Essential Duties

• Direct and manage projects from beginning to end.
• Translate the Purchase Work Order and contracted requirements into a clearly defined scope of work, milestones, and detailed tasks.
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
• Reconcile spending with project budget, and recommend subsequent budget/contractual changes where necessary.
• Initiate progress billings to customer(s) via the Accounting and Finance Team for Hughes Environmental
• Clearly identify any exceptional conditions that must be accounted for during the project’s execution (ex/ access limitations to various areas, allowable work hours from the facility)
• Effectively communicate project expectations and updates to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Assess need for additional staff and make the appropriate resource requests, if necessary during a project cycle.
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
• Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas.
• Proactively manage scope creep, request for project changes, identify potential pain points, and devise contingency plans.
• Define project success criteria and disseminate to involved parties throughout project life cycle.
• Coach, mentor, motivate technicians and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
• Conduct project post mortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Proactively escalate areas of concern to the Senior Director of Operations.

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of direct work experience in a project management capacity in manufacturing/industrial facilities, construction, facility management or fire safety industries
• Bachelor’s degree in Production Management or Business or PMP certification preferred or work experience in a project management capacity may be considered in lieu of degree or certifications
• Strong familiarity with project management software or Excel as a project planning tool
• Experience leading safety training
• Flexibility in working environments
• Experience working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment is essential.
• Ability to easily adapt to shifting priorities, demands and timelines
• Reacts to project adjustments and alterations promptly and efficiently.
• Ability to effectively and respectfully communicate with people from all levels of an organization.
• Must be able to positively influence a project through persuasive, encouraging, and motivating actions.
• Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management, clients, and technicians.
• Ability to defuse tension, should it arise.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to learn, understand, and translate new concepts.
• Innate customer service focus.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment is critical.