Project Manager

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Plans and schedules engineering, installation, and subcontracting activities on large and/or complex systems or service installed jobs.
• Maintains current job plans and specifications.
• Works with engineering department on design and drafting phases of jobs.
• Captures and manages project installation plan.
• Determines necessary changes in design, contract price, and installation plan.
• Selects and monitors the performance of subcontractors.
• Keeps self, superiors, and subordinates informed of progress/status of projects.
• Maintains all digital records relating to jobs including job status, material purchases, contacts, job changes, prints, submittals, quotes, needs assessments, packing list, email correspondence, and other control records.
• Reviews estimate or assists in estimating projects that the company is bidding.
• May assist in site survey along with sales/engineering to secure accurate estimations.
• Implements quality assurance program to continuously improve customer satisfaction.
• Presents a professional image of company when speaking to customers.
• Develops a relationship with the decision maker of our customer.
• Routinely walks job site to ensure quality installation of company products and updates customer/decision maker of project status in documented format.
• Responsible for customer satisfaction on projects.
• Maintains job status and controls job costs.
• Provides information to determine labor and material requirements on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis as required depending on the status of the project.
• Aids management in monthly resource allocation forecasting.
• Ensures proper job management and cost control by reviewing job financial reports.
• Reviews data required for monthly job billings with the office manager.
• Monitors job reports and works with other management tools to define project problems.
• Reviews time cards to analyze job performance.
• Devises a plan of action to remedy job problems and implements plan to ensure project profitability.
• Studies literature and attends seminars to stay current with regards to products, processes, and materials.
• Works with installers on job concepts, installation procedures, and product training for their advancement.

Supervisory Duties

• Supervises Installers, Apprentices and Subcontractors.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school education or equivalent.
• Associates degree (2 year) or Bachelor degree (4 year) in a technical capacity is desirable.
• Project Management experience.
• IT Project + or PMP certification desired.

Skills and Abilities

• 5 years of experience in the engineering and installation of low voltage systems, audio systems (analog/digital), IP video systems, programmable logic control systems, computer networking or related field.
• Strong knowledge of engineering fundamentals, relay logic, and operations.
• Good subcontracting skills.
• Excellent written & oral communication skills required.
• An understanding of job financial reports and the ability control costs in the handling of large projects.
• Experience with IT related equipment (servers, databases, networking, etc) is strongly preferred.

Physical Demands

• Must be able to see, hear, speak and write clearly in order to communicate with employees and/or other customers.
• Manual dexterity required for occasional reaching and lifting of small objects, and operating office equipment.

Work Environment

• Team oriented work environment.
• The office is clean, orderly, properly lighted and ventilated.
• Noise levels are considered low to moderate.
• Site work job conditions are similar to typical construction projects.