The Building People, LLC, has a position open for a full-time Junior Project Manager with an active Top Secret Clearance for a facilities engineering program to support a federal Agency. The Entry Level Project Manager will support Agency related activities including assist/lead individual multi-disciplined real estate design and construction project solutions of varying complexity for clients, with direct accountability for project delivery.

Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Assists/manage all facets of project management (budget, schedule, procurement, communications, quality & risk) for individual real estate projects including planning, design, construction, occupancy and closeout.

• Read, understand and apply standard documents affecting real estate projects, including but not limited to: agreements/contracts, leases, work letters, project charters, surveys and drawings.

• Interfaces directly with clients to define project requirements.

• Prepares / reviews project documents including scope of work, project delivery resource requirements, cost estimates & budgets, work plan schedules & milestones, communications & reports quality control, and risk identification.

• Identifies project delivery resources from pre-qualified lists; Conducts simple request for proposals; completes bid analysis with management support.

• Recommends resources to clients.

• Assists / leads project delivery resources/team (i.e. internal service providers) providing project guidance and direction to achieve project goals.

• Implements communication plan for meetings and written reports/meeting minutes to keep client and project resources informed.

• Facilitates project meetings.

• Implements project documentation governance aligned with organization and client requirements.

• Ensures project data integrity and documentation is accurate, timely and coordinated.

• Tracks progress of each project against goals, objectives, approved budgets, approved timelines.

• Reports status and variances.

• Creates action plans to meet objectives, budget and schedule.

• Implements change management routines to assess change requests, make recommendations, secure client approvals, and issue change orders.

• Assesses change requests to determine impacts to scope, budget, schedule, quality and risk with management support.

• Implements standard risk management routines with management support, to identify project risks, develop risk mitigation and contingency plans, and implement action plans to reduce or eliminate project risks.

• Other duties as assigned.

• Responsible for tracking performance and motivating team members.

Qualifications and Education Required:

• Active Top Secret Clearance

• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS/BEng/BArch) from College or University and/or equivalent related experience.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong organizational and analytical skills.

• Ability to provide efficient, timely, reliable and courteous service to customers.

• Ability to effectively present information.

• Requires knowledge of financial terms and principles.

• Ability to calculate intermediate figures such as percentages, discounts, and/or commissions.

• Conducts basic financial analysis.

• Ability to monitor construction costs against established budget.

• Demonstrated capability to read, understand, and apply standard project documents, including but not limited to: agreements / contracts, budgets, schedules, work letters, project surveys, and drawings.

• Ability to understand and carry out general instructions in standard situations.

• Ability to solve problems in standard situations.

• Requires intermediate analytical and quantitative skills.

• Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office Suite.

• Ability to read and understand architectural drawings.

• Working knowledge in MS Project is helpful.

• Knowledge of leases, contracts, and construction practices preferred.

• Knowledge of construction contracts, means, and methods is preferred.

• Decisions made with general understanding of procedures and organizational policies to achieve set results and deadlines. Errors in judgment may cause short-term impact to client organization.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior Project Management experience.

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

• LEED Accredited Professional certification.