"Project Manager, Facilities/Construction"

JOB PURPOSE:

Take facilities/construction projects from original concept through final implementation on contained risk assignments (projects have mechanisms or managerial controls to minimize risk). Work is typically comprised of 50%-time contribution towards project leadership and 50% as a technical contributor.

CORE DUTIES:

• Perform the full range of facilities/construction 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 straightforward 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.
• Support teamwide efforts:
  • Quality Assurance (QA) for all projects, maintaining procedures to prevent quality problems from occurring in the first place, and ensuring the established standards for each project are being addressed.
  • Quality Control (QC) for all projects, ensuring ongoing inspections occur for the actual work and materials to identify and correct project defects, so that each project is built according to the established quality standards.
  • Project Accounting for all projects including the day-to-day financial operations for projects, ensuring accurate and timely tracking of costs and payments across the project delivery portfolio.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Education & Experience

Bachelor's degree in a related field and 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.
• Preferred technical work experience in engineering, architecture, or construction management or related fields.
• Preferred technical education in engineering, architecture, or construction management or related fields.

Certifications and Licenses:

None

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:

• Frequently stand, walk, sit, perform desk-based computer tasks and lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds.
• Occasionally use a telephone, write by hand, twist/bend/stoop/squat, grasp lightly/fine manipulation and lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 20 pounds.
• Rarely kneel, crawl, climb ladders, reach/work above shoulder, grasp forcefully, carry, push, and pull objects that weigh up to 40 pounds or more.
• Ability to maintain a valid non-commercial California Driver’s license.
• Auditory acuity with ability to hear horns and bells.
• Visual acuity with ability to determine colors for finishes.
• Ability to climb scaffolding, ladders, stairs etc.

*Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• May work in active laboratories or outdoor environments.
• May be exposed to extreme hot and cold temperatures, be exposed to high voltage electricity, radiation or electromagnetic fields, lasers, noise > 80dB TWA, allergens/biohazards/chemicals.
• Asbestos, or heavy metals or work on roofs at heights greater than 10 ft.
• May drive vehicle day and night.
• Must wear personal protective equipment as defined/required by job assignments, and dress for clean rooms.
• May work extended hours, evenings and weekends.

WORK STANDARDS:

• When conducting university business, must comply with the California Vehicle Code and Stanford University driving requirements.
• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
• Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
• Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu/

The expected pay range for this position is $130K to $145K per annum.

Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.