What are the responsibilities and job description for the Telecom Project Manager position at Ethos Distributed Solutions, Inc?
Ethos is a growth-oriented company. Our roots go back to servicing small distributed turbines using technology from the early 2000’s. Today, our passion for individual and company growth has driven us to success in telecom and utility scale wind. Every day we relentlessly strive to live up to our three core values – Respect, Personal Accountability, and Solutions Oriented. We are passionate about driving impact and finding solutions that create amazing outcomes for our customers, our employees, and Ethos. We call this “win-win-win”. We apply this externally to our customers and internally to our own business processes and systems. Our solutions orientation means we always find a way to deliver for the customer maintaining the highest standards of quality and safety. We call this “the Ethos Way”.
Get ready to make a difference! We're looking for a dynamic Telecom Project Manager who will commit and embody the Ethos Way and play a pivotal role in our expansion. As we gear up to enhance our telecom, wind, and solar construction and service capabilities, we seek to add someone ready bringing passion and vision. Are you up for the challenge? Buckle up and join us on this exciting journey!
Summary responsibilities – Telecom Project Manager (expanded skillset):
As a Telecom Project Manager at Ethos, you'll be at the forefront of our innovative projects, driving excellence and efficiency. Your role will encompass a variety of responsibilities and tasks in four general areas:
- Successfully plan and manage a portfolio of projects, both pre and post order, to deliver strong customer, operational, and financial results.
- Facilitate Ethos’ telecom leadership team development and build overall capabilities and talent. Effectively manage, coach, and develop Ethos telecom team members.
- Facilitate growth by developing accounts strategically and building meaningful customer relationships.
- Add to Ethos’ strategic capabilities by developing deep subject matter expertise in specific service offerings areas and leading Ethos’ strategy and operations in these areas.
Essential Duties (Summary):
Successfully plan and manage a portfolio of projects, both pre and post order, to deliver strong customer, operational, and financial results.
-Coordinate with customer accounts on current and future project activity.
-Develop and maintain revenue forecasts, resource plans, and associated schedules.
-Respond to customer requested RFPs, RFIs, and other requests for quotes
- Perform bid walks, evaluate site conditions relative to scope of work
- Validate Ethos’ ability to comply with build requirements and construction schedules.
- Develop required materials lists for project. Work with vendors, subcontractors, and Ethos resources to develop accurate cost estimates.
- Populate pricing matrices for assigned accounts.
-Coordinate project operations and team activities
- Coordinate with Ethos’ field leadership/supervisors in directing day-to-day operations for 4-10 crews (12-30 team members) across multiple customers.
- Foster safe operations environment through safety leadership and example.
- Ensure field leadership is complying with carrier specifications for construction.
- Review daily reports from field construction crews and engage with field leadership to ensure crews are meeting schedule, cost, and quality metrics.
-Ensure successful project launches after order through pre-project planning
- Review and release materials for ordering.
- Coordinate key subcontractors, permitting, lift and safety plans, and other pre-project documentation.
-Manage projects for successful financial outcomes and help crews meet financial goals.
- Participate in the field enough to be informed of all current field service operations
- Review quotes and execution plans with field leadership prior to project start
- Oversee cost control efforts for all direct and indirect operations costs.
- Coordinate submission of change orders for scope changes
- Oversee end of project “true-ups” and financial closeouts.
- Conduct “post project reviews” with crews to develop “lessons learned” and get better.
Facilitate Ethos’ telecom team development and build overall capabilities and talent.
-Collaborate with Director of Telecom Division in assessing overall division talent, business requirements, and specific development needs. Assist in building strategies to address talent gaps through training, hiring, coaching, and other developmental tools.
-Build and model results-oriented culture centered around “the Ethos Way”. Maintain a company philosophy of company success and not department success. Shares resources as necessary to ensure company fulfills all its obligations.
-Coordinate with division leadership / other PM’s to manage staffing for all operations functions
- Forecast and communicate staffing needs for customer programs you oversee
- Coordinate on hiring, terminations, and other staffing level decisions. Conduct hiring interviews for field leadership.
-Provide annual assessments, performance management, and where necessary disciplinary action for field leadership and associated crew members.
-Actively coach field leadership team supporting your projects. Be a partner in their growth, development, and success. Outline growth opportunities and help team members receive promotions.
Facilitate strategic by developing accounts strategically and building meaningful customer relationships.
-Develop and maintain strong customer relationships to create “win-win” relationships.
-Lead assigned accounts on a day-to-day basis. Work through project and other operations questions and challenges.
-Strategically develop critical accounts.
- Set goals for relationship building.
- Conduct annual account reviews
- Follow up with customers’ upper management on Ethos performance
- Cross-sell and expand Ethos services provided to account
Add to Ethos’ strategic capabilities by developing deep subject matter expertise in specific service offerings areas and leading Ethos’ strategy and operations in these areas.
-Note: Ethos has deep experience in performing Lines and Antennas upgrades. Ethos has modest experience with the following areas and is seeking that this PM have deep experience and willingness to lead our work and function as our subject matter expert (SME) in one or more of the following areas:
- Telecom Civil (with significant New Site Build experience)
- Microwave
- Small Cell/DAS
- Fiber.
-Build a systematic capability for that area within Ethos.
- Train other Crew Leads and Field Supervisors within this discipline.
- Ensure Ethos projects in this area are profitable, even for accounts you don’t specifically oversee.
- Prepare budgets for tooling, materials, capex, and other expenditures necessary to compete in this area.
- Provide input in our strategic planning process as our SME in specific areas.
-Lead or coach our project and field teams in bidding and executing projects within your area of expertise (as designated above).
-Continue to build your individual knowledge in your area of expertise so that Ethos is truly a leader in this area.
Responsibilities and Requirements:
Key requirement include
Supervision responsibilities:
- 4-10 direct reports (Field Construction Managers, Construction Managers, Project Coordinators, Crew Leads)
- 20 - 40 total team members (Field Technicians)
Education, Training and Skills Required:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
- OSHA 30
- CPR/First Aid
- Competent Climber and Rescuer certification
- Qualified Rigger
- 5 year’s experience in Construction Management/ Project Management
- 8-10 year’s working in Wireless Telecommunication construction
- Advanced knowledge of working at heights and construction methods for the wireless communications industry.
- Comprehension of construction documents
- Passed initial background check and substance screening
- Must maintain a valid state Driver’s License
- High school diploma or equivalent college degree preferred
- Able to read construction drawings and specifications
- Ability to read/ understand customer matrix pricing
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal and customer relation skills
- Able to effectively collaborate with employees at all professional levels
- Advanced computer operation skills
- Excellent communications skills
Travel:
- As required. Expected up to 25%
Location:
- Office location: Golden, CO
Physical Demands & Work Environment:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; particulate matter and outside weather conditions. The employee can be exposed to risks of electrical hazards. The employee is occasionally exposed to hazardous chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must be capable of lifting and/or moving up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, ability to distinguish colors, and ability to adjust focus.
- Must be able to pass a physical exam and drug/alcohol screening.
- Must have the ability to climb stairs and ladders that exceed 300 feet in height.
- Must be able to work atop freestanding towers that exceed 300 feet in height.
- Must be able to work in extreme weather conditions.
- Must be comfortable working remotely with limited supervisor interaction
Company Disclaimers:?
This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and working conditions. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the principal job elements essential for making decisions about the job and evaluations about an individual's performance.
In no event shall the job description be construed to represent a contract of employment. Ethos Distributed Solutions maintains "at-will" employment, where either party is free to dissolve the relationship at any time.