Senior Site Manager

About the role

The Senior Site Manager at KNAPP is responsible for managing high-complexity projects exceeding $20 million in value. This role involves coordinating all sub-vendor activities and deliveries, ensuring all required communication between stakeholders, and maintaining compliance with OSHA and customer safety rules.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate experience and manage complex projects in excess of $20 million in value
• Coordinate all sub-vendor on-site activities and deliveries
• Ensure all required on-site communication between project stakeholders, installation team, commissioning team, suppliers, etc., occurs in a time frame and to the level of detail necessary for a successful project
• Maintain internal installation and commissioning schedule (progress, milestone completion, minor delays) and trigger updates, if significant changes are necessary
• Hold regular (minimum weekly) site coordination and progress meetings with Knapp supervisor, installation and commissioning team, and vendors, and distribute meeting minutes to all participants and KUS stakeholders
• Hold weekly Site Safety Meetings with all sub-vendors and file protocols
• Take all necessary steps to coordinate with the customer and ensure customer deliverables are provided timely and accurately
• Provide site status reports and schedule progress/divination reports on a weekly basis
• Manage rental equipment and site supplies (office, tools, miscellaneous)
• Support, organize, and source local supplies, when necessary
• Submit all additional material requests to Head of Installation
• Create resource and project schedule in coordination with the technical departments during the on-site phase
• Identify risks impacting schedule, handover dates, and quality
• Attend project steering committee meetings
• Attend all other project-related meetings, as needed
• Facilitate daily meetings with on-site team and extend to 2nd meetings, as needed (mass test, KIT)
• Serve as main point of contact for assigned projects, Knapp internal and external
• Lead and coordinate project startup team on-site by establishing a matrix organization, as well as coordinate project startup travels in alignment with the team and department managers
• Provide periodic project status reports to the startup department managers regarding timelines, deadlines, cost, and quality
• Attend customer meeting during CIT and coordinate open points with the team

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years experience in a related service or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Valid driver’s license
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work independently and on customers' sites

Skills

• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience with OSHA and customer safety regulations
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks simultaneously

Benefits

• Industry competitive compensation
• Great benefits with better than average employer contributions, including health, dental, vision, life insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Short & Long Term Disability and more!
• 401k with a very generous employer match and no vesting!
• Paid vacation & holidays
• Profit Sharing
• Paid parental leave
• Subsidized daycare
• Tuition reimbursement
• Pet insurance

Pay

Industry competitive compensation

Schedule

100% travel required

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short & Long Term Disability
• 401k with a very generous employer match and no vesting!
• Paid vacation & holidays
• Profit Sharing
• Paid parental leave
• Subsidized daycare
• Tuition reimbursement
• Pet insurance

Equal Opportunity Employer

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