Project Manager I/II/Sr - AI

Ahtna, Inc. is seeking a Project Manager for a variety of construction and environmental projects. The role involves providing project management direction, ensuring project alignment with strategic goals, and managing communications among stakeholders while fostering a high-performance team environment.

Responsibilities:

• Review and approve detailed project/component level plans
• Manage and oversee projects including managing the subcontracting process, and subcontractors’ activities, preparing technical evaluations on his/her engineering specialty, identifying and recommending solutions to mitigate issues and problems encountered during various construction phases, in accordance with project scope of work, acceptable construction code/practices, and Federal and State regulations
• Develop and define acceptance criteria for all project phases/key deliverables. Close monitoring of critical milestones and deliverables
• Ensure the project stays aligned to the strategic goals and delivers the planned/stated benefits
• Provide engineering and technical guidance, support, coordination, and oversight to project staff preparing written project documentation
• Collaborate with various groups within Ahtna and multiple client organizations
• Identification analysis of all project risks and prepare for a risk response plan
• Proactive communication of risks to concerned stakeholders
• Identify and ensure the resolution of all project-level issues
• Manage all communications between internal stakeholders, clients, and third parties
• Ensure preparation of various status and progress reports with metrics for various stakeholders
• Align all the project components and groups to ensure project success
• Supervise construction field staff and tradesmen. Work closely with site superintendents in executing a wide variety of construction activities, overseeing and conducting field quality control functions with field QC staff
• Foster a high-performance team environment where diversity is valued and people are treated with respect and dignity. Applying innovative and effective management techniques to maximize employee performance
• Mentor junior staff
• Ensure compliance with all quality, regulatory and security processes
• Preparing and reviewing proposals per RFP and bid documents including estimating and bid reviews
• Authoring and/or reviewing contract deliverables including, but not limited to, product or technical submittals, work plans, safety plans, sampling and analysis plans and reports
• Support field staff as necessary
• Other duties as assigned by management
• Provide client assistance to program managers
• Manage scope, schedule, and budget on small-sized projects
• Maintain 1-2 areas of technical expertise
• Technical project execution and document preparation, peer review project documents
• Assist with small-sized task orders and project proposals
• Technical mentoring
• Provide client assistance to program managers
• Manage scope, schedule, and budget on medium-sized projects
• Maintain 2 areas of technical expertise
• Lead technical project execution and document preparation, peer review project documents
• Prepare medium-sized task orders and project proposals
• Project staffing and technical mentoring
• Business development assistance to program managers
• Manage scope, schedule, and budget on large-sized projects
• Maintain 2-3 areas of technical expertise
• Lead technical project execution and document preparation, senior review project documents
• Prepare task order and project proposals
• Project staffing and technical mentoring

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Physical/Environmental Sciences
• Valid Driver's License with clean driving record, able to drive a company vehicle
• Experience with Federal and State contracting
• Ability to pass background checks by various Federal Agencies (e.g., DOD, DHS, FAA, etc.) to obtain security access badges
• Thorough understanding of corporate and industry practices, processes, standards, etc. and their impact on project activities
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Adept at explaining technical aspects of fieldwork to internal and external clients verbally and in writing
• Zero (0) to Three (3) years of project management experience for Level I
• Three (3) to Five (5) years of project management experience for Level II
• Five (5) to Seven (7) years of project management experience for Level Senior
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project, or similar scheduling software
• GIS Software
• Professional Registration such as PE, PG, or PMP
• Experience and knowledge of Alaska Native Cultures