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Design and Construction

The Design and Construction Project Management role provides leadership to the Project Management group within the Design and Construction Division (D&C); is responsible for workload management/assignments, professional development, and project performance for a group of Design and Construction Project Managers; leads capital project(s), project dispute resolution, process consistency and efficiency, initiative leadership, and organizational strategy development.

• Serve on the Design and Construction leadership team and provide ongoing strategic input
• Lead and mentor team(s), including staffing, performance management, training, and professional development
• Oversee the development of project plans, timelines, and budgets
• Ensure workload coordination and assignments are consistent amongst project managers
• Establish and monitor critical timelines, ensuring milestones are met
• Serve as a key mediator in resolving conflicts and disputes among project stakeholders
• Manage budgets across multiple projects, ensuring costs are monitored, controlled, and forecasted
• Approve expenditures, identify cost-saving opportunities and innovations, and provide financial reporting to leadership
• Oversee the mitigation of risks associated with design, construction, and schedule delays; develop contingency plans
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations
• Establish and maintain key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor the progress, quality, and efficiency of design and construction projects; provide regular performance reports to senior leadership
• Develop, implement, and refine project management processes to improve delivery efficiency and client satisfaction
• Implement tools and methodologies to enhance project visibility, accountability, and transparency across all phases of the project lifecycle
• Conduct regular benchmarking activities to analyze project performance, design approaches, and construction methodologies against industry peers
• Build and maintain relationships with industry peers to foster knowledge sharing and collaborative opportunities
• Incorporate insights from peer analysis into strategic planning, operational improvements, and decision-making
• Evaluate emerging trends, tools, and processes to determine their potential impact on project delivery and organizational performance
• Foster a collaborative, productive, and safe work environment

Level:

– Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates proficient ability in work design, project management, financial planning and development of goals for accomplishing unit assignments. Reviews and guides work to ensure conformity to policy and effective approaches. Evaluates employee performance and recommend development opportunities. Demonstrates ability to coach employees. Presents and communicates key university indicatives and connects it to unit contributions. Provides broad guidelines. Develops, evaluates, enhances, and/or implements quality improvement practices. Recommends innovative solutions.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees a team (typically 4 or more; no fewer than 2) full
– time direct reports of individual contributors and/or first level supervisors.

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks department/area budget
– May plan, forecast, and/or assist in developing budgets
– May have final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters varied and complex problems
– Helps to develop creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature but within limited scope
– Modifies, adapts, or refines guidelines if necessary to resolve issues or problems

Independence of Action:

– Works independently on complex or strategic assignments
– Uses existing practices and advanced working knowledge to determine appropriate work methods for the team
– Reviews completed work of others for conformity to policy, and effectiveness of approach
– Delegates advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Prepares written and/or verbal presentations or proposals on complex issues and delivers to a broad variety of audiences
– Communicates key university initiatives and how unit’s work contributes to their achievement
– Presents ideas, concepts and instructions in a clear manner, and uses persuasion and negotiation to build consensus and cooperation
– Establishes and maintains networks to facilitate successful communication among units

• Comp Grade – 14
• Minimum – $97,100.00
• MidPoint – $121,400.00
• Maximum – $145,700.00