Controls Project Manager - Construction

Blackstone Talent Group, an award-winning technology consulting and talent agency is seeking a Controls Project Manager-Construction to join our Client's team.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Project Manager has responsibility to acquire new projects at acceptable margin levels and to manage these projects to successful completion. Under general supervision, acts as project leader, flexibly responding to customer requirements. Using sound project management techniques oversees the required day-to-day activities. Performs engineering to controls team standards. Responsible for financial results of projects and activities assigned. Maintains customer satisfaction while balancing project financial goals.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Leadership of client meetings and development of contracts to finalize sales, and maintains positive relationships with all clients, vendors, subcontractors, and industry contacts.
• Develops and updates project implementation plans, coordinating resources to ensure timely and cost-effective installation and completion of assigned projects or tasks. Completion of concept engineering, as well as creating full and complete project estimates, drafting written proposal responses and contracts.
• Ensures profitable completion of each project or task.  
• Effectively manages cash, cost, and billing. 
• Consistently produces billings in a timely and accurate manner in a format required by our customers and ensures that billings are clearly communicated to our customers. 
• Maintains profitability goals and positive cash flow. 
• Understands and provides input on cost allocation to financial reporting systems. Effectively communicates financial status to management.
• Manages the engineering job process to include coordination with controls engineering team activities. When required by the field manager will configure, design and engineer systems in the most cost-effective manner while maintaining quality and ensuring customer satisfaction. As needed will customize standard software from controls team or existing standards library. Oversees project construction for compliance with specifications, codes, material, installation techniques and safety activities. Responsible for customer approval of detailed job submittals created for the project.
• Manages material procurement process for the projects assigned. May select and order appropriate materials. Monitor’s material usage, cost, and inventory.
• Obtains lead time discounts when possible.
• Plans and monitors commissioning and checkout of the system before release to the owner/operator. Ensures job completion documentation is complete.
• Properly assigns technical resources for problem resolutions.
• Proactively evaluates potential problems on the job and initiates action to limit negative outcomes. Reviews customer’s systems during installation and, if needed, points out other areas of improvement resulting in value-added change orders. Provide estimates for additional work for the customer with help of project manager. Pursues change-orders for equitable adjustments to contracts.
• Coordinates on-site visit for service personnel and ensures a transition to service is achieved.
• Develops and maintains viable relationships with customers, prime contractors, subcontractors, and trade personnel. Schedules and attends progress meetings as directed. Provides detailed instructions to and interfaces with installers and subcontractors. Ensures that subcontractors readily understand the expectations of the project.
• Adheres to safety standards. High degree of regard to employee and subcontractor safety.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and 10+ years of work experience OR an associate degree with equivalent related work and engineering experience.
• Five years’ experience in the construction industry.
• Ability to operate independently and autonomously, and yet possess the discretionary judgment to know when it's appropriate to consult with others in the organization.
• Familiar with construction trade labor practices.
• Ability to effectively represent company and communicate with customers and others at varying technical levels.
• Must have a user and a basic level of ALC programming and operational experience or acquire these skills through self-directed training.
• Demonstrate a corresponding high sense of integrity.
• Demonstrated experience/ability to develop new business.
• Strong interpersonal and project management abilities, employing strong organizational skills to respond successfully to a high volume of issues.

Blackstone Talent Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blackstone Technology Group, a global IT services and software firm that implements technological solutions across commercial industry verticals and the US Federal Government. Blackstone's global talent augmentation practice was founded in 1998. Blackstone Talent Group has offices in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Colorado Springs, and Washington, DC. We specialize in providing clients the best talent across a variety of industries and sectors.

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