About Vanir

Vanir Construction Management, Inc. has been exceeding client expectations for 41 years. Our progressive growth and quality of service has led Vanir to become consistently ranked among the top construction management firms in the nation by Engineering News-Record. As we continue growing into new areas and markets, our focus is to maintain a team of creative, ambitious, and visionary individuals.

Job Description

The Program Lead provides the planning, coordination, and direction for project management activities to ensure they meet owner needs, specifications, cost, and schedule. The Program Lead will supervise office/field administrative staff, project/field engineers, assistant project/construction managers, and other assigned staff. This position will serve projects in the Education Sector.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Performs supervisory lead and advisor duties to lower-level program and project management staff, including providing training and guidance on daily priorities and operational tasks
• Provides program level oversight and controlling check and balance function for scope, schedule and budget of Board Members’ priority projects and capital improvement projects
• Identifies funding allocation for projects, including appropriation for: planning, design, environmental costs, testing, inspection, construction, DSA and construction contingency
• Reviews and approves EAC’s and impact statements (Cost and Time)
• Manages the closeout phase of the programs
• Provides program-level reporting to Program Controls
• Coordinates and responds to BOC inquiries on existing and new projects
• Identifies new programs and projects, including preparation and development of Board Informatives and Actions to support the strategic direction of the Division
• Reviews and responds to Board Members’ and other stakeholder inquiries
• Coordinates projects with Local District Facilities Directors for execution strategies
• Produces accurate and timely reporting of program status and updates to Executive Management staff throughout various phases of development or life cycle
• Develops evaluation metrics to assess program strengths and identify areas for improvement
• Assists in the formulation of policies and procedures related to Facilities Programs, including the development of funding policies, requests for appropriation, and alterations and improvements of new programs
• Performs other duties as assigned

Minimum Required Qualifications

• Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering or Construction Management
  • Or Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-foryear basis, provided that graduation from high school or evidence of equivalent educationalproficiency is met.
• 14 years full time paid professional construction program management experience for education facilities or public works projects
• 5 years of the above experience must be managing large programs with projects having construction values in excess of $10 million
• Experience in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified projects and/or the Collaborative for High Performing Schools (CHPS) preferred
• Experience in Formal Construction Partnering preferred
• Experience with Division of the State Architect (DSA) construction/design processes preferred

How to Apply

If you're interested in working for Vanir Construction Management, Inc., please visit our website to learn more and to apply online at www.vanir.com.

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Persons with medical limitations may, with reasonable accommodations, be capable of performing the duties of this position. Such a determination must be made on an individual basis considering the person's limitations, the requirements of the position, and the company's ability to make reasonable accommodations to the person's limitations.

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