POSITION OVERVIEW
JOB TITLE: Senior Project Manager
REPORTS TO: Director of Construction
JOB SUMMARY: The Senior Project Manager is responsible for planning and delivering successful projects and building value added customer relationships.
Key performance objectives in order of priority with ideal time allocation are:
- Participate with the quarterly executive meetings and analyze its ongoing execution and outcomes of key initiatives -5%
- Serve as a mentor / leader among other project managers -5%
- Leading the daily execution of quality projects under budget and on schedule, while exceeding customer expectations -60%
- Developing lasting partnerships with customers for repeat business, sustainability, and influence -5%
- Networking and prospecting for new business opportunities that result in creating revenue through new markets and new customers -5%
Note: 20% of time is reserved for ancillary responsibilities, interruptions and unplanned events.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Other duties may be assigned.
Interpersonal Responsibilities
- Coach and train field staff on technical knowledge and skills as well as personal competencies such as leadership, diplomacy, teamwork, and customer satisfaction. Identifies cross-training opportunities that link organizational goals with workforce development.
- Evaluate technical skills of field staff and assess overall readiness of workforce to fulfill project requirements.
- Share information and best practices with peers and assist with developing project design solutions, troubleshooting issues and serving as a sounding board
Operational Responsibilities
- Coordinate project estimating and design. Representative responsibilities include:
- Reviewing bid opportunities, interpreting scopes of work and project requirements, and determining the match with the company’s strategy and capabilities.
- Sourcing vendors and obtaining pricing from Purchasing.
- Creating development of proposals and RFP responses of assigned projects.
- Following up on open bids and assisting with contract negotiation.
- Serve as a customer’s first point of contact for addressing project-related questions, clarifying, and resolving project design issues, quality concerns or project delays
- Develop project plans, phases, and schedules; forwards project submittals, communicates project plans and schedule changes to customers and project team
- Complete monthly POC’s, as appropriate
- Attend monthly financial forecasting meetings prepared to review project financials
- Schedule and direct field staff and coordinate manpower between projects
- Oversee creation of As Built drawings and permit requests. Reviews drawings, project plans and documents for accuracy and submits to appropriate parties for approval
- Communicate project activities and oversee coordination of project details including equipment, tool and material delivery and services by power companies
- Participate in project meetings and monitor project status. Assist with coordinating project details, answering project team questions, troubleshooting, and resolving escalated issues
- Complete job set up for Accounting System (Deltek / Computer Ease)
- Review and approve customer / vendor invoices. Follows up and resolves disputed charges or late payment issues.
- Coordinate job closeout and oversee development and accuracy of owner’s manual and warranty letters.
- Review customer satisfaction reports and act on findings.
- Lead project post-mortem and assess outcomes, lessons learned, and continuous improvement opportunities.
- Coordinate customer service calls and ensure work orders are accurate and completed on time.
- Attend networking events and schedule sales calls in support of the company’s business development efforts.
- Develop and implement account management plans for building and maintaining relationships with current and past customers.
Organizational Responsibilities
- Assist with developing KES business plan. Project revenue, identify trends and market opportunities, resource requirements, and short-term priorities
PERFORMANCE FACTORS: The key competencies described here are core abilities that translate into desired on-the-job behaviors which contribute to the person successfully carrying out the assigned duties and responsibilities of this job.
- Diplomacy & Tact: Ability to treat others fairly, regardless of personal biases or beliefs. Maintains positive relationships with others through treating them justly. Demonstrates respect for others. Understands and values differences between people. Respects diversity in race, national origin, religion, gender, life style, age and disability.
- Self-Management: Independently pursues business objectives in an organized and efficient manner; prioritizes activities as necessary to meet job responsibilities; maintains required level of activity toward achieving goals without direct supervision; minimizes work flow disruptions and time wasters to complete high quality work within a specified time frame.
- Decision Making: Demonstrates an ability to make difficult decisions in a timely manner; gathers relevant input and develops a rationale for making decisions; evaluates the impact or consequences of decisions before making them; acts decisively despite obstacles, resistance or opposition; accepts consequences of decisions; willing to correct erroneous decisions when necessary; defends rationale for decisions when necessary.
- Personal Accountability: Accepts personal responsibility for the consequences of personal actions; avoids placing unnecessary blame on others; maintains personal commitment to objectives regardless of the success or failure of personal decisions; applies personal lessons learned from past failures to moving forward in achieving future successes.
- Teamwork: Respects team members and their individual perspectives; makes team mission and objectives a priority; works toward consensus when team decisions are required; meets agreed-upon deadlines on team assignments and commitments; shares responsibility with team members for successes and failures; keeps team members informed regarding projects; supports team decisions; recognizes and appreciates the contribution of team members; behaves in a manner consistent with team values and mission; provides constructive feedback to team and its members; responds positively to feedback from team members; raises and/or confronts issues limiting team effectiveness.
- Leadership: Inspires others with a compelling vision; takes risks for the sake of principles, values or missions; builds trust and demonstrates integrity with noticeable congruence between words and actions (walks their talk); demonstrates optimism and positive expectations of others; delegates appropriate responsibilities and authority; involves people in decisions that affect them; addresses performance issues promptly, fairly and consistently; adapts methods and approaches to the needs and motivations of others; makes decisions to avoid or mitigate the negative consequences for people; demonstrates loyalty to constituents.
- Planning And Organizing: Works effectively within established time frames and priorities; utilizes logical, practical and efficient approaches; prioritizes tasks for optimum productivity; develops procedures, processes and systems for order, accuracy, efficiency and productivity; anticipates probable effects, outcomes and risks; develops contingency plans to minimize waste, error and risk; allocates, adjusts and manages resources according to priorities; monitors implementation of plans and makes adjustments as needed.
Pay: $135,000.00 - $185,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) 5% Match
- 401(k) matching
- AD&D insurance
- Cell phone reimbursement
- Company truck
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Fuel card
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Opportunities for advancement
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
