Senior Project Manager

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

Provide onsite PM/CM Services as an owner’s representative on a large Division of the State Architect (DSA) K-12 Education Market Sector program.

• Provides PM/CM Consultant Services for the owner on multiple k-12 projects.
• Ensures operations are executed in accordance with company project management procedures and policies.
• Ensures delivery and adherence to contractual requirements and that all aspects of owner contracts are accomplished.
• Manages the procurement phase and development of RFQs and RFPs.
• Oversees contracts, drawings, estimates, and specifications to ensure relation and compliance to project requirements.
• Coordinates, directs, and monitors activities of contractors/subcontractors, engineers, architects, and related performing entities.
• Manages project controls, cost, schedule, performance activities, and procedures required by the client.
• Identifies and manages risk on the project, and advises and confers with regional executive prior to implementing risk mitigation actions.
• Actively participates on internal teams that focus on continuous improvement of the company.
• Ensures workplace health and safety policies and procedures are clearly communicated and understood by direct reports and enforces rules fairly and uniformly.

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline is preferred.
• 12 or more years of experience in the Design/Engineering/Construction (DEC) industry of which a minimum of 5 years as a Project Manager is required.

• Effective presentation skills, ability to develop and deliver presentations to the end users, stakeholders, board of education is required.
• Proficient user skills with the MS Suite of tools and Bluebeam are required.
• Working knowledge of standard industry tools such as P6 and Procore are strongly preferred.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills to foster and maintain interpersonal relationships is required.
• Provide leadership and financial management support to the project team is required.

• A Certified Construction Manager (CCM) credential, a Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) certification, and/or a LEED Professional Accreditation is preferred.
• A valid California driver’s license and clean driving record is required.

This position is performed on location at the project site in San Mateo County, CA.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee must regularly work in an office, an office trailer, and/or in a construction jobsite environment. Conditions regularly include exposure to outdoor elements, hot/cold temperatures, wet conditions, noise, atmospheric conditions, and cramped quarters. The noise level in the work environment is occasionally loud.

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 or move up to 50 pounds.