Project Manager | Workplace

Overview

A national multidisciplinary design firm is seeking a talented Project Manager to join their Los Angeles or San Diego office. In this role, you will be actively managing project teams and building long-term strategic relationships with the company's Workplace Interior clients in California. This role requires excellent time management, communication, and technical skills as you work closely with Principals, Senior Designers, Project Architects, and other Project Managers developing design solutions in response to the clients' deadlines and needs.

The firm has 11 offices all around the world focusing on healthcare, arts and culture, community, corporate, education, and government projects. Recently, the firm won the prestigious American Architecture Award for Museums and Cultural Building, along with IIDA Healthcare Design Award.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with Principal in the evaluation of project requirements and helps to negotiate an acceptable owner-architect agreement including the fee and time schedule

• Demonstrates task-focused mastery of project scope, profitability, schedule and budget. Completes projects on schedule, within budget and with maximum client satisfaction
• Negotiates critical issues with top-level Architects, Engineers and officials of other organizations and firms
• Utilizes past experience and technical knowledge to monitor quality of construction documents, while keeping in mind schedules/budgets. Provides coaching/communication as appropriate with team leaders and/or team members who are responsible for work-flow/timelines, etc.
• Develops discipline cost and work-hour budgets for each project and monitors project costs, and completion status against budget schedules/timelines
• Oversees all correspondence and pertinent documents, making sure they are accurate, signs or obtains signatures, and seeks legal counsel as appropriate

• Coordinates review and evaluation of contractor bids and works with Principal so that award recommendation can be submitted to the owner
• Provides day-to-day leadership in the absence of and as delegated by the Principal and/or Practice Group Leader, keeping lines of communication open with all office management leaders and assisting with preparation of client billings prior to submittal for signature
• Collaborates with Principal and Practice Group Leader as requested in the pursuit of projects including pre-positioning meetings, development of proposals, and participation in client interviews
• Sets an example for team effort through the spirit of cooperation while directing, organizing , and mentoring junior staff

Qualifications

• Registered Architect with Bachelor's or Master's degree
• 10+ years of professional experience working on small-to-large-scale project types
• Workplace Interiors and/or adaptive reuse project experience preferred
• Experience with content media, entertainment and technology clients preferred

• LEED accreditation preferred
• Experience with Lean and Evidence-based design a plus
• Revit and Microsoft Office Suite experience required
• Knowledge of AutoCAD, 3D Max, SketchUp and other industry accepted software as well as expertise with project management software

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