Senior Project Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 15, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 3, 2026.
Overview
Senior Project Manager
Washington, DC
Are you ready to enhance your skills and build your career in a rapidly evolving business climate? Are you looking for a career where professional development is embedded in your employer’s core culture? If so, Chenega Military, Intelligence & Operations Support (MIOS) could be the place for you! Join our team of professionals who support large-scale government operations by leveraging cutting-edge technology and take your career to the next level!
Chenega Architecture Design Solutions (CADS) is an Alaskan Native Small Disadvantaged Business, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chenega Corporation. We solve complex challenges with dedication and excellence-keeping clients and stakeholders informed at every step. Our professionals have been serving clients for more than three decades.
We make our clients’ priorities our own so that we can develop consistent, long-term partnerships with all of our customers. Fulfilling our commitments to our clients and projects is the backbone of those relationships, and our ability to be agile and flexible is a big part of our success.
The Senior Project Manager serves as the senior project management lead for highly complex, high-visibility facilities and infrastructure projects supporting Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Washington and supported commands. This position is responsible for managing projects throughout the full project lifecycle, including initiation, planning, design, construction, commissioning, turnover, and closeout. The Senior Project Manager provides strategic leadership, governance oversight, stakeholder engagement, acquisition planning support, financial management, risk management, and project execution support while ensuring projects are delivered within approved scope, schedule, cost, and quality objectives.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the senior project management lead for assigned programs and projects.
- Manage multiple concurrent projects through planning, design, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
- Develop and maintain Project Charters, Project Management Plans (PMPs), project governance structures, stakeholder registers, risk registers, issue logs, and escalation matrices.
- Establish and facilitate project governance meetings, including Project Teams, Senior Leadership Teams, and Executive Leadership Teams.
- Develop and maintain project scope, schedule, and cost baselines.
- Support development and validation of DD Form 1391 planning documentation.
- Coordinate project planning activities, including Facility Planning Documents (FPDs), Basic Facility Requirements (BFRs), site evaluations, lifecycle cost analyses, and planning studies.
- Develop acquisition strategies and support project delivery planning efforts.
- Coordinate environmental and regulatory compliance activities, including NEPA and SHPO requirements.
- Maintain project documentation and reporting within Government systems, including eProjects, eCMS, ERP, eContracts, and iNFADS.
- Monitor project performance and recommend corrective actions related to scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk.
- Facilitate design charrettes, design reviews, constructability reviews, and stakeholder meetings.
- Coordinate assembly and review of project plans, specifications, RFPs, and supporting documentation.
- Participate as a non-voting technical advisor during source selection activities.
- Coordinate contract turnover meetings and post-award kickoff meetings.
- Conduct executive-level project briefings for senior military and civilian leadership.
- Monitor project funding, obligations, expenditures, and financial performance.
- Prepare project financial analyses, status reports, and funding recommendations.
- Support Post Construction Award Services (PCAS) activities during construction execution.
- Coordinate Acceptance Testing and Cybersecurity Commissioning activities.
- Support collateral equipment procurement and installation efforts, including FF&E and AV systems.
- Facilitate claims resolution, contract closeout, financial reconciliation, and project turnover activities.
- Prepare DD1354 documentation, lessons learned reports, and project closeout documentation.
- Mentor junior project managers and project support personnel.
- Support business development and capture activities as requested.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Project Management, Business Administration, or related field required.
- 15+ years of project management experience.
- 10+ years managing Federal facilities, infrastructure, design, and construction projects.
- 5+ years supporting NAVFAC, USACE, AFCEC, GSA, VA, DOE, or similar Federal agencies.
- Secret clearance required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree preferred.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification required or highly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent Federal projects.
- Demonstrated experience managing projects exceeding $25 million in construction value.
- Experience supporting MILCON, FSRM, Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization programs preferred.
- Successfully pass background and drug screening
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Expert knowledge of NAVFAC project delivery processes and Federal project management principles.
- Expert knowledge of MILCON, FSRM, Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization programs.
- Thorough understanding of DD1391 development and validation processes.
- Strong knowledge of Federal acquisition and contracting principles.
- Advanced project controls, scheduling, financial management, and risk management experience.
- Experience managing multidisciplinary project teams.
- Ability to brief Flag Officers, SES personnel, Commanding Officers, and senior civilian leadership.
- Experience supporting source selections and acquisition planning efforts.
- Proficiency with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office Suite, eProjects, ERP systems, and related Government systems.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to travel up to 25%.
How you’ll grow
At Chenega MIOS, our professional development plan focuses on helping our team members at every level of their careers to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn.
We offer opportunities to help sharpen skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their careers.
Benefits
At Chenega MIOS, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our team members and offer them a broad range of benefits.
Learn more about what working at Chenega MIOS can mean for you.
Chenega MIOS’s culture
Our positive and supportive culture encourages our team members to do their best work every day. We celebrate individuals by recognizing their uniqueness and offering them the flexibility to make daily choices that can help them be healthy, centered, confident, and aware. We offer well-being programs and continuously look for new ways to maintain a culture where we excel and lead healthy, happy lives.
Corporate citizenship
Chenega MIOS is led by a purpose to make an impact that matters. This purpose defines who we are and extends to relationships with our clients, our team members, and our communities. We believe that business has the power to inspire and transform. We focus on education, giving, skill-based volunteerism, and leadership to help drive positive social impact in our communities.
Learn more about Chenega’s impact on the world.
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