Project Manager 1 - Facilities/Construction
Stanford University · Menlo Park, California, United States · hybrid
Position Overview:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is seeking an Infrastructure Project Manager to deliver world-class design and construction of facilities and infrastructure projects in support of world-changing scientific research. In this role, the project manager will generally be responsible for leading or supporting the planning, developing, procurement, design, construction, and close-out/transition to operations of infrastructure projects up to $10M.
This position will liaise with a broad range of client groups and stakeholders, including SLAC scientists and physicists, management and operations, finance and contracting, facilities engineers and technicians, and others. When supporting larger projects, this position may support a senior project manager or project director in managing engineering and design requirements, design and construction submittals, correspondence with project stakeholders and senior management, technical evaluations of bid proposals, development and review of construction cost estimates and project schedules, and similar tasks.
This position is an employee of Stanford University, providing support to the Department of Energy (DOE) contract at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. This position requires a personal and professional commitment to delivering safe, quality design and construction performance to support the science mission. This position reports to the Project Management Group within the Design and Construction Services Department of the Project Portfolio Management Office Division.
Your specific responsibilities include:
- Project management of small minor construction projects, generally Given the nature of this position, SLAC is open to on-site and hybrid work options
Core Duties:
- Perform the full range of project management cycle: initiating,
planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing. Lead
projects requiring functional integration. Complete sub-project and/or
stand-alone elements (or a contained project such as construction
project).
- Direct development of an action plan, and estimate requirements
for resources, including management, labor, materials, and time required
to complete project.
- Facilitate discussions and negotiations to drive recommendation
consensus within scope of responsibility.
- Develop and help execute comprehensive change management strategy
and communication plan relative to project scope and stakeholders on a
focused project; actively manage resistance to change.
- These elements typically delineate the project management
involved at this level: Charter- charter and scoping involvement or
scope definition, identify and shape scope; # of disciplines
/stakeholders to manage is contained to localized department or
university constituents; risk- manage and report on risks associated
with projects to upper management, risk sharing is maintained between
management and project manager; project complexity involves
straight-forward technology applications to drive decisions; primary
university relationship is at the individual faculty, department
/director level; single project budget/scope accountability up to $5M;
cumulative budget/scope up to $10M.
Minimum Education:
Bachelor's degree in a related field
Minimum Experience:
Three years of related experience in management of projects of
moderate size/complexity with limited performance risk, including
project planning, scheduling, tracking, and budgeting, or combination of
education and relevant experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Polished written and oral communication skills to address a wide
variety of audiences.
- Ability to productively engage and influence cross-functional
teams.
- Demonstrated project management ability to employ integration,
scope time management, cost, quality, human resources, communications,
risk, and procurement components.
- Demonstrated resilience, diplomacy, influence, relationship
building, and problem solving skills in a variety of
situations.
- Depth of knowledge in technical discipline/domain needed to
deliver projects.
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Drivers License Requirements
- Must possess and maintain a valid California non-commercial Class
C Driver's License.
- Ability to drive day or night.
- When conducting university business, must comply with the
California Vehicle Code and Stanford University driving
requirements.