Senior Project Manager - Infrastructure (Design)

Overview

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Senior Project Manager

What You'll Be Doing

• Developing project plans and timelines:
• + Define project scope, goals, and deliverables.
• + Create detailed work breakdown structures.
• + Establish realistic timelines and milestones.
• + Identify task dependencies and scheduling buffers.
• + Regularly review and update project plans.
• Coordinating with cross-functional teams:
• + Facilitate regular meetings and communications.
• + Ensure clear assignment of roles and responsibilities.
• + Mediate conflicts between team members.
• + Align various functional teams towards common project goals.
• Managing budgets and procurement:
• + Develop comprehensive project budgets.
• + Track expenditures and identify cost variances.
• + Negotiate contracts and manage vendor relationships.
• + Optimize procurement strategies.
• Ensuring quality/safety compliance:
• + Stay updated on relevant building codes and regulations.
• + Incorporate compliance requirements into project planning.
• + Implement robust safety protocols for construction activities.
• + Obtain necessary permits and approvals.
• Monitoring progress and making adjustments:
• + Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to track project health.
• + Regularly review schedule, budget, quality, and risk data.
• + Identify and address issues or roadblocks promptly.
• + Evaluate the need for changes and adjust accordingly.
• Communicating with stakeholders:
• + Provide comprehensive status reports to project sponsors.
• + Engage with end-users, community groups, and other affected parties.
• + Manage public relations and address concerns.
• + Document decisions, changes, and lessons learned.
• Reviewing the Contract and Facilitating Delivery of Requirements:
• + Thoroughly review the contract to understand all obligations.
• + Develop a comprehensive plan for timely delivery of contract deliverables.
• + Coordinate closely with legal and procurement teams to address contractual issues or changes.
• Coordinating with Project Control Team for Payment and Collections:
• + Collaborate with project control and finance teams.
• + Monitor project budgets and cash flow, identifying issues or variances.
• + Facilitate timely collection of payments from the client to maintain project cash flow.

What Required Skills You'll Bring

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering.
• Preferred certifications: PMP/PE/CENG.
• Minimum 17 years' experience in demonstrable relevant design/ Management experience of large infrastructure.
• Ability to interpret complex contract documents and drawings.
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated project management experience.
• Advanced negotiation and presentation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to organize staff, prioritize work, and lead multicultural teams.
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications.
• MME/MMUP/UPDA certification.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring

• The ideal candidate will be a strong well disciplined, task driven highly technical and experienced water engineering individual - primarily surface and groundwater networks, collection systems, outfalls design and drainage (pipeline/tunnel) systems – who has worked primarily in the lead technical project delivery of large-scale projects in the water sector for most of his/her career.
• The ideal candidate is a person who has significant technical project delivery skills with supporting Project Management skills and experience.
• Ideally have 5 years of experience in Qatar/GCC region.
• Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.
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