BAS/Automation Controls-Project Manager

Job Summary:

Conexus is growing and we need an experienced project manager to join us to help make life better for our clients throughout central and eastern Pennsylvania. Our project managers should be familiar with building automation systems, and more familiar with project scheduling and cost control. The project manager is responsible for ensuring our projects are completed in full compliance with the contract documents, achieving profit expectations and as always, satisfying our customers.

The project management role is a specialized position that requires an unwavering commitment to successful project completion while serving the customer and empowering your team to make good decisions regarding best practices in project completion.

Job Summary

Plan, budget, oversee and document all aspects of the project. Provide leadership and management for project both onsite and in owner meetings. Determine manpower needs, manage contract and job costs and ensure positive customer and subcontractor relations. Confirm compliance with contractual and quality standards while maximizing profitability, customer satisfaction and timely close out of jobs. Track job milestones and communicate them with the Director of Operations

Essential duties and Responsibilities:

1. Maintain and look for new sub-contractor relationships

2. Participate in project turnover meetings to effectively transfer projects from sales to project management. Review contract documents to ensure compliance with all contract obligations. Communicate any specific unusual requirements to appropriate personnel.

3. Planning, coordination, and supervision of installation labor force (both in-house and subcontracted). Coordination of engineering and software technicians through appropriate managers to expedite completion of job requirements.

4. Responsible for all aspects of the project including, but not limited to; job set up, scheduling, submittals, O&M’s, parts ordering and attending job meetings.

5. Provide oversight and leadership in the following functions in order to effectively and efficiently manage: recruitment, training, quality and performance of subordinates

6. Leverage project controls of subcontracted work to meet deliverables and schedule/milestone commitments; coordinate responsive recovery plans with impacted subcontractors as needed.

7. Upon award of work, ensure the subcontract captures the appropriate level of commercial and technical detail, insurance and warranty requirements, billing/payment protocol, etc.

8. Facilitate timely resolutions of subcontractor issues; ensure transparency of the process and engage the appropriate level of support/managerial/team evolvement.

9. Establish financial targets for projects to ensure compliance with gross profit requirements, manpower productivity and quality goals.

10. Communicate effectively with internal and external customers: establish and maintain relationships. Because of the expertise developed in this position, it is necessary to regularly communicate viewpoints on problems and opportunities in a factual, straightforward manner.

11. Monitor ongoing project progression for completion within job requirements. Report progression concerns to senior project manager.

12. Process change orders internally and for sub-contractors, generate monthly progress billings including all sub-contractor billings.

13. Upon completion of project, ensure proper closeout documentation is submitted in a timely manner and archive all relative project correspondence.

14. Manage or assist in supervision of any other project requirements as directed that are not specified in above essential duties.

15. Work in the plan and specification, design build and sole source estimate environment.

• Understand the project and its requirements
• Determine key variables for costs and other estimates
• Use estimating software to develop a full estimate
• Create and submit estimate scopes of work to appropriate persons (clients, bidding partners, etc.)
• Responsible for change order estimates

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years related experience and /or training: or equivalent combination of education and experience in related discipline.
• Knowledge of design techniques, principles, tools and instruments involved in the production of and use of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and computer programs used to produce required results.
• Hands on management of DDC control projects in excess of $50,000 (single project). Management of active work in progress of $50,000 – $