Senior Project Manager

At Cumming Group, you will work on some of the world's most exciting projects in a dynamic environment where your success is measured by the impact you make. We are one of the fastest-growing project and cost management consultancies in the United States, as reflected in our top 10 rankings in ENR. With over 60 offices globally, an extremely diverse project portfolio, and double-digit year-over-year revenue growth, the opportunities to make your mark are limitless!

We are currently hiring a Senior Project Manager to support various capital improvement projects at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, CA. This is an onsite position based at JWA airport. The Senior Project Manager is responsible for managing the scope, cost, schedule, and operational interfaces of design and construction activities for CIP. The role focuses on schedule certainty, budget delivery, and ensuring construction work meets required quality standards while enforcing a strong health, safety, and environmental culture. The Senior Project Manager ensures the development and implementation of design, construction, testing, commissioning, turnover plans, operational impact mitigation, stakeholder coordination, and adherence to owner standards.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Primary liaison and airport/owner representative responsible for directing and managing the project

• Responsible for scope development and scope management of the project to meet project goals and objectives

• Develop the RFP and oversee the procurement process for designers and contractors

• Providing direction and management for assigned project and ensuring on-schedule completion within or below budget in accordance with contractual obligations

• Planning and defining program goals and devising methods to accomplish them, developing in-depth knowledge of owner objectives, contract terms, and airport policies

• Planning, directing, supervising and controlling the execution of all technical, fiscal, and administrative functions of the assigned project

• Working with team members and airport management to develop budgets, schedules, and plan for the various elements of a project

• Oversees owner’s staff that manages full project delivery including stake holder interfaces

• Managing project scope to meet or exceed project goals and objectives

• Abilities to identify and study options to complex design, operational or constructability issues

• Ability to conduct field surveys and investigations to capture detailed and accurate field conditions. This information shall be used to enable strategic design and construction decisions

• Maintaining documentation on the approved scope of work for the project to include all related agreements, authorizations, reports, drawings and specifications. This documentation shall include narratives for all scopes of work as well as a coordinated CAD representation including all projects for key disciplines

• Managing the project during design and construction including resolution of technical design issues, issuing design non-compliances, issuing field non-conformances, timely processing of RFI’s, coordinating shop drawing reviews, participation in and approval of factory and site acceptance tests, coordinating material approvals, coordinating mock up approvals, providing reports, drawings and specification interpretation, participation in testing and commissioning activities, managing the punch list process and other activities as required to ensure the design process supports the project goals

• Overseeing the design process including managing the Design Review Team (DRT) design review process for assigned project(s) through all phases of design including significant design changes during construction

• Monitoring and leading efforts related to the permitting process required by the design team and contractor

• Overseeing the construction process to remove and mitigate obstacles that cause inefficiencies to the construction process

• Becoming thoroughly familiar with required contractual obligations and technical aspects of all facilities to be erected

• Ensuring all work is being performed with and inspected to the latest versions of plans and specifications including approved changes, submittals, and RFI’s

• Working with designer, contractor and stakeholders to develop the overall planning of construction activities and identifying critical milestones and priorities

• Keeping alert to possible problem areas and taking preventative action to ensure critical milestones are met for each phase of the project

• Ensuring the use of safe and sound construction practices

• Preparing reports summarizing progress of construction activities for senior management

• Reviewing change proposals for contractual compliance and alignment with fair market value

• Preparing a monthly risk report for the Program Board

• Monitoring adherence to Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plan, and other documents as required and promoting excellence on the project through the application of Quality Assurance processes

• Enforcing the program requirements for all areas of the project and monitoring the draft and final deliverables for adherence to these criteria

• Reviewing pay applications to ensure proper verification of completed work and compliance with contract requirements

• Working with the key project individual to devise and execute action plans to rectify potential cost overruns or delays, or to accommodate significant changes to the scope of work

• Assuring that current and timely change orders are documented and administered properly

• Participating in all necessary coordination meeting with designer, contractor and stakeholders

• Managing the closeout process to ensure all documentation is completed as quickly as possible to efficiently close the project without incurring unnecessary costs

• Safety performance well above industry standards

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Planning, Aviation, and/or related field required. Master's degree preferred.

• Fifteen (15) years or more of relevant full time experience in construction project management, preferably on airport projects.

• Experience with various delivery methods, including Design-Bid-Build, Design+CMAR, and Design-Build

• Proven ability to perform in a management capacity.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills and a thorough knowledge of industry practices and regulations.

• Relevant professional licensures, and or certificates are strongly preferred. These may include AAAE, LEED, PE, PMP, AICP, etc. or any other relevant professional licensure and/or certifications.

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The salary range for this full-time role is $132,800.00-$185,933.36 per year. Ranges are determined based on the position, geography, client and industry experience and level, and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range reflects base salary only, and not the total compensation package. Cumming Group reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on a candidate’s experience, skills, and qualifications, including client requirements.

In addition to base salary, Cumming Group offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• 401(k) Matching
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Short and long-term disability
• Employee Assistance Program