Overview

Nova Partners, a Cumming Group Company, is a San Francisco Bay Area-based construction project management team. Established in 1993, we have the technical field expertise from previous experience at local general contractors and developers to deliver our clients’ vision and needs. Working with us, you will have the opportunity to make an impact on world-class projects with the support and quality of people who help you grow and rise to the challenge. If you’ve ever met our teammates, you’ll notice they’re truly the best and the brightest.

Nova manages diverse projects from inception to delivery for commercial real estate, biotech, healthcare, data centers, education, civic, energy, or other sectors for ground-up, renovations, or tenant improvement. Our technical construction project management skills and experience ensure we execute to deliver our clients’ vision.

Our latest job opportunity is for a Project Manager who has managed a variety of clients for projects $50M in the San Francisco Bay area. We have a variety of projects that need your help in San Francisco through the peninsula, extending down to Santa Clara. Experience managing/mentoring Project Engineers/Assistant Project Managers is a huge plus.

Responsibilities

• Represent and interface with the owner to achieve the desired project at a competitive price, on schedule, and at the desired quality.
• Coordinate with the Architect, Contractor, and other project team members to meet the project objectives and resolve issues at all project stages.
• Attend owner, architect, and contractor meetings, taking the meeting notes and managing the follow-up action items.
• Review project construction documents, shop drawings, submittals and achieve intimate familiarity with the owners’ and architects’ intentions and requirements.
• Develop, manage, and analyze the project schedule showing design, permitting, approvals, construction, and fit-up.
• Assist in preparing estimates or supporting our in-house estimator by gathering budget and costs for the various portions of the project.
• Review and manage procedures for handling changes to contract documents, monthly valuations, drawing submissions, change orders, requests for information (RFIs), substitutions, etc.
• Assist in preparing a site analysis for safety, quality, and logistics.
• Participate in value engineering sessions to help modify the design to reduce cost.
• Staff management (as assigned) which will include formal management of an Assistant Project Manager/small Project Management team, resource management, and recruitment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management or Civil Engineering preferred.
• 5-7 years' of experience at a respected general contractor, consulting construction management, or development firm.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications and MS Project.
• Experience with ground-up construction in commercial real estate construction is ideal, and a huge plus for project experience with hospitals, labs, and other complex projects.
• Experience working in the US. Project experience in California, especially in the SF Bay Area preferred.
• We seek those with intellectual curiosity, have a knack for critical problem-solving, and a great sense of humor.

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