Program PMO Manager, Chandler, AZ - Semiconductor Basebuild
On-site · Chandler, Arizona, United States
Job Summary
Lead a program-level PMO for an Owner’s Representative in Chandler, AZ, supporting a large-scale semiconductor basebuild construction program. Establish and maintain PMO governance processes, reporting cadence, action tracking, escalation paths, and program communication standards. Coordinate across owner teams, construction management teams, general contractors, design partners, trade contractors, and internal stakeholders to align scope, schedule, cost, risk, safety, and quality. Oversee program-level dashboards, KPI tracking, risk and issue logs, and milestone reporting; partner with project controls to monitor schedule, cost, forecasting, procurement status, and construction progress. Consolidate inputs from multiple project teams to identify conflicts, cost impacts, risk trends, scope gaps, and execution constraints. Manage change control, root-cause analysis, and documentation quality; facilitate recurring program meetings, executive updates, and action-item reviews. Maintain turnover readiness, commissioning coordination, punch lists, and closeout documentation, ensuring safety, environmental compliance, and operational excellence. Onsite role with local relocation support as needed.
Required Qualifications
- 3 to 7 years of progressive project management, PMO, project controls, construction management, or program management experience on large scale construction programs
- Experience in semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, mission critical, data center, pharmaceutical, cleanroom, or other technically complex facility construction environments
- Strong understanding of semiconductor basebuild construction, including cleanroom, subfab, core and shell, central utilities, MEP systems, process utilities, and construction turnover
- Experience supporting program level reporting, KPI management, executive dashboards, risk registers, issue logs, action tracking, and governance processes
- Proven ability to coordinate across owner teams, general contractors, design firms, trade partners, project controls, procurement, and construction leadership
- Strong working knowledge of cost control, change management, forecasting, procurement tracking, CPM scheduling, and contract administration
- Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, schedules, cost reports, change documentation, and commissioning or turnover documentation
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and project reporting tools
- Experience with Primavera P6, MS Project, Power BI, Smartsheet, Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, or similar construction management systems preferred
- Strong communication, leadership, organization, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work onsite in a fast-paced construction environment and manage competing priorities with urgency and accuracy
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Engineering, Architecture, Business, or related field preferred
- PMP, CCM, LEED, or related certification preferred but not required
- Experience with Primavera P6, MS Project, Power BI, Smartsheet, Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, or similar construction management systems preferred
- Direct experience supporting semiconductor fab, wafer fab, advanced packaging, cleanroom, or microelectronics construction programs preferred
- Experience as an Owner’s Representative, PMO Manager, Project Controls Manager, Senior Project Manager, Construction Manager, or Program Manager preferred
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