Sr. Project Manager - Telecom / Low Voltage

Job Summary

Gaston Electrical is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee and direct construction projects in telecommunications, security, audio / visual (AV), and wireless installations and technologies. The ideal candidate will ensure projects are completed efficiently and profitably while maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Oversee and direct construction projects from conception to completion
• Engage regularly with customers and respond with urgency to build trust
• Build trust by consistently meeting project deadlines and customer expectations
• Participate in estimating hand-off meetings to establish project budgets and initial project expectations
• Create project schedules and ensure manpower is appropriately assigned to projects
• Create cost code allocations from initial estimates
• Identify pre-fabrication opportunities and collaborate with GF, Director of Field Operations, and Pre-Fab manager to lay out, plan, and schedule all prefabricated assemblies
• Oversee all multi-trade coordination efforts and scheduling with the BIM department
• Work with the Corporate Safety Manager to ensure jobsite workers adhere to Gaston safety rules and regulations
• Work with GF to increase jobsite efficiencies and remove obstacles to worker productivity
• Maximize project profitability and identify ways to reduce installation costs
• Participate in Work In Progress (WIP) meetings with accurate cost-to-complete estimates
• Price and negotiate project change orders
• Manage vendors and track all deliveries with the assistance of project coordinators
• Identify all constructability concerns and issue timely Request for Information (RFI)
• Leverage Spectrum Project Management software to complete required activities
• Utilize Project Coordinators as required for assistance in Purchase and delivery tracking, software inputs, permit pulling, change order management, project close-out materials, clerical duties, etc.
• Leverage relationships to identify future work opportunities

Qualifications

• 10+ years low voltage project management experience
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers – verbal and written
• Ability to demonstrate urgency and problem-solving skills
• Organizational and time management skills
• Strong knowledge base of Telecommunications, Structured Cabling Systems, and applicable Vendors in the market
• Professional certifications like RCDD, PMP, CTS, etc. encouraged but not required
• Demonstrated experience using Microsoft Office – Outlook, Excel, Word
• Knowledge of Spectrum Construction software a plus
• Knowledge of Conest Estimating software a plus

Physical Demands

• Sit for long periods in front of a computer
• Regularly use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls
• Reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Lift and/or move up to twenty-five (25) pounds
• Use close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• Navigate around job site locations
• Work outdoors, be 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
• Work in environments with moderate to loud noise levels

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts
• Life insurance
• Disability
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• College Coach and employee assistance program

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are committed to providing employees a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, along with health savings and flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability, a 401(k) Savings Plan, College Coach and employee assistance program. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled Affirmative Action Policy Please review our Affirmative Action Policy .