Description
We are seeking a Project Manager to lead a diverse group of engineers from project initiation through completion with minimal oversight. As a Project Manager with kW Mission Critical Engineering, you will be responsible for regular communications and coordination with clients, managing expectations, writing and managing proposals, creating change orders, composing budgets, invoicing, and project closeout.
Responsibilities:
- Lead teams of Engineers, Designers, and other staff through project completion;
- Lead teams through the successful completion of medium to large projects while managing more than one project at a time;
- Prepare project work plans, proposals, and schedules, and obtain management/client approval;
- Maintain regular communication with clients regarding project status and project quality, and proactively resolve issues;
- Manage relationships with project stakeholders, including internal and external clients and vendors, regulatory authorities and technical agencies, and the public;
- Proactively track, analyze, and report on actual performance against the plan, and prepare cost and schedule reporting;
- Analyze project management and project delivery risks, establish contingency plans, and identify trigger events and responsibility for initiating mitigating action;
- Lead and manage business development initiatives including Requests for Qualifications and Requests for Proposals;
- Provide mentoring, assistance, encouragement, and motivation to team members.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree;
- 5+ years of experience in Project and/or Program Management and experience on large, engineering and/or construction projects;
- Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams of project professionals;
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills;
- Exceptional interpersonal skills;
- Ability to work well with people from many different disciplines;
- Strategic, conceptual analytical thinking and decision-making skills;
- Adaptability and flexibility including the ability to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity, and change;
- Experience negotiating contract terms;
- Proficiency with computer office productivity and project management software tools;
- Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines;
- Familiarity reading drawings and specifications.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Project or Program Management Professional certification;
- Experience in an engineering consulting environment;
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, project management;
- Experience in project planning, cost management, and schedule management.
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage;
- Retirement savings;
- Paid sick leave;
- Paid vacation;
- Paid parental leave;
- Paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
- Expected Salary: $110,000-$137,000