A Day in the Life of a Senior Project Manager at The Grupe Company
A senior project manager's day is characterized by constant variability; "you'll never, rarely have the same day two days in a row," with tasks ranging from reviewing extensive environmental reports ("500 pages, right?") to collaborating with architects on design-related challenges. This variety reflects the dynamic nature of the work, demanding adaptability and the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and issues.
Project Management, Problem-Solving, Communication, Teamwork, Overcoming Challenges
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Rob Toste
Senior Project Manager
The Grupe Company
California State University Stanislaus
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Video Highlights
1. Senior Project Managers have varied daily tasks, tackling diverse challenges across multiple projects simultaneously.
2. A significant part of the role involves reviewing and analyzing extensive reports, such as environmental impact assessments, to make informed decisions.
3. Collaboration with various professionals, including architects and environmental consultants, is crucial for successful project management.
Transcript
What does a day in the life of a senior project manager look like?
A day in the life is no typical day because there are so many balls to juggle at the same time. You'll rarely have the same day two days in a row.
You could be working on one project and one issue one day, and then come in the next day and a fire happened overnight, so to speak. Now you're working on a different project with a different issue, and you're trying to juggle all of those at the same time.
Some days you pick up some balls, some days you juggle the rest. It's no typical day.
To give some examples, one day I may be working on due diligence on a project. I'll order what we call a phase one analysis. An environmental consultant goes in, takes a look at the property, looks at some testing on the dirt, and does more background research on the land.
They're looking to see if there are any environmental issues or what we call toxic issues in or around the dirt, and then they write up a full report. I may receive that report, which is 500 or 200 pages. That's what my morning consists of. I'll read through it, understand it, and present the results to the team the next day.
We could be in a meeting with architects on another project, talking about storm water issues on a new one that came up during the design process. It's rare that I walk in and do the same thing two days in a row.
There's just a little bit of everything, depending on the status or progress of each project that we're working on.