Education Project Manager Jobs

Taylor Construction Management (TCM) is a full-scale project support services company specializing in supporting the delivery of timely and financially sound projects that meet the qualitative deliverables established by our customers. We are a global company with demonstrated success in some of the most complex industries, i.e. healthcare, education, bioscience, and transportation. At TCM, we are committed to excellence and integrity.

Job Summary

As a consultant with TCM, you will work directly with one of our valued clients (more than likely, it will be at the project site). Schedulers are expected to demonstrate technical expertise and function as a subject matter expert. Depending on the project and the client, you might have a team that reports to you in order to effectively carry out your scope of work.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Managing initiatives from inception to release.
2. Assuming responsibility for managing individual projects and broad programs to achieve specific business goals and objectives.
3. Planning projects by leveraging our delivery methods and industry knowledge to create project charters, work plans, and budgets that address project goals, objectives, scope, deliverables, milestones, role and responsibilities, and risks.
4. Performing daily project leadership including:

• Management of team resources
• Work plan maintenance
• Client relationship management
• Risk management and mitigation
• Vendor management
• Team and executive meeting facilitation
• Change management
• Status reporting and communication
• Risk and Issue management

1. Balancing resources, schedules & financial factors while solving complex problems with a multi-discipline approach.
2. Delivering the best possible outcome for clients against their goals given initial constraints and issues that arise over the course of a project.
3. Managing consultant, client, and/or partner based project teams and ensuring that deliverables are clearly structured and efficiently developed. This often includes playing a “hands-on” role in the creation of deliverable content.
4. Providing specific functional and content subject matter expertise to industry-specific projects.
5. Being knowledgeable in delivery areas such as business requirements, process design, and use case development and testing.
6. Facilitating complex team meetings involving business and technical resources. Demonstrating credibility as a business partner to ensure business and technology decisions are reached to support business goals and objectives.
7. Working in both traditional and virtual project team environments.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The PM is required to be accessible to the clients via phone and email during normal business hours. There is no set “in-the-office” hour time as long as you can be reached via phone and email.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The PM must be able to climb ladders, stairs, and move unassisted in order to observe all areas of site facilities and to observe contractor’s work.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• PMP/PMI certification or equivalent experience is desirable.
• Ability to confidently make presentations to large and executive audiences
• Minimum of an undergraduate degree from a recognized institution. MBA or equivalent desirable.
• Proven track record completing projects on time and within budget.
• Self-directed with demonstrated ability to independently lead and manage project teams in the creation of high quality deliverables.
• Demonstrated ability to command the attention and respect of senior level leaders.
• Ability to work permanently in the U.S. on a full-time basis.
• Minimum of (2) years direct work experience in project management capacity, preferably with a Big 4 consulting firm or in a senior position in industry.
• A talent for multi-tasking, meeting deadlines, learning new skills and methodologies, and working under pressure.
• Demonstrated experience in business process improvement.
• Proven experience managing client engagements from conception to completion with limited guidance. Experience across the entire delivery lifecycle.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to develop client relationships.
• Proven history of successful project management within aviation, healthcare, life science, higher education, or K-12 industry.