Project Manager

Job Description

Salas O’Brien has a Project Management opportunity to support new and existing clients both in the Evansville, Indiana/Tri-State area as well as at other client sites within the US for projects for the industrial and manufacturing market.  This role requires accountability for overall project delivery including:

• Lead our effort to pursue potential projects.
• Provide the technical assessment of potential project opportunities to aide in project go/no-go decisions.
• Meet with potential clients and quickly grasp their needs, requirements, and processes so we understand how to effectively propose and provide the services needed.
• Listen to our clients’ needs and independently provide value to our clients by evaluating options based upon the client’s needs and desires, first cost, life cycle cost and energy usage.
• Write persuasive proposals that define our scope of work and schedule and provide scope clarifications that manage our risk.
• Communicate our design recommendations to our clients, project team, construction contractors and vendors in presentations, meetings, via email and phone as necessary.
• Plan and direct the project team so they work efficiently so we meet the project schedule milestones and complete the project work within the proposed fees.
• Lead project teams consisting of other technical disciplines, assuring that the work is accurate and coordinated and that the quality assurance measures have been followed, and ensure the development of consistent and high-quality project deliverables.
• Maintain appropriate contact with our existing clients so that they think of our firm when services our needed.
• Negotiate, manage and know the project’s contract/agreement.
• Project financial management including budgeting, change management, invoicing, cash flow forecasts and accruals.

Project types include process and manufacturing related improvements.  These projects range from new process developments / capacity equipment additions to facility expansions, interior renovations, building envelope, building mechanical and electrical equipment, site utility infrastructure, life safety and security systems, and material handling equipment. Building types include office, laboratory, warehouse, utility, and manufacturing spaces.

Skills and Attributes required to succeed in this role include:

• Focus on Scope, Budget and Schedule - committed to maintaining a clear understanding of project goals and objectives while ensuring that the client and project team members stay on track in regard to scope, budget and schedule.
• Change Management - ability to keenly recognize changes in project scope, budget and/or schedule or a deviation from the Client’s original primary goals and objectives. Brings early awareness of changes as appropriate and follows through until the changes are addressed.
• Safety and Quality - committed to ensuring that all Owner and Salas O’Brien Safety and Quality guidelines are performed.
• Committed to High Standards in Professionalism - punctual to meetings, doesn’t wait to the last minute to deliver commitments, follows through on unresolved/unanswered tasks, maintains a sense of urgency to complete tasks, thorough, detail conscious.
• Committed to Client Focus and Customer Service - accessible, returns phone calls/e-mails promptly, takes action from the client’s perspective, ensures client expectations are met, intuitive to a client’s culture and way of conducting business, consistent in follow-through, does not assume clients are satisfied.
• Takes Ownership in Responsibility - provides overall project leadership for internal and external resources including the client’s resources assigned to the project. Willing to take sole responsibility for the success/failure of a project while relying on technical resources for their technical knowledge.
• Resourceful/Flexible - ability to adjust to ever changing conditions by utilizing a variety of internal and external resources while maintaining clear focus on the project’s original goals and objectives.
• Ability to Multi-task - capable of managing multiple projects that are in different phases of delivery while managing multiple/conflicting priorities per project as well as between projects.
• Strong Presentation, Organization and Written/Verbal Communication - maintains a blend of written, phone calls and face-to-face communications, knowledge of good grammar and sentence structure in written communications, good listener and seeks to achieve clear communication.
• Ability to Delegate - realizes that others need to be consulted for technical details. Willing to allow their technical guidance to shape the direction of a project as long as the project’s goals and objectives are achieved.  Sets clear expectations and allows project team members the flexibility to add value. 

Requirements and Preferences

Applicants should have a minimum of a BS in Project Management or a technical related field such as Engineering, Construction Management or Facility Management, and at least 5 years of related experience.  A working knowledge of Microsoft Project, Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are required at the time of hire. 

The Physical and Ergonomic Requirements of this position are as follows:

• Lifting/carrying: Carrying light loads related to field measurement equipment, equipment cases weighing 15 lbs. or less.
• Dexterity: Ability to type using a keyboard with relative efficiency, ability to make handwritten notes and sketches indoors and outdoors at industrial plant and construction sites at any time of the year.
• Walking/Climbing: Ability to use multi-level stair towers and rung ladders unassisted.
• Visual Acuity: Ability to discern single line and 3-dimensional computer images representing objects being designed or drafted.
• Hearing: Ability to hear safety alarms and signals while wearing hearing protection.
• Physical exertion: Ability to walk up to one mile on industrial plant and construction sites outdoors at any time of the year.  Ability to work in protective clothing which may elevate body temperatures by several degrees Fahrenheit for periods of up to 15 minutes without a break.
• Breathing: Ability to work while wearing a respirator or self-contained breathing apparatus.