Senior Project Manager Position Profile
About Goldman Copeland
When you look at the skyline, you’re seeing Goldman Copeland!
Goldman Copeland is a 60-person firm with a 5-decade legacy to build the future, from the inside out. Their team has worked on thousands of industry leading projects of every type and size. Goldman Copeland’s clients entrust them with their most valuable properties and some of the world’s most iconic buildings, through relationships that have spanned decades. They take this responsibility with the utmost seriousness. With each project, their team has access to new techniques and technologies that can make a building more efficient, secure, and sustainable over time.
In Goldman Copeland’s work, they focus on the core of what makes a building serve its occupants: it’s vital mechanical, life safety, ventilation, plumbing, and energy systems. Their team was able to build the firm around these services and have continued to modernize their practice. They have created innovative engineering and energy designs for buildings that are recognized around the world. Throughout this time, Goldman Copeland has made a commitment to continue to faithfully serve clients in New York and beyond, balancing state-of-the-art design techniques with managing long-term operating and maintenance costs. To the team at Goldman Copeland, creativity and practicality must always balance each other, a philosophy their clients rely on them to deliver on every day.
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Position Overview
Goldman Copeland is currently seeking an experienced and professional Senior Project Manager to join their team. In this role, the Senior Project Manager will oversee the entire project lifecycle, ensuring on-time delivery, adherence to scope, and budget compliance. This individual will collaborate closely with clients, vendors, and subcontractors to maintain the highest level of quality and ensure customer satisfaction, particularly in projects with heavy architecture requirements.
The Senior Project Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of projects, including gross margin management, safety, schedule adherence, and customer satisfaction. The successful candidate will engage with project delivery resources, ensuring the deployment of the most suitable team members to projects. The ideal candidate will lead project management efforts, including strategy development and execution, as well as actively managing project teams to ensure successful outcomes. In addition, the Senior Project Manager will provide guidance and mentorship to a team of 12+ technical staff, including Project Engineers, Project Engineering Managers, Commercial Managers, Construction Managers, and Project Managers.
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Role & Responsibilities
- Formulate project plans, encompassing timelines, resource allocation, and proactive risk mitigation strategies, particularly for complex architectural projects.
- Lead architecture and engineering projects, from preconstruction through closeout.
- Maintain a firm commitment to safety behaviors and protocols that lead to an incident and injury free project site.
- Support Business Development and Marketing Departments to secure new work for the business unit.
- Develop high-performance teams through supervision, training, coaching, and mentoring.
- Manage multi-disciplinary teams.
- Develop and maintain long-lasting relationships with customers, the design community, and subcontractors to enhance future business development opportunities.
- Ensure strict adherence to ethics and compliance requirements on all projects.
- Provide leadership in risk evaluation, contract negotiations, fee, and pricing decisions.
- Oversee the development and management of project schedules, budgets, execution plans and manage their implementation.
- Provide project budget and financial management.
- Oversee the administration of project Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) programs.
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Experience Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, or Construction Management.
- Master’s degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering or Financial Management (MBA) preferred.
- 10+ years of experience in design project management with at least 5 years in construction.
- Professional Engineer or Registered Architect preferred.
- Profound understanding of architectural projects and industry-specific processes.
- Experience with integrated project management systems, including LEAN Construction, Supply Chain Management, Building Information Modeling (BIM) and new and evolving construction technologies.
- Ability to understand and interpret technically complex contract documents, drawings, specifications, scopes of work and project schedule.
- Skilled at negotiating and developing relationships with owners and subcontractors.
- Proficiency in project management software and tools.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with senior management, clients, and project teams.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Adaptability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Critical Competencies for Success
Leadership Acumen & Team Orientation
The Senior Project Manager will be charged with elevating the overall revenue, profitability, and talent of the project team. Through the development of improved processes, training, and development, and hiring, this individual will work to expand the team while fostering a culture of accountability and results. Requires a hands-on, team-oriented executive who has broad-based credibility and is capable of consistently motivating people to take action. An exceptional leader, who builds, inspires, and coaches teams with a passion for the business, while forging close working relationships with other senior leaders throughout the organization.
Critical Thinking / Analytical Rigor
This individual must be intellectually sharp and clearly capable of thinking on their feet. Must demonstrate outstanding business judgment using critical data to make or influence decisions. The Senior Project Manager must possess the analytical skills to drive costs from the business, improve overall productivity and elevate the clinical research division’s processes as points of differentiation in the marketplace.
Results-Oriented
The new Senior Project Manager must be performance-driven and able to provide measurable results. The successful candidate will be resourceful, action-oriented, and possess a proactive sense of urgency and the ability to overcome obstacles to produce results in a timely fashion. They will be comfortable working in a matrix organization and leading project teams to achieve results.
Communication
This individual should possess strong communication, listening, and persuasion skills, truly partnering with the executive team. The Senior Project Manager should be comfortable, articulate, and dynamic in front of both external and internal audiences including employees and customers. This individual will have a demonstrated ability to influence and build consensus among teams. They will be direct, candid and possess strong conflict resolution skills.
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