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Our mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, controls, telecommunications, and security building system designs keep many of the world’s top Fortune 100 financial, technology, enterprise, hyperscale, and colocation companies up and running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.. kW Mission Critical Engineering, a WSP company, is currently looking for a Senior Project Manager for our Herndon, VA - Troy, NY - Tempe, AZ - Atlanta - GA , and Milwaukee - WI office locations.. As a Senior Project Manager with us, you will lead a diverse group of engineers from project initiation through completion with minimal oversight.. WSP USA is providing the compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and geographic location.. WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services.

senior project manager

Who We Are At WSP, we are driven by inspiring future-ready pioneers to innovate. We’re looking to grow our teams with people who are ready to collaborate in building communities and expanding our skylines. To do this, we hire candidates of all experiences, skillsets, backgrounds and walks of life. We actively foster a work environment and culture where inclusion and diversity is part of our fundamental structure. This is delivered behaviorally, through our policies, trainings, local partnerships with professional diverse organizations, internal networks and most importantly with the support and sponsorship of our leaders who help drive our commitment to an inclusive, diverse, welcoming and equitable work environment. Anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future! Great people. Great places. Great projects. kW Mission Critical Engineering, a WSP company, is a high-performance, fast-paced consulting engineering firm designing data centers and mission critical environments across the globe. We hire smart, responsive, team players to work in collaborative and mentoring office settings. Our mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, controls, telecommunications, and security building system designs keep many of the world’s top Fortune 100 financial, technology, enterprise, hyperscale, and colocation companies up and running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We work on innovative, award-winning, large-scale projects. We travel to construction sites to see our designs being built. As part of WSP, we are able to offer our employees increased professional development and career opportunities in addition to kW MCE’s office culture which is consistently recognized as one of the “Best Places to Work.” Join our great people at our great places designing great projects. This Opportunity kW Mission Critical Engineering, a WSP company, is currently looking for a Senior Project Manager for our Herndon, VA - Troy, NY - Tempe, AZ - Atlanta - GA , and Milwaukee - WI office locations. As a Senior Project Manager with us, you will lead a diverse group of engineers from project initiation through completion with minimal oversight. This includes regular communications and coordination with clients, managing expectations, writing, and managing proposals, creating change orders, composing budgets, invoicing and project closeout. Your Impact Lead multi-disciplinary teams of Engineers, Designers and other staff through completion of multiple simultaneous projects ranging from small to large with a wide range of complexities and requirements
Independently prepare project work plans, proposals, and schedules, and obtain management/client approval
Lead and initiate regular communications with clients regarding project status and project quality, and proactively resolve issues
Manage relationships with project stakeholders, including internal and external clients and vendors, regulatory authorities and technical agencies, and the public. This involves keeping the stakeholders informed of progress and issues in order to manage expectations on all project requirements and deliverables, and meet the project schedule
Address change management matters promptly and professionally with clients and internal departments
Maintain awareness of project budget maintenance, key performance indicators and forecasting
Lead and manage business development initiatives including Requests for Qualifications and Requests for Proposals
Compile a comprehensive and realistic scope of work, and prepare a complete and accurate fee estimate, in a format suitable for obtaining the required management approvals
As Team Leader, provide mentoring, assistance, encouragement and motivation to team members and junior Project Managers
Provide strong administrative and technical leadership for the project and maintain all project records and monitor correspondence
Schedule and facilitate all project meetings required to successfully coordinate work activity
Administer subconsultant agreements as assigned. Have thorough knowledge of the company's contracts and understanding of all parties involved.
Implement and manage the kW Quality Control Plan for each project
Proactively track and report workload management throughout the project
Manage client and subconsultant invoicing Who You Are The ideal candidate has experience managing multiple projects simultaneously in an engineering consulting environment. Candidate thrives in an extremely fast-paced and ever-changing environment requiring flexibility, pivoting, and an open-minded approach and has experience working in a client-facing role requiring extensive communication and knowledge of costing, budgets, and scheduling and/or resourcing. Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree
10+ years of experience in Project and/or Program Management and experience on large, engineering and/or construction projects
Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams of project professionals; concurrently managing issues, scope and quality while bringing projects to successful completion within the cost and time requirements
Exceptional written and oral communication skills, including experience making presentations to senior management
Exceptional interpersonal skills
Ability to work well with people from many different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience
Clear, concise, and tactful communication with senior management, clients, peers and staff
Strategic, conceptual analytical thinking and decision-making skills
Adaptability and flexibility including the ability to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity and change
Experience negotiating contract terms
Proficiency with computer office productivity (i.e., MS Office) and project management software tools
Detail oriented with ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
Familiarity reading drawings and specifications Preferred Qualifications Project or Program Management Professional certification (i.e., PMP)
Experience in an engineering consulting environment
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, project management
Experience in project planning, cost management and schedule management, and methods of analyzing and reporting project performance on financial and other KPIs Compensation and Benefits: WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. Expected Salary: $92,500 - $213,000 WSP USA is providing the compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law. Additional Requirements To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. Additional Details Travel Required: 20%
Job Status: Regular
Employee Type: Full
Primary Location: ATLANTA - PERIMETER CENTER
All locations: US-AZ-Tempe, US-GA-Atlanta, US-NY-New York, US-NY-Troy, US-VA-Herndon, US-WI-Milwaukee About WSP WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper. www.wsp.com WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started? WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status. The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States. NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES: WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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