Project Management - Project Manager IV

Job Title: Client/Design Project Manager (Project Manager IV)

Duration: 12 months- potential extension

Location: New Albany, OH (fully onsite)

The Client Project Manager (CPM) serves as the primary liaison between the Client Design Project Lead (DPL) and all key project stakeholders. Operating with significant autonomy on-site, the CPM drives continuous project progression, delivers structured weekly status reports, and escalates matters to the DPL exclusively when proposed actions impact budget, schedule, core design scope, or operational and installation standards. Furthermore, the CPM guarantees full coverage and seamless continuity during any planned absences throughout the engagement term.

Core Responsibilities & Scope of Work:

1. Owner Representation & Stakeholder Management

• Single Point of Contact: Serve as the dedicated on-site representative for the Owner, safeguarding corporate interests across all site-level operations and decisions.
• Requirements & Deliverables: Communicate, monitor, and enforce accountability regarding the Owner's functional requirements and project deliverables.
• Documentation & Governance: Maintain comprehensive, real-time documentation of key decisions, formal approvals, field progress, and risk logs within designated tracking systems to guarantee complete transparency and auditability.
• Meeting Governance: Participate in all principal Design and Construction Administration (CA) progress meetings; align continuously with the Client DPL on strategic expectations.
• Status Reporting: Generate and submit formal weekly project status reports to the Owner Project Lead utilizing prescribed reporting frameworks.
• Stakeholder Alignment: Manage expectations through clear, timely, and executive communication. Coordinate directly with operational end-users to integrate technical requirements in compliance with established Owner Standards.

2. Commercial & Contract Management

• Contractual Compliance: Ensure all execution complies strictly with contractual terms, maintaining rigorous accountability across the design team.
• Consultant Coordination: Act as the primary field contact for third-party consultants (e.g., TEOR PM), ensuring synchronization across schedules, deliverables, and field activities.
• Change Control: Rigorously evaluate design modifications, omissions, scope variations, and potential change orders, presenting formal recommendations to the Client DPL for final determination.
• Audit Records: Ensure the Engineer of Record (EOR) maintains precise, timely records of all design instructions, field changes, and administrative determinations.

3. Schedule & Execution Oversight

• Schedule Optimization: Proactively track the master design schedule and main construction timeline to detect risks, optimize path sequences, and oversee direct vendor dependencies.
• Milestone Tracking: Monitor critical path milestones, reporting schedule variances, impact analyses, and proposed mitigation plans to the Client DPL.
• Issue Resolution: Facilitate immediate resolution of design-related field challenges by orchestrating cross-functional resources and escalating unresolvable risks appropriately.

4. Quality Assurance & Quality Control (QA/QC)

Quality Monitoring: Collaborate with the Owner QA/QC Lead to evaluate active co