Position Summary:

DPS is seeking a design Project Manager looking to work in a collaborative environment and join our Cary, NC team and support our growing workload. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated individual to lead a team of highly talented design professionals and be the direct interface with clients to deliver the highest quality facility related projects within scope, on time and within budgets. The project manager plans and organiz770877.15299es all architectural and engineering functions specific to each project, coordinates interaction between project teams and clients, and provides guidance on technical resource loading. The successful candidate must have a strong design discipline background along with experience managing large architectural and engineering/design projects in the biotech, pharmaceutical and Life Science industries. The successful candidate must portray a solution-oriented attitude that is customer-focused, with an ultimate goal of maintaining outstanding customer satisfaction. This is a full-time position with an excellent salary and benefits package.
 

Responsibilities:

•      Develop, nurture and maintain positive client relationships for all projects executed by DPS
•      Aid in the pursuit of new project work by attending pre-bid meetings; identify scope, schedule, and budget; actively participate in preparation of proposals; lead client interviews and presentations as needed
•      Develop project execution plans including definition of scope, schedule, communication tools, software tools and deliverable distribution lists
•      Develop and maintain project resource plans and schedule
•      Responsible for the overall quality of the project documents and adherence with DPS Quality Program - Manages and enhances project quality by providing ideas and guidance to the team aimed at improving the effectiveness of their role and project delivery in general
•      Successfully lead multi-discipline design teams in the execution of project work of varying levels of complexity and scale
•      Properly identify and assess project risks and escalate to senior leadership as appropriate
•      Report to senior leadership on project status on an interim basis

Qualifications:

•      Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or chemical engineering
•      15+ years in the A/E industry with a minimum of 10 years of relevant project management experience, in the design of biotech/pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities and laboratories
•      Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional, multi-discipline teams
•      Must be proficient in MS Office Suite Essentials (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
•      Preferred proficiency in other PM standard tools such as Bluebeam, MS Project, Procore, Deltek, MS Office Tools

Other:

•      Ability to travel to client meetings, presentations, conferences and company events
•      Monday to Friday with overtime as necessary

About DPS:

DPS is a multi-national EPCM firm specializ770877.15299ing in technical facilities for the Pharmaceutical, and Biotech industries. We provide full-service engineering for our clients including Project and Program Management, Procurement, Design, Construction Management, Health & Safety Management, Commissioning, Qualification and Start-up on numerous projects across a range of market sectors. Our primary emphasis is in the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Life Science industries.