Project Development Manager

Cordoba Corporation is a leading engineering and design firm based in California. We are seeking a Project Development Manager to support the Facilities Sector. This position provides planning and coordinating pre-construction activities for new school buildings and modernization projects, overseeing the scope, schedule, and budget of multiple projects, resolving complex project issues, managing project teams, reporting on project progress to various stakeholders, coordinating with utility and government agencies, assisting with contracts, and ensuring quality control. This role also involves coordinating activities with various organizational branches and developing internal policies and procedures as needed. Qualified candidates will possess a minimum of 10 years of experience overseeing the planning, design, construction, and coordination of capital projects, with five of those years specifically dedicated to educational facility construction and public works projects.

• Plans and coordinates the execution of pre-construction activities associated with the preparation for the building of new schools and modernization projects
• Responsible for the scope, schedule and budget, and overall success of multiple, new and modernization, school projects
• Resolves complex planning, design and construction project-related issues, disputes and disagreements
• Develops, assigns and monitors performance of Assistant Facility Development Managers (AFDM), Design Managers (DM) and Design professionals relative to assigned projects
• Reports on project budget, schedule and issues. Provides information and analysis of project issues to Departmental, Branch and Board representatives
• Reviews status and overall planning, design and construction project progress relative to submittal schedules. Reviews project through all development phases, and assesses status, progress and potential
• Coordinates with representatives from various utility and government agencies to obtain timely action on successive phases of project completion
• Assists project team staff with A/E contracts, bid and contract planning
• Reviews and verifies Design Professional contract scope, fees and applications for payment, and performs overall fiscal management of multiple projects
• Provides functional direction over areas of responsibility including project schedules, cost control, dispute resolution, contract administration and quality control
• Coordinates project activities, requirements, and schedules with other District organizational branches and departments such as the Office of Environmental Health and Safety, Design and A/E Technical Support, Project Execution, Facilities Contract Administration, Inspection Unit, Maintenance and Operations, local Educational Service Centers and site personnel