Project Manager – Project Management Consulting Services

Position: Project Manager - Project Management Consulting Services
Employment Type: Full-Time / Contract
Location: Columbus Ohio / Hybrid
Company: Guru Consulting Services LLC
Project: City of Columbus - Office of Construction Management

Guru Consulting Services LLC is seeking an experienced Project Manager to provide project management consulting services supporting the City of Columbus Office of Construction Management. The Project Manager will be responsible for coordinating and managing projects from initiation through closeout including planning scheduling cost and budget management risk management stakeholder coordination documentation quality oversight and project reporting.

The successful candidate should have experience managing complex projects and working with owners consultants contractors vendors technical professionals and other stakeholders.

• Lead project initiation planning execution monitoring and closeout activities.
• Develop and maintain project schedules milestones deliverables and project plans.
• Manage project scope schedule budget resources risks issues and dependencies.
• Coordinate project activities between the owner consultants contractors vendors and other stakeholders.
• Conduct project meetings and maintain meeting minutes action-item logs decision logs and project records.
• Monitor project progress and provide regular status reports and management updates.
• Identify potential schedule cost scope quality and resource issues and develop appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Support project cost estimating budget tracking forecasting and cost-control activities.
• Review and track change orders project changes claims and potential cost or schedule impacts.
• Coordinate design and construction-related activities as applicable to assigned projects.
• Review project deliverables documentation submittals RFIs and other project correspondence as required.
• Support construction administration field coordination project observation and contractor coordination when required.
• Coordinate with architects engineers construction managers contractors inspectors and specialty consultants.
• Support quality assurance and quality-control activities.
• Maintain project documentation through electronic document-management systems.
• Support BIM coordination and technology-enabled project management activities when applicable.
• Monitor contractor compliance with project requirements safety requirements schedules and deliverables as assigned.
• Assist with procurement contract administration funding coordination and project closeout activities.
• Support dispute resolution issue resolution and claims-management activities when required.
• Prepare project dashboards reports presentations schedules risk registers and other management deliverables.
• Conduct project closeout lessons-learned and post-occupancy/project evaluation activities.
• Ensure assigned projects are delivered in accordance with approved scope schedule budget quality and client requirements.

• Bachelors degree in Project Management Construction Management Engineering Architecture Business Administration or a related field.
• 5 years of project management experience preferably involving construction facilities infrastructure engineering public-sector or other complex projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing project scope schedule budget risks issues and stakeholders.
• Experience coordinating multiple project teams and external consultants/vendors.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prepare professional project reports schedules presentations and documentation.
• Ability to work effectively with government agencies owners contractors consultants and technical professionals.

• PMP certification or equivalent project management certification.
• Experience with Primavera P6 or other critical-path scheduling tools.
• Experience with CPM scheduling and project controls.
• Experience with construction project management or owners representative services.
• Experience with cost estimating and construction cost management.
• Experience with change-order and contract administration.
• Experience with risk registers RASI/RACI matrices and project governance.
• Experience with BIM coordination and electronic document-management systems.
• Experience supporting public-sector or municipal projects.
• Ohio professional registration/license such as PE or Architect is preferred where applicable to the assignment.

• Primavera P6 / CPM Scheduling
• Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Teams / SharePoint
• Project Management Information Systems
• Electronic Document Management
• BIM Coordination
• Cost Tracking and Forecasting
• Risk and Issue Management
• Change Management
• Project Reporting and Dashboards

• Project Leadership
• Schedule Management
• Cost Control
• Risk Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Construction Coordination
• Contract Administration
• Communication
• Problem Solving
• Team Coordination
• Quality Management
• Documentation and Reporting

Required Skills:

Project ManagementConstruction Project ManagementProject Planning & SchedulingCost & Budget ManagementRisk & Issue ManagementStakeholder ManagementConstruction CoordinationContract AdministrationChange Order ManagementCPM Scheduling / Primavera P6Cost ControlQuality Assurance / Quality ControlProject Documentation & ReportingVendor / Contractor ManagementBIM Coordination