Project Manager - Fire Protection

We provide industry-leading, end-to-end fire protection, mechanical, and HVAC services. Our skilled tradespeople work in virtually every market across the nation. S.A. Comunale has been a local industry leader for nearly 100 years, offering clients significant financial strength, unmatched bonding capability, an award-winning safety program, and large-scale purchasing power. With 16 locations and over 1,450 employees, including 850 skilled tradesmen throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Kentucky, Maryland, and West Virginia, we serve virtually every market sector and facility type.

About the role

The Project Manager will create job schedules, coordinate the delivery of tools and fabrications, identify and manage personnel assigned to each project, and track labor efficiency. The role also involves representing the company at job progress meetings and initiating change orders.

Responsibilities

• Accurately define project requirements.
• Create job schedules.
• Coordinate the delivery of tools and fabrication.
• Identify and manage personnel assigned to each project and track their labor efficiency.
• Represent the company at job progress meetings.
• Initiate change orders as needed.
• Complete contract progress billings as required.
• Estimate remaining "cost-to-complete" for monthly WIP reporting.
• Manage the day-to-day operations of assigned projects to ensure they are completed on time and on budget.
• Serve as the main point of contact for clients on assigned projects.
• Work with clients to brainstorm creative solutions to problems to ensure their needs are met through customized solutions.
• Monitor assigned projects following established guidelines to ensure they are completed as efficiently as possible.
• Communicate with team members regarding project needs.
• Work in a fast-paced dynamic environment.
• Read and analyze job cost reports.
• Respond in a timely manner to inquiries from management.
• Assist with collections as required.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Provide direct supervision to individuals assigned to the projects being managed.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED is required.
• 5+ years’ experience in the fire protection industry, working in sales, estimating, project management, and/or design is required.
• Extensive knowledge of NFPA and industry standards is required.
• Bachelor’s Degree is a plus.
• Significant experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) applications is required.
• Experience using Hydra Tech and Hydra CAD is required.
• Ability to think strategically, make sound decisions, and produce accurate and timely results.
• Building positive working relationships with multiple levels of employees and management.
• Demonstrating integrity and professionalism.
• Demonstrating commitment to company values.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to follow-up on tasks and assignments in a timely manner.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize in a fast-paced, multi-task environment.
• Ability to perform basic business mathematical functions.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Complying with all operating policies, procedures, executed Plans, and Programs.

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate, cooperate, and collaborate with multiple levels of employees, government agencies, customers, vendors, and suppliers.
• Understanding of advanced math (Calculus, Algebra, & Geometry), shop math, simple drawings, technical reports, technical instructions, financial reports, layout work, legal documents, simple memos, and business letters.
• Ability to write or present simple memos, summaries, business letters, and technical reports.

Physical Demands

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly required to sit, stand, see, talk, and hear.
• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• Regularly required to walk, reach with hands and arms, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, pull/push, or crawl.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Strength rating classified as medium work: exerting 20-50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10-25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Frequently requires protective equipment for eyes, feet, and head. Occasionally requires protective equipment for arms, hearing, full body, leg, respirator, and skin.
• Operations of a computer, telephone, hand calculator, and copiers/fax machine are required.
• Regularly required to commute to customer and company locations by land and air.