunity Join a top 10 global design firm in our commercial and industrial buildings practice that provides architecture, buildings engineering, and interior design services with a long history and deep commitment to the commercial sector. We are seeking a project manager to join our buildings practice. As a senior contributor on our professional buildings team, you will work independently to assist clients through the planning and creation of fiscally responsible, cutting edge designs. Your experience ensures that you are quite familiar with construction plans, specifications, estimates, and building codes. You will be innovating and creating new prototypes designed with sustainable products with green architecture sensibility as your goals. You will lead the development of integrated design proposals, develop and manage integrated work plans, manage project financials, and coordinate with clients, while leading and mentoring others and collaborating with team members to contribute to the final deliverables as required under instruction from the project leader.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing complex tasks on medium to large size projects.
• Plan, organize, and direct the work throughout the life of the project to successfully deliver the project to the client.
• Keep the principal in charge informed of progress on project expectations, deadlines, and deliverables and understand the limits of the decision-making responsibilities of the role and respect the boundaries of the principal in charge's responsibilities.
• Lead the client and project team to assure that the project design meets the client budget, schedule, program, and design intent. Participate in client project requirement meetings and value analysis and basic cost estimating.
• In collaboration with the project architect this role will lead the technical portion of the project including discipline coordination and providing technical direction to the design team including but not limited to building codes and requirements of other regulatory agencies.
• Assist in the negotiation and development of project agreements.
• Develop and manage project budget, schedule, and overall work plan to realize target financial performance and participate in constructability reviews along with the design team if needed.
• Mentor assistant project managers and motivate project teams.
• Assure that project management framework tasks are timely completed and properly documented.
• Lead project coordination and owner/site meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor and sub-contractors.
• In collaboration with the project architect, manage the construction administration phase with the design team, including but not limited to reviewing shop drawings and submittals, responds to rfis, prepares site observation reports, and other contract administration tasks.
• Manage and track change orders, applications for payment by contractors and other contractual modifications impacting budget and schedule.
• Conduct quality assurance and quality control on own projects if required.
• Participate in constructability review along with the design team if required.
• Work with operations manager in determining project staffing needs and recommending personnel.
• Directs client invoicing and effectively manages collections.
• Strong revit skills, familiarity with clash coordination strategies a plus.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Project support & leadership capable of simultaneously supporting one or more principals in charge across multiple projects, ensuring consistent alignment with project goals, timelines, and client expectations.
• Code & standards expertise demonstrates a thorough understanding of accessibility codes, life-safety codes, building construction systems, means and methods, materials, and industry-associated standards, ensuring compliance and quality in all phases of design and construction.
• Initiative & independence takes direction well and is highly proactive; able to identify needs and take appropriate action without requiring continuous oversight, contributing to project momentum and team efficiency.
• Time & priority management skilled in managing multiple deadlines and shifting priorities, maintaining high productivity and quality under pressure while meeting project milestones.
• Collaborative teamwork works effectively as a team player with clients, internal project teams, and contractors, fostering a collaborative environment that supports project success and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Communication & negotiation strong communicator and negotiator, able to articulate ideas clearly, resolve conflicts diplomatically, and advocate for project needs with professionalism and tact.
• Software proficiency proficient in microsoft office suite and newforma for project documentation and coordination. Preferred experience with design and drafting tools including revit, autocad, and sketchup, supporting efficient and accurate project delivery.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in architecture or related field.
• Professional licensure a plus, but not required.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience with a history in industrial, transit or city buildings.
• Leed green associate or leed ap a plus.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather. This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Pay Range:

Locations in wa, dc & various ca areas - min salary $119,300.00 - max salary $179,000.00

Pay Transparency:

In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At stantec certain roles are bonus eligible.

Benefits Summary:

Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (ad&d) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law). Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law. The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location:

United States | ca | irvine

Organization:

2014 buildings-us california aid-irvine ca

Employee Status:

Regular

Travel:

Yes

Schedule:

Full time

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our talent acquisition team.