Project Manager

Job Summary:

Responsible for planning, executing, and closing projects, ensuring that they are completed on time, within budget, and in accordance with the company's quality standards. Leads cross-functional teams, collaborate with different departments, and oversee all aspects of project management, from initiation to completion.

Key Metrics:

Project Planning: Develop detailed project plans, outlining the scope, objectives, timelines, and resources required for successful project execution.

Team Leadership: Lead and motivate cross-functional teams, ensuring clear communication, collaboration, and a shared understanding of project goals and objectives.

Budget and Resource Management: Manage project budgets, resources, and expenses effectively, ensuring optimal utilization and cost control.

Risk Management: Identify potential risks and issues, develop mitigation strategies, and proactively address challenges to keep the project on track.

Quality Assurance: Monitor project deliverables to ensure they meet the company's quality standards and client expectations.

Reporting and Documentation: Prepare regular project status reports, documentation, and presentations for stakeholders and management.

Continuous Improvement: Evaluate project processes, identify areas for improvement, and implement best practices to enhance project management efficiency and effectiveness.

Ensure project success through client communication, meeting deadlines and producing required deliverables. 

Maintain teams responsibilities and complete any incomplete tasks

Conduct monthly reviews for your team

Create goal oriented and improvement plans for team members

Conduct monthly reviews for team members unless additional reviews are required

Coordinate with HR as needed to maintain compliance and necessary documents for company actions.

Core Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership to cross-functional project teams, ensuring alignment with schedule, budget, and quality requirements.

• Oversee project planning, resource coordination, and execution across multiple phases of FTTH projects.

• Lead internal communication, maintaining alignment between departments, crews, and leadership.

• Ensure accurate and timely reporting, documentation, and communication to stakeholders.

• Maintain compliance with company standards, HR requirements, policies, and safety expectations.

• Drive continuous improvement by evaluating processes and implementing enhancements.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Planning & Execution

• Develop detailed project plans including scope, objectives, timelines, resource allocation, and execution strategy.

• Identify risks early, create mitigation plans, and proactively address issues.

• Monitor all project activities to ensure adherence to quality, safety, and procedural standards.
  
  

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, motivate, and support cross-functional project teams.

• Maintain oversight of team responsibilities and ensure timely completion of all assigned tasks.

• Conduct monthly performance reviews for team members; create goal-oriented and improvement plans.

• Coordinate with HR to maintain compliance and ensure proper documentation of personnel-related actions.
  
  

Budget & Resource Management

• Manage project budgets, track expenses, and maintain cost efficiency.

• Ensure optimal use of labor, materials, tools, and external resources.
  
  

Quality Assurance

• Verify that all deliverables meet company quality standards and client expectations.

• Ensure project documentation is accurate, complete, and properly organized.
  
  

Client & Stakeholder Communication

• Prepare regular project status reports, presentations, and documentation.

• Maintain ongoing communication with clients to ensure expectations are met.

• Support the successful delivery of all client-facing milestones and deliverables.
  
  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Proven experience as a Project Manager overseeing complex projects from initiation through completion.

• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.

• Demonstrated analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities.

• Commitment to promoting equal employment opportunities and fostering an inclusive environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP certification or equivalent project management credential.

• Experience within telecom, fiber construction, utility coordination, or related fields.

• Advanced experience with project scheduling, field coordination, or GIS tools.

Key Skills:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Time management and prioritization

• Reliability and accountability

• Task-oriented and detail-driven

• Goal-oriented mindset

• Ability to multitask and manage concurrent deadlines

Physical and Mental Requirements:

• Ability to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, use hands to finger, grasp, push, pull, reach, crouch, bend, kneel, climb, and perform repetitive motions of the hands and/or wrists.

• Mental and visual attention required to perform work dealing primarily with preparing and analyzing data and figures, using a computer terminal, and reading.

• Keeping track of multiple moving facets with the team, schedule and/or projects at hand.

Physical Exertion:

• Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.

• Light exertion can involve sitting, walking and/or standing most of the time.

• Traveling from floor to floor coordinating with other team members.

Environmental Conditions:

• Work is performed in an office setting.

• Noise from surrounding coworkers

Hazards and Safety Precautions:

• Hazards: Slips, trips and falls, ergonomic injuries, and occasional lifting.

• Safety Precautions: Breaks are encouraged to allow for stretching.

Disclaimer:

• All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

• This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor.

• The Company reserves the right to add to or revise an employee's job duties at any time at its sole discretion.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive compensation package

• Paid time off (PTO) and paid holidays

• Paid sick leave

• 401(k) retirement plan

• Opportunities for career growth and advancement