Project Manager - Industrial Market at Gresham Smith in Charlotte, North Carolina

Job Description:

We are a creative team of architecture, engineering and design professionals who serve both public and private sector clients. Together, we share one Core Purpose: To plan, design, and consult to create healthy and thriving communities. Our offices are full of genuine, fun, and down-to-earth people who believe in fostering an inclusive culture where all employees feel they belong. Loving where you work, who you're working with, and what you're working on is important to us, which is why we put our people first-they're at the heart of everything we do. From professional growth and development support and opportunities to give back to your community, to flexible work schedules and competitive benefits, we have a genuine interest in the whole you. So, if you're just as passionate about what you do as we are, then we'd love to hear from you!

Our Industrial team's architects and engineers provide best practices and solutions across a variety of industries, including advanced technology, automotive, consumer products, energy storage, food and beverage, tire and rubber, and more! We specialize in new facility and process design, expansions, and system modifications to support adaptive use. From commissioning and program management to master planning and site selection, our comprehensive suite of services are focused on meeting both the current and future needs of our clients. We invite you to join our ever-expanding team!

Responsibilities:

• Support pursuits, client management, project scope development, project planning, organizing, change management, inter-discipline coordination, production coordination, team leadership, financial management, project quality control, and delivery.
• Maintain and grow healthy client relationships and possess solid operational insight for driving projects and executing deliverables.
• Understand project goals and clearly communicate them to project teams to ensure client expectations are consistently achieved.
• Provide leadership and direction for the execution of Industrial and Manufacturing projects.
• Lead project staff, prepare work schedules, and assign specific duties. Oversee the production of plans and specifications for design projects for industrial and manufacturing facilities.
• Although not a technical producer, be recognized as a credible leader with strong technical experience related to the support of product manufacturing.
• Maintain project financial control including monitoring of earned value and estimates to complete with the ability to develop recovery plans if/when needed.
• Identification and leadership in controlling scope and managing change.
• Deliver financially successful projects meeting the highest level of quality excellence.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture or Engineering discipline and 7 years of job-related experience with a consulting firm for Industrial/Manufacturing/Process projects including but not limited to the following industries: food and beverage, battery manufacturing, energy storage, automotive, metals, etc.
• AIA, P.E., or PMP licensure is required.
• Prefer experience with Vantage Point and Planifi.
• Must be exceptional in written and oral communication, with the ability to lead, develop and deliver highly persuasive presentations that build client confidence and result in securing favorable design contracts.

Gresham Smith is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Gresham Smith provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender, national origin, status as a protected veteran, disability or any other classification protected by law.

Gresham Smith will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, headhunters, contract recruiters, search firms, or employment agencies. An executed GRESHAM PLACEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT (PSA) is required prior to any payment obligation for either a referral or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously executed PSA, GRESHAM SMITH explicitly reserves the right to recruit and hire those candidate(s) at its discretion, and without any financial obligation whatsoever to the recruiter or agency. Any such unsolicited resume or candidate contact information, including those submitted directly to GRESHAM SMITH'S hiring managers or any other employee, shall become the property of GRESHAM SMITH upon receipt.

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