Project Manager

Arcadis is seeking a Project Manager to join our team in Anchorage, AK.

At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life. In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few. Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.

One of our core values is ‘people first’, and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential. You’ll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people’s lives. You’re encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.

Successful applicants for this position must have received or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and be fully vaccinated, or have a qualifying exemption pursuant to Arcadis’s interactive process. Proof of vaccination is required.

Role description:

As a Project Manager, you will use your years of construction experience to manage projects for a variety of local clients.

Role accountabilities:

• Work with the Alaska Arcadis team to manage design and construction projects on behalf of Owners for water/sewer infrastructure and sanitation projects in Rural Alaska
• Prepare Request for Proposals (RFP) and Bidding documents for A/E services, Contractor selection, etc.
• Design Management: oversee and manage the design process to assure Owner’s project needs are met within the proposed budget and schedule. Facilitate design meetings, review design submittals, manage value engineering process, etc.
• Manage the Project Schedule, review contractor submitted schedules, and review and provide feedback to the Owner on the reasonableness and general sufficiency of the Contractor’s progress to meet the Contractor’s schedules in relation to the Project Schedule. In the event of critical path schedule delays, make recommendations to Owner to require corrective action by the Contractor.
• Manage the budget; track budget, spent to date, contingency, estimate to completion.
• Periodic travel to Rural Alaska villages to photograph construction progress and observe construction Work with respect to plans/specs.
• Coordinate, review, and advise the Owner concerning change orders, submittals, and requests for information (RFI), in consultation with the Architect. Monitor an approved submittal schedule developed by the Contractor.
• Develop weekly/monthly status progress reports. Coordinate Commissioning Agent and Special Inspection trips/visits with A/E team and Contractor.
• Review test reports and inspections and notify the Owner, the Architect and the Contractor of any deficiencies in the Work of which the Owner’s Representative becomes aware.
• Review and provide recommendations on contractor pay requests. Support project closeout, provide final inspection on project and coordinate punch list process.
• Assemble close-out documents, O&M manuals, construction drawings, final budget record. Coordinate communications among Owner, project team and stakeholders.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience as a Construction Project Manager
• Rural Alaska construction project experience
• Covid-19 Vaccination

Key Attributes:

• Exceptional teamwork, client service and communication skills.
• Self-motivated and can work autonomously, as well as part of a team.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional Engineer
• Experience with alternative project delivery methods (CM/GC or Design-Build)
• PMP, CHC, DBIA or similar certification

Why Become an Arcadian?

Our work with clients has a direct impact on people’s lives and on the planet. We make moving, living and belonging in cities safer, more resilient and more sustainable. By partnering with our clients as responsible custodians of our earth's resources, we can create a sustainable planet.

We continue to think of new ways to make positive impacts and create better experiences for people; data driven and digital solutions have become part of the Arcadis DNA. Working together with clients and using techniques like design thinking, we can get to the heart of our clients’ most pressing challenges and work together to solve them.

As a global business, we have committed to support five of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that our projects contribute to a better and more sustainable future for all. But it’s not just the work that we do on client projects that benefits communities and our planet. As a global business, we are committed to making a positive impact to society by supporting local communities where we operate.

To help protect our planet, we monitor and measure non-financial information to inform business decisions and reduce our own environmental impact as part of our commitment to be net zero carbon as a global company by 2030.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging:

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

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