Project Management
Senior Project Manager
At Ballinger, we are passionate about complex challenges and real-world problem-solving.
Design challenges come in all shapes and sizes, and the ones we prefer test us as design professionals. We seek out complex projects with big impact because they require us to ask tough questions, synthesize data, and push past the boundaries of existing answers into the realm of innovative solutions. Ballinger team members thrive on those challenges because our clients do, too: our work for them enables their ambitious endeavors in science and medicine, research and government, manufacturing, and technology. Ballinger welcomes ambition with career development, mentorship, and leadership opportunities. Here ideas will always be more important than hierarchy because they result in buildings as transformative as the missions they serve.
Ballinger is seeking a Senior Architectural Project Manager to serve as our primary contact for day-to-day project progress with our Academic, Healthcare, and Corporate clients. This is a position offering the successful candidate a significant opportunity to positively influence the firm and their career. This position will work directly with the firm’s Principals, in all aspects of the project process. This is a high-visibility role where this person will enjoy outstanding opportunities for innovation, challenging design, client interaction, and direct collaboration with the architectural, interiors, and engineering disciplines.
Position Responsibilities
- Autonomous internal and external leadership of building or discipline delivery
- Collaborate with the Principal in evaluation of project requirements and help to negotiate an acceptable owner-architect agreement including the fee and time schedule.
- Demonstration of targeted expertise with a key role in the firm
- Demonstration of superior technical skills, dedication, and ownership of work
- Act as a firm-wide mentor
- Demonstrates mastery of project scope, profitability, schedule, and budget. Completes projects on schedule, within budget, and with maximum client satisfaction.
- Negotiates critical issues with architects, engineers, and officials of other organizations and firms in collaboration with Principals
- Utilizes past experience and technical knowledge to monitor the quality of the construction documents keeping in mind schedules/budgets and provides coaching/ communication as appropriate with team leaders and/or team members who are responsible for work flow/timelines, etc.
- Develops 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 the Principal so that award recommendations can be submitted to owner
- Collaborates with Practice Group Leaders as requested in the marketing of projects including supplying project data, development of proposals, and participation in client interviews.
- Demonstrates superior technical skills, dedication, and ownership of work.
- Advise on firm standards (RUG / Technical / Templates / Specs).
- Perform ongoing studies for process improvement.
- Build on industry network, potentially through trade organizations, local events, speaking or conferences where applicable.
- Participate in and contribute to performance reviews where applicable
- Serve as a regular point of contact with client
- Provide daily team management and oversight
- Work with external consultants, contractors, product reps, and fabricators
- Interface and coordinate with other disciplines
- Mentor team members with less experience
- Develop knowledge of Ballinger’s project types: health care, academic/lab/research, corporate/workspace
- Participate in internal committees where applicable
- Travel as project requirements dictate for surveys and field/site visits during construction
Technical/Professional Skills
- Demonstrates success in all phases of major new construction, renovation, and interior fit-out projects
- Project architect, project management, client management, and external communication skill sets
- Exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills, combined with excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Experience with public speaking, pursuits, and firm or project marketing
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite applications
- Proficiency in project management software
- Presentation skills to effectively communicate design ideas
- Attention to detail
- Strong organizational, time management, and interpersonal skills
Requirements
As an Senior Project Manager, you must possess superb communication, budgeting, and client management skills. Additional requirements for this position include:
- BS or BA degree in Architecture or equivalent
- Architectural registration is required
- 15 years of industry experience
- Five or more years of experience in Project Management