Senior Project Manager; Civic

Kitchell seeks an experienced and dedicated Senior Project Manager to join our Southern
California region in San Bernardino County and build a long-term career at one of the most innovative and growth-oriented building companies in the United States.

Responsibilities are to provide PM/CM Services as well as Design Management Services for Capital Projects in the Civic Market Sector. This position has extensive client facing responsibility and requires prior working knowledge of the needs of the building occupants across public agency market sectors such as fire stations, museums, and/or libraries.

• Act as a Construction Manager with direct client facing responsibilities
• Work directly with multiple city departments to provide them with internal resources as support for their need for PM/CM services
• Strong knowledge of contracts, drawings, estimates, and specifications to ensure relation and compliance to project requirements
• Conduct project meetings and provide documentation, administration, and tracking of relevant information
• Maintains and ensures client satisfaction and effectively resolves complaints when necessary, in order to secure repeat business
• Implements and maintains effective systems of communication within and outside the program to ensure constructive relationships and the adequate flow of information
• Ensure contractor, architect, engineer, will adhere to contractual requirements on areas of safety, performance, project staff, and equipment
• Provide management of project logistics, organization, safety, and manpower utilization
• Monitors project planning and design status to report findings, recommendations, and updates
• May coordinate, direct, and monitor activities of construction management staff, contractors, engineers, architects, and related performing entities
• Performs other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline is preferred
• 12 or more years of experience in the Construction industry of which a minimum of 5 years as a Project Manager is required
• Prior experience working on Civic or Public Market Sector construction projects is required
• Prior experience with Construction Design Management (pre-con, procurement, design firm oversight) is required

• Knowledge and application of master planning, A/E solicitation, project development, design-phase management, construction estimating, cost, project controls/scheduling, documentation, engineering/construction principles, contracts and delivery methods are required
• Strong working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite of products is required
• User skills with industry software such as Procore and P6 are desired
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, including the advanced ability to foster and maintain effective interpersonal relationships is required

Valid driver’s license with an acceptable motor vehicle record, free from suspensions or restrictions, is required

This position is embedded within our public agency client in the City of San Bernardino with possible work site assignments in the County of San Bernardino, CA.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee must regularly work in an office and or construction environment. Conditions regularly include exposure to outdoor elements, hot/cold temperatures, wet atmospheric conditions, and cramped quarters with occasionally loud noise level in the work. Independent travel throughout the county and state may be required.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee must regularly sit, stand, walk, talk or hear and use hands to finger, feel and handle; frequently reach with hands and arms; occasionally climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Must frequently lift and or move 10 pounds and occasionally lift and or move up to 50 pounds.