At Cumming Group, you will work on some of the world's most exciting projects in a dynamic environment where your success is measured by the impact you make. We are one of the fastest-growing project and cost management consultancies in the United States, as reflected in our top 20 rankings in ENR. With over 50 offices globally, an extremely diverse project portfolio, and double-digit year-over-year revenue growth, the opportunities to make your mark are limitless!

We are hiring a Senior Program Manager in the Sacramento, CA area to oversee the edits to a UC System Healthcare Construction Playbook. The ideal candidate will have experience with construction project management of UC Healthcare systems and experience fine tuning best practices into a manual that will be widely used.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Design processes for the project team to effectively monitor projects utilizing scope, cost, schedule, and risk to ensure the project meets the client’s goals on time and on budget. Establish parameters for project team to assess scope, schedule, and budget changes to maintain compliance with the program goals and objectives. Provide overall coordination and implement controls to ensure projects are completed on-time and on-budget per the program contract. Partner with the project team to provide proactive solutions to any potential obstacles that. need special attention during the project and oversee these solutions through to completion.Regularly assess the status of work, establish, and oversee quality assurance and control programs for projects. Lead a project team, either a large project or multiple projects or a whole program. Define technical scope of project.Promote opportunities for repeat business and create highly favorable references through the effective coordination, administration, and communication of project tasks.Review cost estimates.Manage project level conflict resolution.Maintain monthly project budgets for current and forecasted expenditures.Facilitate and maintain communications with the client in addition to providing monthly/weekly/daily reports.Achieve the client’s objectives by successfully managing the client’s project, goals, and objectives.Other duties as assigned.Attendance at work during normal business hours.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

Experience designing processes to effectively monitor project details.Healthcare experience required.UC (University California) system experience required.Ability to lead a project team of various sizes.Demonstrated experience defining the technical scope of a project.Experience reviewing cost estimates and maintaining monthly project budgets for both current and forecast.Manage and monitor team members' activity in alignment with organizational goals. Delegate providing clear instructions and ongoing feedback. Monitor metrics and course correct as necessary while holding self and others accountable. Provide feedback to senior leaders and clearly communicate organizational direction to team members. Build relationships with key internal resources (peers, direct reports, & senior leaders). Create development opportunities and plan for direct reports and teams; provide ongoing feedback. Exercise creativity and resourcefulness in independently managing the project effectively in a compressed timeframe. Ability to distinguish between cause and effect of problems. Actively listen and communicate effectively, clearly, unambiguously, and completely in both written and oral formats. 

Preferred Education and Experience:

Education: BS in Construction Management, Engineering, QS, Architecture, or related field

Experience: 5+ years in project management, engineering, or construction management

Preferred Certification: CCM, PMP, PE, AIA, LEED

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