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Project Manager III
Location
Missouri + 1 moreAll locations: Missouri | Texas
Posted
8 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Project Manager III
CannonDesign
• Assist with leading, developing and nurturing, a successful partnering relationship with our clients which will lead to future opportunities for CannonDesign. • Develop and maintain positive client relations throughout the life of the project. Communicate design, construction, and other issues to clients in a clear and compelling way. • Develop a Partnering relationship with the client early in an engagement to establish shared expectations and provide clarity on how we will work together, the involvement of key stakeholders, and the timing of key decisions. • Ensure appropriate client and internal communication including written project documentation. May Play a lead role in key meetings and presentations. • Understand our contractual obligations to the client and the project to ensure that the team delivers on expectations for our scope of work and required services. Work proactively with the client to identify and obtain approvals for additions to scope of work or services prior to undertaking the work. Proactively communicate with and influence clients to approve and process payables for our services. • Facilitate the development, evolution and management of the work plan, budget, and schedule. Preferred tools include MS Project and Deltek Project Planning. • Manage design and documentation process and implementation of the design during the construction process. • Work with senior level project managers to maintain the project record, including but not limited to capture and documenting key decisions and records within the CannonDesign standard file structure. • Understand the need for Risk mitigation and Compliance. • Accountable for developing a risk management plan and managing project Risks. • Collaborate effectively with all team members. Generate and support a positive team environment: participation, empowerment, and accomplishment. • Implement CannonDesign Method using process expectations, best practices, reference standards, tools, templates, and technology to achieve competitive advantage, superior service delivery and quality, and enhanced team productivity and profitability. • Coordinate the workload of team and provide leadership of team activities. Communicate client objectives to team members in a clear and compelling way. Provide constructive feedback and mentoring to team members. Identify and share lessons learned with teams. • Be a proactive resource to project teams in their decision-making processes and in the development of technically sound and innovative planning and design solutions. • Meet with project team members on a regular basis to monitor work in progress and to assure that the firm’s best practice standards and procedures are being implemented. • Collaborate with project technical leadership to ensure that all statutory requirements for the project are achieved. • Monitor the technical quality of the projects. Enforce the application of QA/QC process standards and requirements. • Coordinate with the Project Architect and the Quality leader in planning the work. • Participate in negotiating the contract with other project leadership, the Business Practice Leader and Legal Team. • Participating in Business Development. • Proactively identify, communicate, mitigate and resolve issues. • Participate in the coordination of all disciplines with design intent. • In collaboration with design leaders, participate in the technical aspects of the project. • Perform other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction or a relevant field is required.
- Minimum 6 years of related experience required.
- Current licensure or registration in the United States preferred.
- LEED accreditation is preferred.
- Must have the ability to be client facing with strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Must possess business acumen.
- Must be a critical thinker.
- Must be highly analytical.
- Strong technical knowledge, coordination skills and the ability to build a rapport with and lead the project team and client is essential.
- Must be a fully qualified professional able to perform work under minimal supervision.
- Familiarity with Revit, Microsoft Office, MS Project, Deltek Vision, Bluebeam as well as other data management software is required.
Benefits
- For a general overview of our benefits, please visit our careers page at https://www.cannondesign.com/careers/benefits
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BAE Systems, Inc.Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do. As a leading aerospace, defense, and security company, we work together to deliver a full range of products and services for air, land, space, and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. How we work is rooted in purpose – a purpose to protect those who protect us, to unite our community of colleagues and customers, and to drive forward the growth and development of our exceptional team members. It's where purpose connects.
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Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics. 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Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Space & Mission Systems is a leading provider of national defense and civil space applications, advanced remote sensing, scientific and tactical systems for government and commercial customers. We continually pioneer ways to innovate spacecraft, mission payloads, optical systems, and other defense and civil capabilities. Powered by endlessly curious people with an unwavering mission focus, we continually discover ways to enable our customers to perform beyond expectation and protect what matters most. This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified. Multiple positions may be available on this opening.




