Position Summary:
As a Project Manager you will play a pivotal role in leading and overseeing the successful execution of increasingly complex small to medium-scale construction projects. Operating with minimal supervision, you will be responsible for project planning, management direction, achieving project completion, ensuring customer satisfaction and delivering a positive financial outcome.
What You Will Do
- Collaborate on work procurement and engage in business development activities to identify new project opportunities.
- Lead the entire project lifecycle from initiation to closure, ensuring safety, budget adherence, high-quality standards, and timely delivery.
- Take ownership of project results and work closely with all stakeholders to define project scope, goals, deliverables, resources, budget, and timeline.
- Communicate clear expectations to team members and stakeholders, serving as a mediator between them.
- Proactively resolve issues and address problems throughout project life cycle.
- Effectively manage project scope by documenting and obtaining approvals for any changes via change order forms.
- Lead, coach, and motivate project team members proactively to foster a high-performance work environment.
- Adhere to the PRIME Safety Program, complying with safety regulations, procedures and safe work practices.
- Maintain a physical presence onsite and regularly visit jobsites to oversee progress and provide assistance to the project management team as needed.
- Performs other duties as requested; duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.
What You Will Need to be Successful
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management or related field (architecture, engineering, etc.), and five+ years solar/electrical project management experience or relevant experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and/or field experience.
- Strong understanding of construction cost, scheduling, estimating and engineering principles and techniques, as well as accounting practices.
- Proficiency in solar/electrical estimating, including preparing and presenting job change orders, evaluating estimates, and contributing to new estimates.
- Experience with project management tools and software packages, with a preference for familiarity with Accubid Estimating systems.
- Knowledge of and experience with integrated job cost systems, budgeting, report evaluations, and final costing.
- Proficiency building critical path schedules for projects and understanding construction sequencing across all disciplines.,
- Experience with design-build delivery models is highly preferred.
- Ability to actively engage in the construction process and accurately evaluate final “cost at completion” on a regular basis.
- Effective identification and quantification of project impacts, along with sound negotiation skills with customers for change orders.
- Demonstrated leadership in managing people and teams.
- Excellent communication, leadership, problem solving, and analytical skills.
- Ability to rapidly adapt and respond to changing environments and priorities.
- Skill in eliciting cooperation from senior management and cross-functional departments.
- Ability to maintain a positive attitude and work environment.
- Strong computer skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office.