Project Manager

The Brock Group provides specialty craft and maintenance services to key industries across North America. We are dedicated to offering the safest and highest quality service and solutions. We view ourselves as partners with our customers, our employees and the communities in which we operate. Our performance-driven culture is led by having and developing the best people, the most efficient processes and the right tools for the job.

Qualifications and Detail about the Position

Summary:

Broad Function

The Project Manager helps support and grow the business by providing job project management and support for multiple service offerings and/or projects, and by offering world-class service and quality to all stakeholders. The position serves as a regional resource and leader, providing management and oversight for defined, larger, complex projects anywhere in the Region (or outside the region if business needs dictate). The position ensures that all assigned projects are completed safely, consistently, and effectively, while being profitably managed and in compliance with regulations. The Project Manager reports directly to the VP of Operations, Operations Manager, or General Manager.

Responsibilities:

Essential Functions

• Promote, demonstrate, and instill Brock’s Bsafe and Bbest culture in all aspects of the business.
• Responsible for project safety, quality, cost, and schedule.
• Ensure proper planning, scheduling of resources, and monitoring; take corrective action a necessary.
• Is a champion for safety and regulatory compliance.
• Build strong, cross-functional, operating partnerships across the organization (as defined in role success profile).
• Ability to understand and interpret contracts and successfully execute change orders.
• Assist in quoting and performing preliminary job walks for defined projects.
• Responsible for the collection and ownership of complete project and site data.
• Develop and builds sales relationships within both Brock and the customer’s organization.
• Responsible for leveraging opportunities to cross-sell Brock’s product and service offerings.
• Maintain communication with regional leadership and Business Development to ensure that customers’ needs are met.
• Manage changes to project scope through defined change management process.
• Assist in resolving customer issues/discrepancies.
• Identify all operations aspects of the job including labor, equipment, consumables, and materials, along with any subcontract requirements.
• Coordinate with Asset Management and Regional Operations on planning/scheduling, and determining materials and manpower demands for defined projects.
• Work with Business Development and Estimating to transition the job from sales to operations utilizing the Healthy Start process.
• Develop and implement project construction execution plan.
• Accountable for completion of assigned jobs to region and customer satisfaction.
• Responsible for job cost management and profitability for assigned projects, including daily tracking and reporting for billable and non‐billable activities. Monitor KPIs as defined.
• Audit ongoing operations and identify opportunities for field efficiencies and standardization of methods to improve margins.
• Support the development and implementation of a project Quality Control plan.
• Manage outsourced services within project constraints, including management of re‐rental equipment.
• Collaborate with site supervision while managing multiple projects and ensuring scope, job efficiency, and productivity.
• Ensure work processes and procedures are consistently applied on the project.
• Follow Brock’s procurement process in support of vendor evaluations.
• Deliver project within defined profitability metrics.
• Collaborate with Regional Management and Project Controls to perform job tracking postmortem and evaluate lessons learned for continuous improvement.
• Meet project deadlines.
• Own the planning and implementation of a program/project by executing detailed project plans, including timelines, scheduling, logistics, purchasing, and training plans.
• Conduct effective performance evaluations; mentor those with less experience.
• Challenge others to develop as leaders while serving as a role model and mentor.

Other information:

Working Conditions

• Working conditions include outdoor and indoor field, yard, and shop locations.
• Working indoors in an office environment.
• Utilization of Personal Protective Equipment as necessary.
• Frequent travel as required.

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to work within a highly service-oriented team culture.
• Strong understanding of operational impacts on profitability.
• Understand the meaning and implications of key financial indicators.
• Use financial analysis to generate, evaluate, and act on strategic options and opportunities.
• Manage conflict with a minimum of disruption by integrating diverse views and finding common grounds or acceptable alternatives.
• High degree of technical ability such as reading/interpreting engineering plans, product knowledge, etc.
• Ability and willingness to seek out areas for improvement and solving problems.
• Demonstrate courage to address difficult issues.
• Demonstrate good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• Proven communication and interpersonal skills, including strong leadership skills.
• Strong customer focus on relationship-building.
• Strong organizational skills with ability to multitask.
• High energy level, strong sense of ethics, discretion, and adherence to process,
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office Tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and Word.
• Ability to work with all levels of the Company.
• Ability to meet deadlines and work independently.
• Comfortable working in a hands-on environment.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree plus 3 years of project management experience, or 5-7 years of project management experience.
• PMP and PMI certification or equivalent is desirable.
• Supervisory experience with knowledge of employment practices (hiring and termination, discipline, attendance, employment regulations, pay practices, etc.)

Location(s): US: Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama region

We conform to all the laws, statutes, and regulations concerning equal employment opportunities and affirmative action. We strongly encourage women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply to all of our job openings. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, age, disability status, Genetic Information & Testing, Family & Medical Leave, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We prohibit Retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer or the government, or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint or otherwise oppose discrimination.