Facilities Manager Projects I - Project Manager

Campus Collaboration: They will develop and maintain effective working relationships with all project stakeholders including customers, University administrators, staff, and faculty, the State University Construction Fund, CCF staff, colleagues, AE firms, and contractors.

Success Factors: The ideal candidate demonstrates strong budget management by applying established principles, tools, and techniques to set, track, and control budgets alongside sound decision-making and critical thinking to analyze complex situations and make timely, informed judgments. They bring proficiency in contracts management and administration, effectively applying policies, standards, and processes to manage a variety of contractual agreements. They possess deep industry knowledge, including current trends, regulatory considerations, and key issues, and can appropriately apply this insight across diverse situations. They excel at managing multiple priorities through effective self-management, prioritization, and time allocation. They are skilled in project management, planning, organizing, monitoring, and controlling projects to ensure efficient use of resources and achievement of objectives. Finally, they exhibit exceptional stakeholder relationship management, building and maintaining productive partnerships with clients, vendors, and peers by influencing, communicating, presenting, facilitating, and developing others to identify and satisfy stakeholder needs throughout engagements.

This is a Contract position.

We are a value-based organization where all employees are accountable for supporting the organization's values of truth, respect, excellence, teamwork, and integrity. Facilities and Campus Services employees are required to attend staff development trainings and participate in the performance evaluation process.

We require these qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, or relevant field, or the equivalent combination of education and experience required.

• Experience in commercial and institutional construction is required, especially from the perspective of managing the entire project rather than a single element of the project.

• A minimum of five (5) to seven (7) years of PM experience encompassing Project Planning & Development, Procurement and Contract Management, Design Management, Construction Management and Closeout.

• Proven ability to drive projects to a successful conclusion in a collaborative and politically sensitive manner.

• Ability to manage multiple complex projects with varying scope and multiple stages of completion.

• A depth of PM experience and professional judgement to proactively manage projects, anticipate issues, and minimize impacts on quality, budget, schedule, or campus/college/unit/department.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Excel, Word, Power Point, are required.

• Ability to gain working knowledge of proprietary project management software (Trimble), for all Cornell University project-related activities.

• Working knowledge of NYS Building Codes, National Electrical Code and other NFPA standards.

• Must have and maintain a valid US driver's license; may be required to operate a motor vehicle (your own vehicle or Cornell-owned) to travel to/from job sites.

• Experience incorporating the perspectives of multiple communities.

• Experience modeling values that support inclusion, belonging, and wellbeing.

• Ability to cultivate and develop inclusive working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and community members.

You will be a top candidate with our preferred qualifications:

• Master's Degree in a related field, New York State Licensed Engineer or Registered Architect and experience on a university campus is preferred.

• PM capital project experience on a university campus is preferred.

• Experience managing public capital projects such as SUNY/SUCF.

• CMAA Construction Manager Certification or Project Management Institute (PMI) certification as a Project Management PMP (Project Management Professional).

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.

Rewards & Benefits:

Cornell provides great benefits that include educational benefits, access to a plethora of wellness programs, employee discounts with local and national retail brands, health care options to choose from, generous paid leave provisions: 3 weeks of vacation leave, health and personal leave, 13 holidays (including end of year winter break through New Year's Day), 2 floating holidays, and superior retirement contributions.

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