What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager - Data Center Electrical Construction position at Optimized Personnel Solutions?
Job Description: Are you looking to begin a rewarding career in electrical project management?
This is a client-facing role that requires the ability to build relationships both in and out of the office. The core responsibility of a Project Manager is to work closely with our clients to understand their challenges as well as build and manage a team whose foundation is on-the-job experience, peer-to-peer engagement, and technical training.
This is a client-facing role that requires the ability to build relationships both in and out of the office. The core responsibility of a Project Manager is to work closely with our clients to understand their challenges as well as build and manage a team whose foundation is on-the-job experience, peer-to-peer engagement, and technical training.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure all company, client, and project policies/procedures are followed as specified.
- Generate estimates, prepare and review project proposal or plan to determine and establish a time frame, work plan, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing the project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various project phases.
- Prepare and facilitate kickoff meetings & execution plans for the team.
- Oversee the project through administrative direction of on-site supervision to ensure the project is built following design, budget, and schedule.
- Actively interfacing with the customer to validate expectations are understood and met before, during, and after project completion.
- Plan, coordinate, and/or manage activities of all company personnel and subcontractors on assigned project(s).
- Generate billings and lead the collections process for a healthy cashflow on projects.
- Frequently visit projects with field supervision and other personnel to understand progress, needs, or issues. Assist in the planning of future labor/material needs of the project.
- Ensure timely procurement and delivery of materials to the job site by working directly with vendors.
- Build long-term relationships with both clients and fellow employees by consistently exceeding expectations.
- Offering innovative solutions developing methods of procedures in sequence of operations.
- Capable of locating end users driver solutions.
- Provide consistent feedback and reports to the business unit Vice President or Director.
- Manage project review process with particular emphasis on financial forecasting.
- Provide advice, guidance, mentoring, and direction to team and other junior personnel toward the achievement of their personal development goals.
- Responsible for continuously expanding and updating professional knowledge and honing skills and competencies to enhance individual and team innovation and productivity.
- Proactively lead the team on job site safety and adherence to company policies and national safety standards for personnel under his or her supervision.
- Actively participate in industry events and community engagement activities.
- Preparing Change Management Forms and Methods of Procedure (MOPs).
Qualifications:
- 5-10 years of Mission Critical & Data Center experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Electrical Engineering, Structural Engineering or other related discipline preferred.
- Strong knowledge of electrical contracting project management.
- Understanding of Electrical & Low Voltage Systems within data centers and mission-critical infrastructure.
- Proficient in reading & interpreting project specifications & drawings.
- Strong computer skills required.
- Familiar with computer-based estimating for an item by item estimating.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Must understand billing and collections.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Able to work independently as well as in a team environment.
- Perform site surveys to develop a design-build estimate.
- Able to establish a scope of work for proposals or RFPs.
- 30 Hour OSHA Certification required within the first year.
