Operations Leader & Project Manager; Federal Job Honolulu area,Hawaii USA,Management

Operations Leader & Project Manager (Federal)

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This position is a “dual-hatted” role and requires someone with great leadership skills and flexibility to juggle often competing demands of the two roles. Solid people skills as well as project organizational skills are needed.

The Federal Regional PM Director role provides management of a team of Federal project managers who are responsible for the delivery of building design, renovation and consulting projects within budget and on schedule. This includes leading multi-discipline project delivery teams in the development of construction drawings and specifications in accordance with Federal client requirements. In addition to leading a team of PMs, this position also requires direct interface with clients and management of active projects as a project manager.

As the Operations Group Leader, you’ll be a champion for your team in guidance on project execution and fostering growth and development of team members. Your ability to attract, retain, and develop talent will be key to your success in a high performing and actively growing office that is dedicated to producing high quality work, on time, and within budget.

This position reports directly to the Federal West Operations Lead and has leadership and supervisory responsibilities for the PMs and the technical architectural and engineering teams located in Hawaii. This position must coordinate with other Federal Design leaders to promote consistent delivery. This position works closely with other Federal Geography operations to balance workload and maintain Federal initiatives, trainings and culture.

Key to success will be a management style that is founded on mutual trust, empowerment, and design excellence.

Promotes Beyond Zero and safety programs to create an incident- and injury-free culture.

Day to day management of assigned staff including forecasting using Work Force Planning.

Must balance utilization across levels to ensure staffing profitability and overhead expectations.

Manages performance and helps talent grow and develop;
Stewards career development-basic skill development and sustainment, growth opportunities and skill refinement.

Mentors and trains PM team members in project management methods, procedures and activities.

Acts as hiring manager for required staff, establishes hiring plans; integrates new hires.

Holds the staff accountable for delivery of projects meeting client expectations and within cost budget and schedules and to the quality standards expected by the client and company.

Communicates with aligned staff through regular team meetings and individual check-in meetings.

Approves timesheets and expenses for aligned staff.

Billability target: 80%

Project Management Responsibilities:

Responsible for delivering large and/or multiple projects, on time, within budget and to agreed specifications and providing effective, skilled project management to help reduce the costs of delivering projects.

Leading teams in the project execution to accomplish project commitments and timing.

Assesses project requirements, while developing and recommending a sound approach or application to meet the needs of the project and client.

Facilitates the creation of communication plans, ensuring that appropriate information is exchanged among key stakeholders, and conducts status review meetings among project team members and clients.

Develops cost proposals to respond to client requests.

Determines, monitors and reviews costs, operational budgets, schedules, and staffing needs for project teams.

Responsible for ongoing financial reporting throughout project execution.

Manages and enhances project quality. Assures compliance with the company’s quality control and quality assurance requirements for assigned projects.

Functions as a single point of contact with clients.

Travel as needed…


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