Project Manager in Training

Chapel Electric Co., LLC (“Chapel”) is a leading electrical services company providing preconstruction, construction, and energy solutions in markets including automotive, commercial, healthcare, education, industrial, and mission critical. Driven by a commitment to continuous improvement, Chapel embraces Virtual Design Construction, Green Building Construction, and Lean construction methods to improve efficiency and enhance client value. Chapel is one of six Ohio-based business units under parent company Quebe Holdings, Inc.

About the role

Chapel seeks a Project Manager in Training who will provide oversight to Project Engineer(s) and Assistant Project Manager(s), as well as coordinate scheduling efforts with Project Supervisor(s). This position ensures project field teams work within company standard operating procedures and clearly understand project scopes, tasks, and schedules. They will manage and coordinate all project resources efficiently to perform work within budget and ahead of schedule. This is an in-person position and does not qualify for hybrid or remote.

Responsibilities

• Drive the overall flow of projects effectively from inception to completion.
• Oversee project organization, scheduling, budgeting, and implementation.
• Support field personnel with subcontractor relations and resolve field problems.
• Maintain full financial responsibility for projects and understand construction financial and accounting practices.
• Ensure all project document control is completed efficiently by the project team, including insurance, bonding, permits, submittals, RFIs, change orders, and correspondence.
• Confer with supervisory personnel, owners, contractors, or design professionals to discuss and resolve work procedures, complaints, or construction problems.
• Prepare and submit budget estimates, progress reports, and cost tracking reports.
• Inspect or review projects to monitor compliance with building and safety codes, environmental regulations, or other regulations.
• Select subcontractors and equipment suppliers with input from engineering, estimating, and purchasing.
• Verify correct drawings are distributed to field personnel.
• Create schedule of values or billing format as required by contract documents.
• Create project schedule showing completion, delivery dates, and subcontractor requirements, and integrate into overall project and manpower schedule as required.
• Understand notice requirements.
• Write purchase orders for major equipment and subcontractors, indicate shipping requirements, anticipate delivery dates, and request proper delivery notice.
• Host and attend all necessary meetings with both internal and external entities to review scheduling and delivery, work plans, job progress, manpower, and solutions to setbacks.
• Support accounting department in monthly billings and collections and follow up on outstanding balances.
• Collaborate with foreman regarding project safety, toolbox talks, and weekly walk-throughs.
• Obtain as-builts from field and request CAD from engineering.
• Escalate critical and/or sensitive issues to the Division Manager/Project Executive with recommendation for resolution.
• Comply with company operating policies, procedures, and safety programs.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED.
• Minimum 3-5 years related experience in electrical construction or similar industry.
• Working knowledge of the construction industry and contract documentation, federal, state, and city regulations and guidelines.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel).
• Familiarity with Accubid, AutoCAD, Revit, and other electrical, technical, or construction programs a plus.
• Familiarity with project management/document control software.
• Familiarity with construction/financial software packages.

Skills

• Integrity, honesty, professionalism, and commitment to company values.
• Excellent organizational, communication, strategic, technical, analytical, problem-solving, and multi-tasking skills.
• High standards of quality with attention to detail.
• Ability to manage and supervise personnel.
• Ability to build positive working relationships with multiple levels of employees, management, suppliers, and customers.

Physical Demands

The physical demands 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, 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 or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Regularly required to commute to field locations and navigate around job site locations.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Expect to sit for long periods in front of a computer and travel to field locations as needed.
• While visiting field locations, may be required to be outdoors, exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical and electrical parts; high, precarious places; dust, fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions, extended exposure to sunlight; cold and heat; risk of electrical shock and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.