Project Manager (VHA -VISN)

Senior Project Manager

OEI (O’Brien Engineering & Architecture) is seeking a full-time Project Manager with 5+ years of experience to join our team. The position is for an on-site Project Manager serving as OEI’s lead representative and primary liaison with the Government's Contracting Officer Representative. Responsibilities include construction oversight, submittal reviews, contractor schedule monitoring, safety compliance, inspections, RFIs, change orders, and project documentation.

Employment: Full-time Client/Program: Veterans Health Administration (VHA)

Location: Charleston, SC ; Dublin, GA Work setting: On-site U.S. Citizenship: Required

Project Manager Responsibilities:

• Achieve the best value in the work being performed by controlling schedule and budget.
• Be proactive in helping to resolve problems and minimize claims by taking all reasonable measures to anticipate problems and delays and to minimize or eliminate their adverse impact on project completion.
• Take initiative and act to mitigate circumstances that could lead to claims, resolve conflicts promptly, and keep the Government advised of any potential disputes.
• Exercise all due diligence, utilizing competent personnel within authorized limitations, to make certain that work is performed in conformity with applicable requirements (codes, regulations, standards, construction contract plans and specifications).
• Will be responsible for reviewing schedules and adjust based on the progress of work and make specific recommendations for prioritizing and accelerating critical path items.
• Facilitate, manage and document all project meetings to keep stakeholders and integrated project team members informed.
• Manage construction and construction administration documents, correspondence, and as-builts.
• The PM will not be held responsible for design defects and does not assume any of the contractual responsibilities or duties of the architect-engineers.

Project Manager Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Project Management, or Construction Management
• 5+ years of related experience
• Project Management (PMP or FAC-PPM) certification preferred
• Experience in preparing correspondence, written reports, and maintaining official project records
• Experience in developing and controlling budgets and funding strategies
• Knowledge and experience with project management in a healthcare setting preferred
• Ability to integrate competing and/or conflicting elements into the planning and execution process so that project requirements flow smoothly
• U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain VA clearance by successfully passing a security screening, which may include fingerprinting, financial, and criminal background checks.

Company Description: OEI is a full design services firm with a big company future, and we are looking for motivated and qualified team players to join us on the journey. We were founded nearly 40 years ago in 1987; today, we serve clients throughout the US and its territories serving on federal, healthcare, military, local government, and institutional projects. We’ve had significant success in winning many large federal contracts, providing a work pipeline that extends well into 2035. We also have a well-established, growing municipal, land development and private practice. OEI is honored as the recipient of the National Society of American Military Engineers' Robert Flowers Small Business Award of the 2020. OEI is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), a Texas HUB, and NCTRCA SBE firm.

OEI's foundations: teamwork, entrepreneurial mindset (taking ownership of the problem and the solution), continuous improvement, competence, ethical behavior What makes us unique? We offer high expertise in a small package We are structured to hear, understand, and solve customer problems We have a culture of training and employee development

Are you ready to work in a dynamic, challenging, rewarding environment? Let's talk. See how we can partner together in a way that our best efforts will help build your career and your best efforts will strengthen our company in a way that is measurable, recognized, and appreciated.