What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager position at Lee Contracting?
Founded in 1989, Lee Industrial Contracting is a 100% employee-owned company based in Pontiac, Michigan. We are the premier industrial contractor of choice for a broad variety of equipment installation, construction, and service projects. As employee-owners, we all strive to demonstrate the core values of Safety, Teamwork, Integrity, and Dedication each and every day. As a team, our mission is to provide our customers with the finest people, material, and equipment available. We encourage anyone who shares our values to apply today!
We are proud to offer our employees:
- Apprenticeship and Comprehensive Training Programs
- Paid Holidays Upon Hire
- Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- HSA with Employer Contribution
- Paid Time Off
- Company Paid Short-Term Disability & Life Insurance
- Safety Bonus Program
- Employee Stock Ownership Program
- Work Travel Incentive
- Holiday Bonus
- And so much more!
Responsibilities:
- Manage self-performed industrial construction, industrial service, and industrial general contracting projects.
- Understand and relay customer's expectations for the scope of work, safety, timing, and quality to Estimators, Department Managers, Safety Representatives, and other internal groups.
- Develop & oversee project planning, scheduling, logistics, engineering, budget and safety plans and procedures as required by the project.
- Develop accurate WBS based on project scope.
- Use Microsoft Project to develop & monitor project schedules, milestones, budgets, and analytics.
- Develop detailed proposals as necessary for change orders.
- Review submitted job tickets from Department Managers and Estimators to verify accuracy of time, materials, quality of workmanship, and productivity of field crews.
- Manage self-perform and subcontractors scope coordination with field supervision.
- Assist with estimating (budgets and change request/field order quotations).
- Ensure that all internal crews and sub-contracted crews are scheduled and on-time.
- Organize and conduct on-site line-ups, kick-off meetings, and ad-hoc meetings.
- Protects the interest and legal rights of the Company during project execution via thorough documentation and timely communication with customers, subcontractors, vendors, and internal parties.
- Respond to after-hours emergency calls and contact the appropriate department to schedule and dispatch crews.
- Request, review, analyze, qualify, and select subcontractor quotes.
- Forecast and verifies the costs, revenue, and gross profit of given projects at least monthly to accurately portray the expected financial outcome to key stakeholders.
- Monitors project cash flow to achieve a consistently positive bottom line via an appropriate schedule of values, maximized monthly billing, and timely payment collections.
- Complete and submit building permits as needed.
- Assess project risk and develop response strategies.
- Assess & maintain project changes & scope control.
Requirements:
- 5 or more years of industrial and/or commercial contracting project management experience
- Experience managing a variety of trade disciplines including but not limited to electrical, pipefitting, rigging, foundations, structural steel, machine repair, HVAC, carpentry, and controls.
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management or equivalent industry experience
- Able to conceptualize multi-trade projects with or without engineered prints, schematics, and drawings.
- Proven experience managing multiple construction projects simultaneously.
- Proficient with Excel and Microsoft Project
- Possess exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
- Able to travel occasionally and work on-call.
This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions, and nothing in this herein restricts managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
