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Audubon is currently seeking a **Senior Project Manager** to join our team in our Canonsburg, PA Office. The **Senior Project Manager** is accountable for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of complex and/or large projects ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments and goals. The successful **Senior Project Manager** will provide direction and management support to project teams during the execution of engineering projects. **PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:** - Acts as the primary interface between the project team and the client representative. The PM is the face of Audubon to the client. - Creates, executes and revises project execution plans as required to meet client requirements and project metrics. - Identifies resources needed and manages team responsibilities. - Manages day-to-day operational aspects of assigned projects. - Ensures that all deliverables have been reviewed, approved and signed off prior to issue to the client. - Ensures the project team follows the Audubon standards and procedures. - Responsible for reviewing project transactions and reporting any discrepancies on a weekly basis. - Responsible for review and approval of invoices within a 48hr turnaround. - Responsible for maintaining the resource planning on assigned projects. - Manages the project budget and schedule. - Remains completely accessible to client during the life of project and provides single point of contact, ensuring specific requests are process timely and appropriately. - Organizes and directs a Project Management Team of other Project Managers and/or Project Engineers. - Drives Management of Change philosophy and enforces corresponding procedures. - Serves as the champion for safety and quality on the project. - Reviews and provides final Audubon approval to all subcontractors’ contracts and invoices. - Manages the overall execution of projects. - Participates as a contributing member of assigned Functional Group or Execution Center. - Possess a detailed understanding of the sales / BD process. - Understands the relationship between multi-discipline deliverable packages - including procurement and construction activities. - Consistently acknowledges and appreciates each team member's contributions. - Effectively utilizes each team member to their fullest potential. - Motivates team to work together in the most efficient manner. - Keeps track of lessons learned and shares those lessons with team members and peers. - Mitigates team conflict and communication problems. - Suggests areas for improvement in internal processes along with possible solutions. - Leads and/or acts as a member of internal teams/task forces. - Analyzes project profitability, revenue, margins, bill rates, efficiency, and utilization. **EXPERIENCE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS** **:** - Education Required: Minimum of an Associate’s Degree AND 10 years of Relative Experience, or Bachelor’s Degree and 7 years of Relative Experience. - Education/Licensure Preferred: BS Engineering, MBA, Project Management Professional (PMP), Professional Engineer (PE) License. - Experience Required: Minimum of 7 years of industry related experience as a Project Engineer or Project Manager. - Experience Preferred: 10 years of experience as the Lead Engineer on large multi-discipline projects, Project Engineer and/or Project Manager. - Working knowledge of scheduling techniques and software. - Knowledgeable in cost estimating and control. - Able to speak comfortably in a group setting. - Understanding of all applicable discipline deliverables. - Financial Management. - Understands complex revenue models, P/L, and cost-to-completion projections and makes decisions accordingly. - Understands our pricing model and billing procedures. - Accurately forecasts revenue, profitability, margins, bill rates and utilization. **No Recruiters, please!** Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Salary estimate
$179,000 – $241,000/yr
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Skills for this role
Project ManagementSalesCommunication
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