Mechanical Engineering - Project Manager

General Summary

The Project Manager reports to a Managing Director or Director and is responsible for monitoring and tracking project progress, aged accounts, invoices, and budget and for overall project performance and profitability.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has supervisory responsibilities.

Essential Duties

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below represent the required knowledge, skill, and/or ability. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. General duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• The Project Manager manages the full scope of work, from preparing the proposal through construction.
• Responsible for marketing to prospective clients and building, maintaining, and managing client relationships.
• Maintaining and tracking overall project schedule as well as creating and maintaining a task-specific two-three week lookahead
• Communicates and coordinates project requirements with the project team and consultants.
• Duties include overseeing all technical aspects of facility projects, reviewing all documents for quality control and assurance, and coordinating engineers and sub-consultants.
• Responsible for designing and managing facilities engineering projects, including ensuring design effort completeness and accuracy.
• Responsible for the various design elements to complete a project, system, component, or system with other team members with clear and specified objectives involving conventional plans, surveys, investigations, structures, and equipment.
• Prepares complete project documentation to include plans, specifications, and engineer estimates, including collecting, assembling, and organizing project data.
• Works on multiple projects of moderate to large size using time efficiently to stay within budget and timely delivery.
• Develops proposals, including bid documents, project reports, studies, and other documentation.
• Attends project meetings and presents specific aspects of engineering assignments/projects.
• Coordinates technical and administrative activities with other internal departments and disciplines participating in the project.
• Ensures project engineering activities comply with firm and contract requirements and supports overall project schedule, scope, and budget.
• Interprets contract specifications and resolves conflicts with contractors on such matters as interpretation of specifications, workmanship, quality of materials, and related issues.
• Prepares monthly project status reports and change orders.
• Participates in client/contractor meetings and resolves client, engineering, and management project issues.
• Prepares project scopes, tasks, budgets, and schedules.
• Lead, teach, coach, and train subordinates in a professional contractual relationship with all parties involved with the project.
• Actively facilitates and mentors the growth of team members.
• Review project budget with the Senior Project Manager regularly.
  
  

Required Skills And Abilities

• Thorough knowledge of applicable building codes, zoning codes, and approval processes.
• Experienced in managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to manage and build teams effectively.
• Excellent written and verbalskills.
• Highly organized, detail-driven, and conscientious.
• It is attuned to other areas related to the total project: structural, mechanical, electrical, architectural, and site requirements.
• Proficient in MS Word and Excel, with a working knowledge of the current version of AutoCAD.
• Familiarity with engineering software.
  
  

Education And Experience

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering.
• 10 years of experience.
• PE license is preferred.
  
  

Qualifications

EEO

We recognize the value of diversity and inclusion at our firm. We are committed to equal opportunity. We conduct all employment-related activities without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, gender, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, sexual preference, partnership status, gender identity, protected veteran status, status of participation in the U.S. Armed Services, or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work is performed in a standard office setting, onsite at client locations, and on construction/building sites.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This position requires sufficient physical ability, with or without reasonable accommodation, to perform work in an office setting, which includes extensive employee contact, frequent interruptions, the ability to stand or sit for prolonged periods, to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist, to lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight, to operate office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination including use of a computer keyboard, to verbally communicate to exchange information, to travel to other locations using various modes of private and commercial transportation, to verbally communicate to exchange information with or without accommodation, to see in the normal visual range with or without correction, and can hear in the normal audio range with or without correction. This position requires physical mobility on and around construction sites before and after the installation of landscaping, pavement, stairs, elevators, electricity, heating, and air conditioning.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION

Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.

Other

Individuals who hold legal work authorization applicable to employment in the United States will be considered without regard to citizenship/alienage. We are an e-Verify Employer.

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