Project Manager- Corporate Initiatives - Shawmut

Overview

At Shawmut Design and Construction, we’re proud that the culture we’ve built as a 100% employee-owned company as we have been recognized with over 83 Best Place to Work awards.  Including Best Workplace by Fortune Magazine, Fortune Best Workplace for Women, Fortune Best Workplace for Millennials, Great Place to Work’s Best Workplace for Parents, and one of America’s Best Employers by Forbes. 

Here’s a glimpse into what we are offering:

• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance.
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - be an employee owner!
• 401K with Match - receive company match up to 4% of your eligible pay.
• Generous Paid Time Off policy - including vacation, summer Fridays, holidays, personal sick and a volunteer day.
• The Extras: cell phone, laptop, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance, financial planning services and many more.

Responsibilities

At Shawmut, you will have the opportunity to own your career and deliver impact within our culture of ownership and innovation focused around providing the gold standard of client service for the world’s most recognizable and elite brands and institutions. We are building over $30M projects up to $300M across all sectors.. Our pipeline is built out to 2026, and we are anticipating continued growth. 

Corporate Initiative Project Management and Implementation:

• Meets with decision makers, system owners and end users to gather and define problem statements and develop solutions.
• Partners with IS team and developers to identify and establish scope and parameters of system solutions and effectively communicate expectations and timelines.
• Develops project schedule, manages project meetings, notes and actionable items. Forms relationships and follows up with project team members & strategic partners and identify blockers and strategies to overcome.
• Develops strategic relationships across departments to proactively get feedback, data or responses as required to advance a project forward.
• Manages project expectations as set by Director.
• Ensures projects are completed on time and within established quality standards and develop report outs to clients or project sponsors.
• Develops training curriculum, coordinates and leads training sessions.
• Tracks and measures projects success, collects feedback and recommends potential modifications.

Change Management:

• Leverages relationships within Shawmut to build momentum on driving adoption of new solutions.
• Actively participates in meetings, group and company-wide training and initiatives (e.g. initiatives to improve processes and systems, etc.) to support and promote the value to others of involvement and to further company goals.
• Ensures implemented standards are maintained and upheld in each initiative.
• Develops & executes change management strategy and plan for projects.
• Actively works on developing change management skills to be used on projects.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in Project Management, skills resulting in profitability and strong client outcomes.
• Construction industry experience is strongly preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office suite, specifically the creation of PowerPoint presentations and Microsoft Project scheduling. Experience with CMiC, Textura and/or Procore is a plus.
• Bachelor's degree

CRITICAL SKILLS/ SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

• • Understanding of construction principles, practices, procedures, means and methods preferred.
  • Interest in analyzing company process issues within the organization, such as operational efficiencies, financial optimization, technology analysis and rollout.
  • Thorough knowledge of senior leadership and regional legal trends/risk.
  • Outstanding relationship-building skills.
  • Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to create a culture of inclusion and belonging by acting with courage, humility and curiosity; desire to learn about others and self-reflect.
  • Ability to build team relationships, stay organized, handle various projects at one time, follow up and make accurate decisions.
  • Has a sense of priority and detail to document best practices for the organization.
  • Ability to envision options and facilitate the best solution, developed in concert with business units and others.
  • Able to analyze data, identify trends and provide a concise report out
  • Ability to multi-task and oversee diverse initiatives.
  • Be entrepreneurial with creative thinking skills.
  • Demonstrated initiative, follow through, resourcefulness, efficiency and attention to detail.
  • Ability to research, learn and understand new software and applications.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Eligible candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship or restriction, now and in the future.

Shawmut prohibits discrimination against any staff member or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, religion, national origin, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, disability, creed, citizenship status, or any other legally protected characteristic.