CDM Smith is a multi-discipline engineering and architectural firm. Our firm is responsible for large-scale water and wastewater plant design, transit facilities, industrial facilities, office space design, federal facilities, facility planning and condition assessment work. As an Architectural Project Manager at CDM Smith you will have the opportunity to be a part of a collaborative multidisciplinary team of technical experts working on challenging projects in Environment, Industry, Commercial, Transportation, Federal and Water business portfolios.

At CDM Smith, we are invested in your success. We offer flexible work options that allow our employees to meet their needs outside of work.

The Architectural Project Manager will have the following responsibilities:
- Creating project definitions, schedules, budgets and objectives for projects using lessons learned. Preparing detailed statements of work with associated work breakdown structures and gains concurrence and approval from internal and external stakeholders regarding various project aspects. Assessing potential project risk and outlining risk mitigation solutions. Ensuring adherence to company and project management policies, procedures, and practices.
- Managing project costs and ensuring profitability. Identifying, quantifying, and communicating residual risk (time and cost). Creating and reviewing timely client billings with internal billing support. Ensuring timely client payment and following up on outstanding client invoices to obtain payment. Reviewing and approving subcontractor/vendor invoices to ensure timely payment to outside resources.
- Performing ongoing review of project status. On an ongoing basis, monitoring project risks; identifying possible risks and recommending and implementing risk mitigation solutions; escalating as appropriate. Managing project change using change management protocols; determining appropriate changes or alternate paths based upon performance and metrics. Working in conjunction with team members and internal and external stakeholders to manage changes to requirements and schedule of the project. Ensuring proper review of project scope by safety managers and proper implementation of safety plans. Providing timely response to audit corrective actions identified by external or internal audits. Planning and conducting work requiring judgment in the independent evaluation, selection, and application of standard engineering or construction techniques, procedures, and criteria. Providing guidance to drafters/designers, engineers, craft workers, other project team members, contractors or subcontractors.
- Developing and implementing project resource plan and managing the staffing of assigned projects. Determining and coordinating the proper staffing within the project including identification of outside resources needed (subs/vendors) and ensuring procurement processes are followed. Clearly communicating project deadlines, assignments and objectives to project team members. Assigning work and providing direction to project staff with regard to timeliness and completion of project objectives. Coaching project staff and providing feedback to staff and to project staff's supervisors on project performance; escalating any performance issues to appropriate management and human resources.
- Building, maintaining and managing strong client relationships. Ensuring client satisfaction by delivering quality, on-time project outcomes as a result of good planning and organizational skills; managing client expectations. Identifying opportunities for change orders and repeat business though pre-eminent project execution and developing client relationships. Working collaboratively with sales leaders to evaluate potential new work and supporting the scoping and costing effort.
- Performing other duties as assigned.