Hybrid Project Manager, Architecture – Federal

at Stantec

• Job title: Project Manager, Architecture – Federal
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Orlando, United States

About the role

• Project Manager supporting the US Federal government’s Military Program planning, design, and construction of facilities and infrastructure. Coordinating with internal teams and external entities for project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing complex tasks on medium to large size projects.
• Plans, organizes, and directs the work throughout the life of the project to successfully deliver the project to the client.
• Keeps the Principal in Charge informed of progress on project expectations, deadlines, and deliverables and understands the limits of the decision-making responsibilities of the role and respects the boundaries of the Principal in Charge’s responsibilities.
• Leads the client and project team to assure that the project design meets the client budget, schedule, program, and design intent.
• Assists in the negotiation and development of project agreements.
• Develops and manages project budget, schedule, and overall work plan to realize target financial performance.
• Mentors Assistant Project Managers and motivates project teams.
• Assures that Stantec’s Project Management Framework tasks are timely completed and properly documented.
• Leads project coordination and owner/site meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor and sub-contractors.
• Manages and tracks change orders, applications for payment by contractors and other contractual modifications impacting budget and schedule.
• Works with local leadership in determining project staffing needs and recommending personnel.
• Directs client invoicing and effectively manages collections.
• Travel to projects in other states for client meetings and site visits. Travel by air and car required.

Requirements

• Architect (Registered Architect) certification/registration
• Excellent organizational and verbal/written communication skills
• Strong leadership and team building skills
• Ability to participate and collaborate in project team setting and across BOUs, and to engage in creative and critical thought
• Capacity to communicate clearly via phone, email, technical writing and in-person to internal and external clients
• Passion for military facilities and infrastructure projects and delivering on the Department of Defense’s Military Programs Mission
• Available for intermittent travel
• United States citizen or permanent US resident
• Possesses excellent time management skills, thorough understanding of task assignment and schedule, budgeting and efficient use of time and resources
• Experience in management, design, and construction of military facilities and infrastructure projects for the US Department of Defense
• Ability to solve complex problems using sound professional judgment, creativity, and innovation
• Experience with Alternative Project Delivery (design-build, P3)
• Leadership experience including program and project management
• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) of Architecture / Bachelor of Architecture (B.A.) degree, or a related degree
• Minimum of 10 years of design and project management experience
• Professionally accredited degree in Architecture
• LEED accredited, Guiding Principles Compliance Professional (GPCP), Green Globes Professional (GGP), Wellness, or other sustainable professional is preferred
• Detailed knowledge of building construction systems, means and methods, materials, and industry associated standards
• Ability to hand sketch and communicate concepts and ideas to others effectively
• Ability to apply accessibility codes, applicable building codes, and life-safety codes to a wide variety of project scopes and complexity
• Ability to oversee development of building documentation in modeling/drafting software (Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD)
• Prefer working knowledge of specialized software such as Navisworks, SpecsIntact, BSD SpecLink, and Microsoft Planner or other scheduling software
• Strong experience with general software (Microsoft Word, Excel, Microsoft Project, BlueBeam, Powerpoint, etc.)
• Ability to check work of others for accuracy and completeness and manage team to meet project budget and schedule
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written
• Strong understanding of project financials
• Adaptable to various project delivery methods, Design Build, IPD, Design Bid Build, etc.

Benefits

• Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans
• 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
• Paid family leave
• Ten paid holidays in each calendar year
• Employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year
• Eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law)