About the Company

WJ Palmisano (WJP) is a rapidly scaling organization emerging as a nationally recognized leader in construction through our unique Renegade mindset focused on innovation, creativity, and culture. WJP brands currently include Impetus Building, Impetus Infrastructure, RNGD, Palmisano Foundation, Renegade Academy, WJP Real Estate, and Emergent Properties. The team is made up of a highly engaged group of seasoned professionals and emerging leaders. We are creators who believe that what we build drives the growth of our cities and that to fulfill our mission, we must constantly challenge the old way of doing things. Headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, we thrive on building communities, building teams, building leaders and growing the business throughout the Southeast region with additional teams currently in Nashville and Huntsville.

About the Role

The role of the Project Manager is to lead, direct, and coordinate the overall management of the project and team, per the total scope of services as defined in each project’s contract documents, to meet the project profit objectives.

Primary Responsibilities

• Create cost efficiencies through process improvement
• Support and drive utilization of various Impetus initiatives and technologies
• Management of owner billings, project schedule from startup through closeout, optimizing process to achieve targets in safety, budget, schedule, quality control, and raving fans
• Develop a big picture understanding of the project through immersion into the documents
• Complete contract buyout and scope of works to ensure all areas of construction is covered
• Understand and enforce contracts
• Effectively facilitate subcontractor startup meetings and coordinate between subcontractors for optimized performance
• Coach, develop, and retain a high-performance project team
• Manage the client experience, employee experience, and trade partner experience proactively
• Continuously reinforce the core values and manifesto, leading by example
• Lead quality control plan implementation and compliance
• Focus in on the details and set the direction of the project
• Proactively monitor financial performance of project
• Analyze risk and take action to mitigate early
• Reporting of progress on stated performance targets and KPI's
• Interface and build relationships with project inspectors, contractors, architects, engineers, city and parish officials and clients
• Provide feedback to Preconstruction during the construction phase to improve future product delivery

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Construction Management, Business, or related field.
• 8 years of commercial construction experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams and processes.
• Demonstrated experience directing strategic initiatives.
• Proficiency with software, including MS Office Suite, project management software, accounting cost management software (CMIC, ProCore or similar), and scheduling software (P6 or similar).
• Ability to implement new technologies to benefit the projects.
• Demonstrated understanding of building processes and systems

Core Competencies

• Exemplifies Impetus's core values: Safety Always, Renegade Mentality, Sweep Floors, Build Relationships, Absolute Integrity.
• Insatiable Curiosity - Always asking "why" to find the root cause, allowing the right problem to be solved.
• Driven to collaborate and innovate.
• Organization and Planning - Takes a methodical approach to planning daily activities.
• Interpersonal Skills - Establishes cooperative, collaborative, trusting relationships with co-workers and business contacts.
• Communication - Communicates with co-workers and business contacts effectively through written, verbal, and non-verbal communication as well as excellent listening.
• Tech Savvy - The ability to adapt quickly to rapidly changing technology is key.