Executive Program Manager Construction

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Job Description

Turner & Townsend  is looking for an  Executive Program Manager (EPM)  to join our team in Phoenix, AZ to support a large-scale mission critical manufacturing facility.

EPM Responsibilities:  

• Promote and follow Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) policies and regulations and be fully committed in enhancing Site Safety culture and initiatives throughout all phases of the project, demonstrating operational excellence on topics such as HSE, client excellence, and team performance. 
• Serves as the key point of contact and primary client relationship executive at a leadership level, building and maintaining long-term relationships with clients and key consultants, suppliers and other 3rd parties working on the Project. 
• Participates in preconstruction discussions with clients at a leadership level.
• Leads internal team and collaborates with external partners to develop contractual obligations, such as estimates, schedules, staffing plan and business plan. 
• Oversees and assesses all components of the Project Master Schedule throughout the lifecycle of the project to ensure contractual obligations are met and to hold team members accountable to all expectations. 
• Oversee the integration of all projects multi-disciplines (Owner’s, A/E, Contractors, Procurement & Supply chain) within the Master Program Schedule.
• Develop the work plan that forms the Program Management Plan (PMP)
• Serves as escalation point for all project, financial, business development, contractual and client relationship risks for the work program relative to contractual obligations.
• Provide suggestions to solve escalated project, staffing, financial, schedule, contractual, subcontractor and client relationship issues throughout project lifecycle.
• Negotiates issue resolution including change orders, contingency expenditures, and appropriate fee enhancements.
• Conducts project risk assessments and escalates various risks to supervisor to provide visibility, mitigate risk and create appropriate solutions. 
• Manage the development of Design Definition Documents. Review, critique, and submit for approval all Program Definition Documents.
• Review and provide recommendations to change orders requests and impact mitigation strategies throughout the Project Lifecyle. This includes scope, cost, schedule control, and cost reduction initiatives.
• Ensure that estimates, HSE & Schedule Impacts from Chage order requests, throughout the project life cycle, are continually reviewed and validated as and when new information becomes available. 
• Review and provide feedback on the metrics and basis for progress reporting against the Program, Projects, and Contracts.
• Reporting shall include Performance Measurement, Forecasting, Trending, Issues, Actions, Progress and Overall Status. 
• Establish constructability review guidelines and protocols.
• Support approval or revisions over constructability review recommendations.
• Develop program guidelines and protocols for cost reduction initiatives. Review project level cost reduction recommendations.
• Review project level operability and maintainability recommendations.
• Review design, procurement and construction progress and provide recommendations for recovery plans.
• Review and provide recommendations on project level safety recommendations and corrective actions.
• Review and provide feedback on the program level framework for Construction Quality Control.
• Review and provide quality recommendations and corrective actions. Review and provide feedback on project level Quality Assurance plans.
• Develop overall Program Site Logistics and Phasing Strategy. Approve Logistics and Phasing recommendations.
• Review and maintain Project Manuals and Construction Management guidelines, policy and procedures.
• Review the claims resolutions recommendations.
• Collaborate with appropriate internal and external stakeholders to achieve consent. Review all Beneficial Use recommendations. 
• Ensures Owner Rep staffing levels are sufficient, relative to contractual commitments, schedules, and constraints.
• Plans and adapts Owner rep resource management as needed to ensure proper staffing levels and results. 
• Continuously monitor performance of T&T staff to ensure that the client does not spend time mentoring or managing. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (M.S. or MBA preferred).
• Minimum of (15) years of demonstrated capital program leadership experience.
• Experience managing an integrated team on large complex and multi-phase capital programs consisting of multiple project elements.
• Knowledge of multiple project delivery methods. 
• Proven track record of leading programs of $1 billion or greater.
• Demonstrated experience providing leadership of a team in an integrated project delivery organization.
• Demonstrated experience in negotiating multi-million dollar contracts as part of a multi-billion dollar program. 
• Proven track record of following through on commitments. 
• Demonstrated experience in delivering major capital programs successfully (on budget, on time, meeting safety and quality standards within approved scope).
• Proven track record of partnering and issues resolution. 
• Demonstrated excellent communications, presentation and written skills.

Additional Information

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs*

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