Position Summary
The Construction/Facilities Information Technology Senior Project Manager takes a lead role in researching, recommending, and managing the implementation of Low Voltage, Communication, Physical Security, Network, and Information Technology Infrastructure. This includes analyzing processes, developing the business case, defining the project, facilitating product selection, planning project deliverables, budgeting, and managing internal and external resources in the completion of assigned projects.
Essential Functions
- Interpretation of construction drawings plans and specifications for low voltage infrastructure systems and pathways/spaces.
- Ability to red line and markup drawings and convey IT requirements to Architects and Engineers.
- Understanding of design/layout for security, technology, and communication systems.
- Ability to pull together owner, architect, trade partners, engineering, and installation teams for coordination of planning, scheduling, buy outs, executing, punch, and closing.
- Author scope of work documents pertaining to all Low Voltage, Communication, Physical Security, Network, and Information Technology Infrastructure.
- Assemble, interpret, and manage construction project budgets, forecasting, reporting, and approving project expenses.
- Knowledge of Cabling, Nurse Call, A/V, Security, Access Control, CCTV, Wireless, Network, and End User Computing system layouts.
- Effective communications in written and verbal form.
- Log and track risks, issues, change, action items.
- Develop and manage schedules and communicate expectations.
- Solve problems. Create ideas and contingencies.
- Lead teams and pull together effective meetings and follow through with action items.
- Close project administratively with clean documentation, punch completion, and budget analysis.
- Negotiation and team build stakeholders and project resources from varying levels of involvement.
- Manages all aspects of multiple simultaneous Projects of varying complexity including initiating, planning, construction, implementation, and closure.
- Identifies stakeholders, develops project charters, and works with stakeholders to determine and document agreed upon project scope and requirements.
- Develops and maintains project plans including work breakdown structure (WBS) resource, risk, quality, cost, and scope management plans; develops communication and training plans; and develops requirements documentation.
- Coaches and mentors project team members, resource managers and customers on project management, and project delivery methodologies, policies, and practices.
- Directs a variety of technical resources and functional team members to determine best methods to achieve project objectives.
- Responsible for applying project management knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project deliverables, processes, and systems.
- Assists with and/or facilitates technology selection. Participates in development of vendor Requests for Information and Requests for Proposal as required.
- Procures and manages internal and external project resources.
- Defines, recommends, and secures contractual agreements, scope and SOW documents, and service level agreements for technical services in conjunction with internal teams, vendor partners and global resources firms.
- Participates in vendor contract negotiation and development.
- Ensures all project documentation including meeting agenda/minutes resides on project SharePoint sites.
- Delivers weekly and/or as-required updates of the project status, scope, schedule, and cost.
- Manages change, risk, issues, and communication within projects.
- Performs post-project review and formally conducts "lessons learned" and customer acceptance sessions after project closure. Documents all related action items and follows up to drive continuous improvement.
Other Related Functions
- Possesses excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with all levels of management.
- Communicates effectively at the executive level.
- Understands and assists with improving and defining business processes both within and outside of Information Technology.
- Exhibits an organizational perspective in decision-making.
- Works with IT management and oversight committees.
- Expedites customer issues as needed.
Education/Training
- Bachelor's degree OR one of the following is required:
- Associate's degree and two (2) additional years of direct related work experience in addition to the requirements listed in the Experience section
- High School diploma or equivalent and four (4) additional years of direct related work experience in addition to the requirements listed in the Experience section
Licensure/Certification
- Current Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.
Experience
- Five (5) years of Low Voltage, Communication, Physical Security, Network, and Information Technology Infrastructure Project Management experience required.
- Experience project managing projects with consistent use of a formal project management methodology.
- Prior project management experience managing multiple complex projects simultaneously.
- Experience managing people to complete tasks identified in formal project plans.
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Vaco
$55.00 - $65.00 / hr
Apr 04, 2025