Senior Project Manager

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Monday-Friday, 7:30 AM-4:30 PM
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Requires at least a baccalaureate degree in the field. Please contact your Human Resources office for an evaluation of education/experience in lieu of the required minimum qualifications.

This position will provide high level oversight on 150 FMD maintenance projects and renovations. This position will supervise a team of 5 project managers. This position will perform pre-construction coordination. This position will also review and track project schedules and site logistics plans. This position will be out in the field monitoring construction progress and making recommendations to the project managers. This position will be responsible for quality control reviews on contracts and project execution. This position will provide oversight to the project manager's work, including but not limited to assisting, reviewing, and meeting with them. This position will attend, and host meetings related safety and be a member on other committees. The Senior Project Manager reports to the Director of Maintenance Project Management.

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Provide high level oversight on approximately 150 FMD maintenance projects and renovations. Review contract documents to be familiar with the projects and their details. Communicate potential campus impacts with the director to develop methods to minimize disruptions to campus operations. Perform quality control reviews. Supervise a team of five PMs. Provide oversight for the PMs, including responding timely to their questions, meeting them onsite to review issues, assisting with contractor/ OUA interface as appropriate. Provide oversight for each project to ensure adequate utilities are available to accommodate the project schedule. Providing support for utility infrastructure upgrades. Direct PMs on what inspections will be required on individual projects. Provide assistance in reviewing pay requests and change orders as needed by the FMD project managers. Attend Owner/Architect/Contractor meetings and all pre-construction and pre installation meetings as needed and/or as requested by the PMs. Facilitate FMD walk-throughs of the project sites at least twice during the course of construction. Keep the FMD Director of Maintenance Project Management apprised of all pertinent information and provide timely notifications of any threats to project schedule or budget. Develop a project management handbook to document project SOP's for departmental use.

Perform pre-construction pricing reviews and scope development. Perform reviews of Component Change Orders and GMP to evaluate awards to contractors and subcontractors. Gauge the accuracy of proposals so they are deemed fair and reasonable. Review and track project schedules proposed by the contractors. Verify compliance with project needs and contract documents. Perform project design standards compliance and constructability reviews leveraging Bluebeam Revu. Perform site logistics review and assist Project Managers (PM) with campus coordination as needed. Assist in the creation of accurate and useful cost histories and unit cost analyses to be used for pre-construction and budget pricing for future projects.

Host a monthly meeting with UGA's Environmental Safety Department, Fire Safety Division, to maintain up-to-date communication regarding the status of all project inspections, temporary certificates of occupancy, and certificates of occupancy. Chair the Lessons Learned committee and perform all duties associated with this effort to garner participation in the creation, documentation, and presentation of lessons learned. Review projects in AiM software to verify all project data is up to date from the PMs.

Other duties as assigned.