PROJECT MANAGER - Special Projects

Compensation: $100,000 to $115,000 Depending on Experience

General Responsibilities

• Maintain open communication lines with all working relationships

• Follow up to ensure items for which the job is accountable are performed

• Earn and maintain customer’s trust

• Uphold the core values of the organization

• Work well with others to accomplish the mission of the organization and of the job

Specific Responsibilities

Leadership

• Supervise all project personnel

• Take responsibility for productivity, safety, and safety audits.

• Perform job walks to ensure:

o Employees are wearing Personal Protective Equipment and tools

o Employees are working safely and productively

o Tools and material are located in close proximity to work performed

o The installation is up to standard

• Take ultimate responsibility for the billings, understanding the job well enough to front end bill it.

• Constantly train the project manager’s replacement. Train and coach, the field people and be supportive, identifying future leaders of the company.

• Active in improving the overall safety culture of the company

Process Improvement

• Engage and help to develop new Encore standards and processes and hold others accountable to them

• Participate in Project Manager meetings

• Help to develop phase codes for the project

Risk Management

• Proficient in developing budgets and forecasting

• Adequate understanding of the project schedule to provide input to your Superintendent on accurate man loading

• Ability to write commodity purchase order from the installation estimate

• Manage subcontractors and vendors at financial level

• Proficient in estimating change orders on a project

• Assist project team with labor cost codes for the project

• Ensure all parties to the job, at all levels of the job, apply their time into the proper phase code for time keeping

• Create change estimates to any changes to the project

• Perform a detailed installation estimate on lighting, gear, special systems, and committed material to verify quantities from the estimate developed through project development

• Proficiency with material procurement processes, including quoting, procuring, receiving, tracking

• Proficient in the cost to complete process and monthly forecasting

Customer Service

• Ability to have fierce conversations with customers and other trade partners

• Take ultimate responsibility for submittals

• Assist with submittal creation and procurement of material

• Make certain purchase orders are written and that the project is current on changing orders to the purchase orders

• Coordinate and maintain relationships with all project stakeholders

• Ensure proper maintenance of construction documents

• Actively engage in any required meetings

• Ensure the proper permit is obtained in the jurisdiction for the job location

• Understand the permitting process and what the wiring methods are in different jurisdiction • Responsible for project closeout documentation

• Prior to completion, involves the service department so they know the job and are introduced to the owner to maintain the relationship

• Assist closing out the job with vendors

General

• Comfortable and Confident in providing value to a project interview

• Effectively work with and support Preconstruction Services

• Accurate and consistent man loading of your project scope

• Work with project team to set up the job

• Understanding of how to effectively utilize support service groups

• Work with the project team to build an information sheet and map to the jobsite.

• Strong communications with the entire project team (Internal and External)

• Ability to navigate Project Management System Remote Travel

• This may be agreed upon or required for this position

• If applicable, remote travel is compensated for at an agreed upon inflated rate in comparison to local Project Managers – said differently, remote-working Project Managers may receive a higher rate of pay

Other duties as may be assigned

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Knowledge of:

• The construction process from scheduling to manpower to the labor, materials and equipment required for installation

• Constructability and the construction process

• Algebra and geometry

• Statistics

• Financial math

Skill in:

• Acting as a self-starter

• Good organization skills

• Spatial orientation

• Identifying scope gaps in construction documents

• Customer management

• Listening

• Speaking intelligently

• Estimating resources needed to complete required tasks

• Adapting to new and changing requirements, environments, and/or information

• Managing people and processes

• Managing complex projects, breaking them down to their component levels

• Using communication software

• Effective written and oral communication sufficient to be able to elicit and communicate information and achieve understanding (Technical/Business writing)

• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with customers, vendors, consultants, management, and employees

• Operating a computer

• Operate Microsoft office products

• Organizing work to accomplish tasks

• Reading and writing

• Prioritizing and reprioritizing to meet job needs

• Identifying and managing risk

• Problem solving

• Tracking numbers and bits of data relevant to the work assignment

Ability to:

• Retain and access critical information from memory

• Conceptualize and visualize the project for constructability means and methods

• Think on your feet

• Understand when to speak and when not to speak

• Be personally detached from ideas (no ego)

• See things from multiple perspectives

• Ability to coordinate effectively with all ENCORE Support Services

• Understand and contribute to the project turnover process

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Driving

• Sitting

• Climbing

• Lifting (up to 50 lbs)

• Standing

• Stooping

• Vision acuity (near and far)

• Walking

REQUIREMENTS:

High School Diploma or equivalent is required. Degree in related field or Journeyman’s License with experience in the electrical trade preferred.

Benefits of this role:

• Encore Electric provides excellent benefits for our employees, including: medical, dental, and vision plans, disability, and life insurance, employee-matched 401(k), paid time off (PTO), an employee assistance program that includes counseling, legal, and financial advice.
• Encore also provides a generous employee referral program, and access to technical, safety, personal finance, and leadership training through Encore University, Encore’s in house training program.
• This position is eligible for vehicle and cell phone allowances, and the short-term incentive program.

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Encore Electric, Inc. is an EOE, including disability/vets.