Service Project Manager

About the Company

S.A. Comunale is a local industry leader in end-to-end mechanical, fire protection, and HVAC services with nearly 100 years of experience. We offer 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—across Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Kentucky, Maryland, and West Virginia, we serve virtually every market sector and facility type.

Responsibilities

• Accurately define project requirements.
• Create job schedules and 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 day-to-day operations of assigned projects to ensure completion 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 meet their needs through customized solutions.
• Monitor assigned projects following established guidelines to ensure efficient completion.
• Communicate with team members regarding project needs.
• Read and analyze job cost reports.
• Respond in a timely manner to inquiries from management.
• Assist with collections as required.
• Communicate daily with foremen.
• Oversee design progress.
• Provide direct supervision to individuals assigned to managed projects.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED is required.
• 3+ years’ experience in the fire protection industry, working in sales, estimating, project management, and/or design.
• Extensive knowledge of NFPA and industry standards.
• Significant experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience using Hydra Tech and Hydra CAD is required.
• Knowledge of scheduling programs is a plus.
• Ability to think strategically, make sound decisions, and produce accurate and timely results.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize in a fast-paced, multi-task environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to follow up on tasks and assignments in a timely manner.
• Ability to perform basic business mathematical functions.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and effectively in a team environment.
• Ability to delegate when needed.
• Demonstrated commitment to company values, integrity, and professionalism.
• Experience with daily to-do lists in Google Calendar is a plus.
• Compliance with all operating policies, procedures, executed Plans, and Programs.

Qualifications

• Degree from an accredited college or university is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to build positive working relationships with multiple levels of employees and management.
• Language skills: Must effectively communicate, cooperate, and collaborate with employees, government agencies, customers, vendors, and suppliers.

Physical Requirements

• 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 include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Strength rating: Medium work, entailing exerting 20-50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10-25 pounds frequently, and/or negligible to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.
• Frequently requires protective equipment for eyes, feet, and head; occasionally for arms, hearing, full body, legs, respirator, and skin.
• Operations of a computer, telephone, hand calculator, and copiers/fax machine are required.
• 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.
• Writing or presenting simple memos, summaries, business letters, and technical reports.
• Regular commuting to customer and company locations by land and air.

Skills

• Significant experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience with Hydra Tech and Hydra CAD.
• Knowledge of scheduling programs is a plus.