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The Building People Senior Construction Project Manager - Fire Protection Engineering (TS Cleared) in Washington, District Of Columbia
The Building People, LLC, has a position open for a full-time Senior Construction Project Manager with a Fire Protection Engineering Specialty and active Top Secret Clearance for a facilities engineering program to support a federal Agency. The Senior-Level Construction Project Manager will support Agency related construction, design/build, architecture and engineering, space management, facilities management, real estate, and leasing of large and complex construction projects.
Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
As required, provides on-site construction management oversight during mobilization, site preparation, construction, fit-out, commissioning and occupancy.
Provides the leadership, oversight, and overall responsibility for the timeliness, completeness, and quality of multiple construction projects.
Interfaces with clients to define requirements.
Provides general oversight of many of the duties and tasks that must be accomplished in the construction and renovation of government real property.
Able to manage a large multi-faceted project.
Manages the Project Management Team by maintaining a coordinating relationship with the government agency, its clients, as well as, with the architect-engineers, construction contractors and other contractors supporting the government. When required, delegates tasks and provides technical assistance to the team to include subordinate Project Managers-Mid Level or Assistant Construction Project Managers.
Responsible for quality of work products and timeliness of delivery by those team members.
Provides deep understanding and knowledge of each phase of the construction process, including architectural design and creations of development documents by architects and engineers. Communicates with project team, architects, clients, vendors of the products they are using, and subordinate staff.
Oversees projects, including tracking metrics and updating logs, leads meetings, user needs and schedule are met.
Prepares documentation such as the scope of work, technical reviews, and miscellaneous reports.
Develops charters, acts as a Change Agent Manager, responsible for accountability of project, defines roles and responsibilities, performs project tracking, adopts project management best practices, promotes customer involvement, applies lessons learned from recent projects, promotes good working relationships, enforces effective change control, developing contingency planning and providing recommended solutions, exemplifies project management development and manages project priorities.
Qualifications and Education Required:
Active Top Secret Clearance
Bachelor’s degree in Fire Protection Engineering from ABET accredited school or university. Mechanical Engineering degree could also be acceptable.
Knowledge of building codes related to fire protection and life safety infrastructure.
Relevant experience in fire protection engineering aspects of design and construction phases.
Proficient in the most current version of AutoCAD software.