Project Manager

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Does this describe you?

• Do you enjoy project planning, team, and contractor management?
• Are you excited about the opportunity to help build client relationships?
• Do you like to support the success of client projects, seeing them through from start to finish?
• Do you enjoy integrating your engineering expertise with project management?
• Are you seeking a leadership position where you can continue to grow and develop?

If this describes you, this is your opportunity to join our fast-growing, forward-thinking company that is ready to empower you through our Colleague First set of Values.

HEAPY is seeking a Project Manager to join our Colleague First culture in the Cincinnati area, supporting our Education Practice group. We care about you as a person and invest in your growth and potential. Here you will find meaningful work, enduring relationships, encouragement to be yourself, and opportunities to make a lasting impact on the communities we serve.

Summary

This colleague manages the full life cycle (proposal-initiation-execution/control-closeout) of design engineering, commissioning, energy optimization, sustainability, or engineering/construction projects. This includes maintaining superior client experience, a high level of colleague engagement / collaboration, and achievement of financial sustainability targets.

This position is responsible for client focused communication and outreach, understanding and communication of the project scope to both the client and colleagues, establishing the Client’s Guiding Principles for the project, project schedule, cost, cash flow, quality, resource planning requirements, and risk management elements required to optimize client service, quality, and fiscal responsibility.

Colleagues in this position have responsibility for managing small to medium-sized projects with a fee for services up to $250,000 requiring, typically, support from a single practice or service sector.

Qualifications

Normally requires a 4-year degree in Engineering and typically 8 - 10 years of experience in design or process engineering, plant operations or start-up, and/or field construction (or equivalent working knowledge/experience). Professional registration is preferred. Prior job assignments typically include project engineering responsibilities.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Guides HEAPY service delivery consistent with the appropriate service operating procedures and the identified milestones.
• Continually advances technical education and personal development aligned with OKRI goals.
• Participates in project costing and bid preparation to the extent required.
• Reviews assigned project(s) after award to HEAPY to define project scope, determine work procedures/sequences, and develop schedules, budgets, resource planning, client communication plan, and progress billing points.
• Establishes Client – HEAPY – Architect - Construction Manager liaison network to keep all interested parties informed of project communication, planning, schedule, and work progress.
• Collaborates with the Practice Director, Operations Manager, and Practice Technical Leader to form a project work team and sees that responsibilities are assigned, and execution of tasks are initiated and completed according to schedule.
• Submits documents to federal, state, and local authorities for code compliance review and obtains the various permits required.
• Participates in business development by supporting follow-up activities, learning, and identifying add-on service opportunities, and engaging in client education on HEAPY’s value proposition.
• Holds regularly scheduled project progress review meetings to ensure that:
• A project contract’s terms, conditions, and specifications are being met.
• Project personnel adhere to federal and state regulatory requirements and company policies.
• Delays and cost overruns, at best, are entirely avoided, or, at worst, kept to a minimum.
• Resource requirements, equipment, materials, and quality problems are recognized for timely intervention and resolution.
• Represents the HEAPY culture, maintains colleague morale and interacts appropriately with client counterparts.
• Ensures information for progress billing purposes is submitted correctly and on time.
• Meets with client management as necessary during a project’s terms to resolve issues and upon project completion to obtain final client approvals.
• Participates actively in the client feedback process and maintains a leadership role in understanding client comments, positively engaging with the client when opportunities to improve our performance are identified.
• Maintains a continuing business relationship with assigned clients as part of ongoing business development efforts.
• Reports client management activities and opportunities using CRM system.
• Typically engages directly in design and maintains design oversight and leadership relating to their Discipline/Expertise for the projects they are managing.
• Continually seeks opportunities to expand technical market knowledge.
• Other duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Ability to remain sedentary at desk for long periods of time while operating a keyboard and using a computer screen.
• Ability to communicate in person and via phone with other individuals.
• Possession of Reliable transportation to and from the project.
• Ability to work in all elements of indoor and outdoor environments which include the heat, cold, rain, snow, wind, etc.
• Ability to access all areas of the jobsite with activities that include ascending and descending stairs, scaffolding, ladders, navigating elevation changes, etc.
• Capable of working in physical positions that may include maneuvering self into different positions traditionally is achieved by kneeling, sitting, standing, squatting, bending over, etc.
• Ability to move, transport, or position items weighing up to 25 lbs.
• Ability to apply established protocols and practices in a timely manner and follow safety guidelines for both company and clients.
• Ability to gather, organize and evaluate information related to projects and calculations (such as finances, timelines, etc.).

NOTE

This job description is not designed to state or imply that the listed responsibilities are the only duties to be performed by the colleague in this position. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned by a person authorized to assign such duties at any time with or without notice. All responsibilities and requirements listed are considered essential and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals who may request such modification due to disabilities. This document does not create an employee contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.