Project Manager - Sparks, NV
Job Description
Blackstone Talent Group, an award-winning technology consulting and talent agency is seeking a Project Manager - Sparks, NV to join our Client's team.
Qualifications
- BS in Mechanical Engineering or related field
- 5 years of experience in estimating, design and management of projects from $50,000 to $25 million
- Ability to operate independently and autonomously
- 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
Maintain a community presence in an industry-based or community-based organization
- Proactivity / Initiative: Recognizes what needs to be done and accomplishes it in a manner appropriate for one’s level/position and with minimal supervision
- Perseverance: Shows the wherewithal to fight for difficult goals despite challenges and to bounce back from adversity
- Insight: The ability to gather and make sense of information that suggests new possibilities
- Engagement: Shows a knack for using emotion and logic to communicate a persuasive vision and connect with people
- Teamwork: The ability to effectively work toward common goals with others by supporting, encouraging, and sharing information in an authentic and approachable manner
- Big Picture: Understands and contributes to organizations’ short- and long-term business strategy
- Motivation / Dedication: Commits to excellence in pursuing unselfish goals
Initiates action with collective goals takes responsibility, and shows personal humility
- Technical Curiosity / Willingness to Learn: Interest in seeking out new experiences, knowledge, and candid feedback; demonstrating an openness to learning and change
- Problem-Solver: Ability to identify, analyze, and solve a problem in support of personal, group, department, or organizational objectives
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job
- The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision and Distance vision
- While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear
- The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel
- The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, especially when conducting job site walks
- Must possess & maintain a valid class “c” driver’s license and have the ability to drive a vehicle
- Regular and routine attendance
Responsibilities
- The Project Manager is expected to develop and maintain a client base, manage sales, and manage the field labor for each project
- The Project Manager will use judgment and discretion in representing the company
- He/she is expected to show a high level of commitment and involvement with his/her work and the company’s business
- Acts as a mentor to: Project Engineers and Project Coordinators
- The Project Manager is the single source responsible to client and the customer
- Perform all project management functions required to promote and finalize sales including concept engineering, complete estimates, written proposals, and direct meetings, to successful job completion
- Successful management of contracts, including sales, estimating, procurement, and execution
- Scheduling of field labor and installation sequencing
Understand the financial aspects of the job
- Forecasting, preparing budget projections, and controlling costs within agreed-upon limits
- Provide letters, proposals, memos, contracts, change orders, strategies, etc. for good business procedures and legal protection
- Billing, knowing job costs
Build and manage relationships with internal and external customers
- External – leadership of client meetings and development of contracts to finalize sales
- Maintain cordial relationships with all clients, including vendors, subcontractors and the industry
- Internal – Provide supervision, leadership and coordination of all departmental efforts including Engineering, Purchasing, Accounting, Construction and Service during project construction in a timely manner
- Contribute and be part of special studies, committees, etc to advance technical abilities in engineering, planning and estimating, installation procedures, etc
Effective communication with internal and external customers
- Consult with appropriate personnel including all Management and Department Heads
- Attend all Project Management Sales and Construction Meetings
- Schedule and coordinate pre-construction job meetings with department heads and supervisors
- Utilize internal resources to the fullest extent
The Project Manager utilizes and coordinates staff from all departments, as needed, for each project
- During the life of a project, the Project Manager manages and supervises employees assigned to the project
- Act as mentor to others, actively participate in recruiting, training, coaching
- Other duties and special assignments as directed by upper management to accomplish mutually agreed-upon goals
Other details
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Typical hours: Monday to Friday, starting as early as 6:00 am and ending at 7:00 pm
Travel: Based on business needs to and from the primary office to regional branch offices & job sites
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.
EOE of Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabilities
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