Program Director

About the position

Kitchell seeks an experienced and dedicated Program Director to join our Southern California region based out of Oceanside and build a long-term career at one of the most innovative and growth-oriented building companies in the United States. The Program Director will provide Regional Leadership and Program Management Services over a multi-campus Education Market Sector program (Community College).

Responsibilities

• Provides construction management services as an Owner's Representative for large multi-year education capital programs
• Responsible as on-site liaison with contractor and oversight of progress of construction
• Coordinates, directs, and monitors activities of contractors/subcontractors, engineers, architects, and related performing entities
• Manages project controls, cost, schedule, performance activities, and procedures or as required by the client
• Conducts project meetings and provides meeting minutes, documentation, administration, and tracking of relevant information
• Ensures contractors, architects, and engineers will adhere to contractual requirements on areas of safety, performance, project staff, and equipment
• Ensures project closeout to obtain guarantees, warranties, and related provisions for turnover to the owner, including DSA closeout requirements
• Performs other duties as required to ensure project success

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management or Architecture is preferred
• 10 years of experience in Management of Construction Project is required with extensive Design-build project delivery experience required
• Public market sector experience (aviation, education, municipal) is required
• Strong knowledge of contracts, drawings, estimates, and specifications to ensure compliance with project requirements for Division of the State Architect (DSA) projects are required
• Strong user skills with the MS Office Suite of products, Bluebeam, Procore, and construction industry budget and scheduling tools is required

Nice-to-haves

• Certified Construction Manager (CCM) credential is preferred
• DBIA certifications is preferred
• Ability to commit to a long duration project is seen as ideal and strongly preferred