Project Manager

Project Manager – Lead the Way with Chelsea Lighting

Are you ready to take the reins and lead a team in delivering complex, high-impact projects? Chelsea Lighting, the premier lighting and technology project management specialist, is seeking a Project Manager who thrives on accuracy, collaboration, and delivering exceptional results in a fast-paced environment.

With over 30 years of experience and a clear path to 20% percent annual growth for each of the next five years, we’re looking for a detail-oriented and dynamic leader to manage multifaceted projects while contributing to a high-performing team.

Be the cornerstone of our Project Management Team, ensuring projects are executed with precision and excellence.

The Person: This role is perfect for a motivated professional with a proven ability to manage projects while fostering strong relationships.

• Accountable Leader: You are thorough at managing projects, taking ownership of outcomes, and ensuring every aspect is executed with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Proactive Problem Solver: You are a self-starter who anticipates challenges, identifies solutions, and keeps projects on track without waiting for direction.
• Detail-Oriented Planner: You excel in coordinating schedules, budgets, and resources, ensuring that nothing is overlooked while focusing on both short and long-term goals.
• Strong Communicator: Whether it’s a status update to a client or performance feedback for your team, your communication is clear, concise, and impactful.
• Mentor and Developer: You’re passionate about growing your team’s capabilities through coaching, regular check-ins, and reviews.

The Role: The Project Manager will oversee a team of Assistant Project Managers and Coordinators, ensuring the successful delivery of all aspects of our lighting and technology projects.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Managing all facets of project execution, including submittals, order entry, shop drawings, client and site management dynamics, logistics, billing, and collections.
• Serving as the primary liaison between clients, construction teams, and manufacturers, ensuring seamless collaboration and communication.
• Utilizing Smartsheet and other tools to monitor project progress, generate insights, and proactively address potential issues.
• Driving project profitability through effective management of change orders, returns, and mitigating back charges.
• Delivering accurate, data-driven reporting to internal and external stakeholders, including status updates, metrics, and tracking charts.
• Leading project kickoff meetings, site visits, and ongoing evaluations to ensure client satisfaction and project alignment with business goals. 
• Providing expert Leadership, Management, and Accountability (LMA) mentoring to develop your project management team into high performers.
• Ensuring “Right People, Right Seat” - reward and advance high performers, and diagnose and develop corrective-action plans for underperformers. 

The Firm: Chelsea Lighting is the dominant player in New York City, providing lighting and lighting technology project management services.  For three consecutive years, Crain’s has recognized Chelsea as one of the Best Places to Work in NYC.  Our mission is to develop the best people to deliver complex lighting solutions.  Our values drive our mission by employing the right people in the right seats who are Dedicated, Efficient, Expert, Professional, and Results-oriented - we are passionate about developing our people to integrate these DEEPR values into their DNA. Located in NYC at 14 Penn Plaza / 225 W. 34^th Street across from Penn Station, our success is driven by 63 DEEPR intellectually agile employees. If you want to become an industry-recognized expert at the top lighting distribution and management firm in NYC, submit your resume.

Chelsea Lighting NYC LLC is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications regardless of race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Salary : $85,000 - $110,000