What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mechanical Senior Project Manager - Houston, TX position at WRS - Worldwide Recruitment Solutions?
Position Summary
Oversee all aspects and phases of a large, complex project, or multiple projects simultaneously, to ensure each project is being effectively managed to satisfy schedule, budget, quality, performance and client satisfaction requirements.
What you’ll do:
Oversee all aspects and phases of a large, complex project, or multiple projects simultaneously, to ensure each project is being effectively managed to satisfy schedule, budget, quality, performance and client satisfaction requirements.
What you’ll do:
- Manage and provide leadership for project teams consisting of project managers, superintendents, project engineers, subcontractors, and consultants as needed to successfully secure and complete a project.
- Participate in pre-construction activities to understand unique owner needs, represent the company’s capabilities and help close potential deals.
- Verify financial forecasting in conjunction with company accounting system and ensure that the project strategy is clearly defined and communicated to project team and implemented during project start-up.
- Oversee the development of the initial project schedule. Monitor budget, schedule and quality throughout the life of the contract.
- Lead and ensure development of mission critical essential planning, including design support, equipment procurement, commissioning planning and execution, QA/QC planning and execution.
- Establish appropriate milestones and assign staff qualified to handle the scope and complexity of the project.
- Manage risk in accordance with company guidelines. Ensure corrective action is taken to meet successfully objectives. Provide leadership in responding creatively and effectively.
- Monitor and evaluate project manager, superintendent and other project staff performance. Encourage employee growth by mentoring and managing personal career development plans.
- Build effective relationships with customers, design team, subcontractors, suppliers, and internal customers to adequately reflect our core values: agility, integrity, care, and perseverance.
- Attend owner and project meetings. Maintain continuous client contact to gauge performance perceptions and communicate relevant information to project team.
- Coordinate and lead final close-out meetings. Identify ‘lessons learned’ and recognize and document ‘best practices’.
- Foster an environment that promotes a cohesive and team-oriented group.
- Perform additional assignments as requested/needed.
- Ability to organize people, materials and equipment and successfully plan and manage multiple activities
- Advanced knowledge of company operations and philosophy
- Extensive experience with project management systems and software and proficiency using MS Office
- Self-confidence and self-motivation
- Outstanding leadership and communication skills
- Strong team-building skills
- Superior problem-solving skills and the ability to handle and resolve conflict effectively in a firm but fair manner
- Judgment to know when to appropriately escalate issues up the chain of command
- Commitment to quality and excellence
- Employment is contingent upon satisfying all jobsite-specific access requirements, with no outstanding restrictions from any jobsite or from working with any of our partnering General Contractors, Owners, Customers, etc.
- A 4-year engineering, business administration, or construction management degree or equivalent technical training and progressive career development in the trades
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in mechanical or general construction operatio