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Professional Engineering Consu Project Manager - Municipal Transportation in Lawrence, Kansas

This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/13188593

Position Summary:

The Project Manager (PM) is responsible for the management and delivery of projects in accordance with each projects client contract and to the expectations of PEC. This position is expected to manage the project scope, schedule, and cost while also assessing and managing risks and for client satisfaction. The Project Manager will coordinate and communicate with all appropriate project stakeholders, ensuring deliverables and milestones are on time and within budget.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Competent to make all business decisions on projects from opportunity identification through project completion with minimal guidance or oversight.
  • Anticipate and productively resolve discrepancies between client expectations and contracted scope
  • Manage project scope, cost, and schedule for the planning, execution, and delivery of projects on-time and within budget
  • Lead project teams throughout pre-contract phase. Collaborating with internal and external team members to develop fee proposals and when needed, establish project budgets. Thereafter preparing proposed contracts and sub-consultant contracts as appropriate
  • Responsible for assembling the project team with the approval of each project team members supervisor
  • Manage the flow of project work for all disciplines
  • Manage the application of resources to the project
  • Provide direction to project team for all project activities to keep them on schedule
  • Update project timeline and adjust scheduling and provide regular project updates to the project team and others as appropriate
  • Ensure Quality Control processes are followed, performed, and documented
  • Identify risk (client service risks, contract risks, technical risks, staffing risks, etc.), appropriately communicates risk and risk management strategies internally, and diplomatically and effectively navigate risk management with clients and project teams
  • Lead project teams through forecasting estimates to complete and assessing work progress
  • Communicate effectively with the project team, Market VP, and other internal stakeholders as necessary to accomplish the project goals and the expectations of PEC
  • Effective and appropriate client communication and client management
  • Adhere to all adopted business practices and quality procedures
  • Represent themselves and PEC in a professional, strategic, and courteous manner
  • Project assignments and responsibilities may be added at the companys discretion.

Knowledge, skills and abilities:

Considerable knowledge and understanding of consulting design and construction standards and practices

Strong skills using project management tools and systems, including but not limited to scheduling software, including Microsoft Project

Proficient Microsoft Office and Bluebeam skills

Familiar with CADD and REVIT software applications and processes

Proven experience working in collaborative environments using Microsoft Teams

Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing with internal and external project teams, the client and other stakeholders

Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate and guide others, build effective and cohesive relationships

Proven experience\ \

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\ \ Professional Engineering Consultant is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any applicants for employment based on their race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic in formation, veteran status, uniformed service member status, or any other status protected by law.

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