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Position Summary

The Project Manager III leads high-profile and/or complex projects and programs that require advanced coordination, strategic decision-making, and collaboration across multiple disciplines and stakeholders. They are accountable for project performance outcomes, quality, client satisfaction, and the successful integration of internal teams and sub-consultants. They serve as trusted leaders within project delivery while contributing to business development efforts through strengthening client relationships, identifying growth opportunities, and supporting strategic pursuits.

Essential Job Functions & Accountabilities

Project Management

• Leads cross-discipline or strategically complex projects, coordinating all aspects of planning, execution, and client experience.
• Develops and negotiates proposals, contracts, and budgets for high-visibility or multi-phase projects; advises others on complex scoping.
• Directs project deliverables across multiple teams, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and timelines.
• Manages client service and project communication, maintaining proactive communication throughout the project life cycle.
• Leads financial oversight for complex project budgets, proactively addressing risks and making real-time adjustments.
• Accountable for delivery success across complex or high-risk efforts, ensuring both outcomes and client satisfaction. Leads efforts to improve performance and ensure consistent adherence to applicable quality standards. Selects sub-consultants and manages and maintains relationships with them.

Program Management (where applicable)

• Leads development of program contracts and project fee matrices for large or complex programs.
• Manages client service and communication, maintaining proactive communication throughout the project life cycle.
• Oversees and coordinates all aspects of program project execution, ensuring proper resource management strategies and meeting client expectations.

Quality

• Manages project quality expectations across disciplines, proactively addressing issues to maintain standards.
• Ensures deliverables meet project goals and proactively identifies risks to quality expectations.
• Develops scopes of work and fees for complex or strategic projects, ensuring alignment with risk and delivery considerations.
• Provides technical insight on project production when applicable. Proactively identifies cross-team project conflicts and collaborates with stakeholders to drive resolution before impact.

Client Experience

• Serves as the primary program contact and visible leader across multi-stakeholder initiatives.
• Maintains regular communication with clients and sub-consultants to ensure satisfaction with the project process and engineering work product, and that client views are managed toward the best solution.
• Anticipates potential client issues and proactively leads communication to navigate conflict and reinforce trust.
• Collaborates with leadership to shape and implement BD strategies aligned with sector or practice goals.
• Leads relationship development efforts for key clients or partners, acting as a connector across teams or sectors.

Leadership/Employee Engagement

• Leads cross-functional teams and oversees PMs on related projects or programs as needed.
• Advises and mentors across multiple project teams, sharing best practices and guiding through complex delivery scenarios.
• Partners with leadership to inform talent development strategies based on observed strengths and capability gaps.
• Demonstrates sustainability fluency and integrates project-specific sustainability actions with broader firm goals.

Core Competencies

Communication

• Keeps others well informed and prioritizes audiences, accuracy and timeliness
• Facilitates an efficient, consistent workflow and exchange of information
• Adjusts communication based on needs and make-up of audience

Integrity

• Leads by example, challenges assumptions, and creates candid feedback loops
• Delivers on personal commitments and instills accountability in others
• Maintains the confidence of clients and colleagues, especially when handling sensitive information

Quality Orientation

• Recognizes areas for improvement and responds accordingly
• Creates a sense of urgency to tackle problems and rewards responsiveness
• Creates and supports feedback loops that improve results
• Holds others accountable for doing their best work

Teamwork/Inclusion

• Prioritizes team needs over personal agenda
• Promotes a culture of collaboration across roles and teams
• Champions cooperative efforts to resolve challenging conversations
• Confronts exclusionary behavior

Continuous Learning

• Pursues new knowledge and helps others grow
• Encourages experimentation when faced with new challenges
• Examines mistakes, clarifies lessons learned, and applies to future work

Functional/Technical Expertise

• Leverages area of expertise to contribute to team and company goals
• Maintains knowledge, skills, and abilities relevant to success throughout job functions

Required Education, Experience, Licenses & Technical Competencies

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, science, technology, or business required. Relevant experience within the AEC or Professional Services industry may be considered in lieu of requisite education.
• 10 years of relevant experience required, including a minimum of 9 years of project management experience. Minimum 14 years of experience required without degree.
• Advanced proficiency in project management standards and execution.
• Advanced knowledge and application of building design and construction principles required.
• PMP certification preferred
• Self-starter with the ability to influence and motivate others to achieve goals.
• Proven track record of effective collaboration, communication and organization skills.
• Must demonstrate proficiency in all core competencies as described in this job description.

Physical Requirements

• Other duties as assigned.
• Prolonged periods of sitting or standing at a desk and working on a computer.
• Ability to read, write and communicate in English.
• Occasional travel may be required (10-15%)