Why Join Our Team:

• Be a part of an employee-owned construction company voted as Best Place to Work 16 years in a row!
• Engage in projects that contribute to community growth and development.
• Collaborative and inclusive work environment that values your ideas and expertise.
• Competitive compensation package, including benefits, bonuses, and career growth opportunities.

This is a full-time role for a Traffic Project Manager who will be responsible for the overall direction, completion, and financial outcome for several projects. Attention on the successful completion of projects with a high level of business acumen and global awareness of how projects affect the company overall is required to be successful in this position.

Responsibilities:

• Effectively manage a large value of electrical construction projects.
• Execute on the direction of Division Manager and WBE Leadership.
• Provide divisional support for company development and process improvement initiatives.
• Manage all financial aspects of a contract (progress billing, rental equipment, income/expenses) to protect the company’s interest and simultaneously maintain good relationship with the client.
• Forecast project financials, prepare monthly financial reports and participate in forecast meetings.
• Prepare project SOV’s and billings.
• Identify, submit and drive approval for scope of change orders.
• Identify, prevent and limit exposure to project schedule delays.
• Manage the prime contract execution process.
• Monitor subcontractor scopes of work, create subcontracts and approve subcontracts S.O.V.s
• Lead project pre-planning efforts by partnering with Virtual Construction, Estimating and field.
• Create, monitor, and troubleshoot issues with purchase orders, project material submittals, and RFI’s.
• Effectively train and direct project support staff on daily tasks, offering guidance as needed.
• Establish project objectives, policies, procedures and performance standards within boundaries of corporate policies that will create a statement of work that clearly communicates expectations.
• Maintain all logs required to track the progress of the project.
• Oversee labor reporting and accurately forecast man-hours to stay in line with budget.
• Maintain liaison with prime client and A/E to facilitate construction activities.
• Monitor construction activities in conjunction with the onsite Foreman to ensure project is being built on schedule, and within budgets.
• Investigate any potentially serious situations and implement corrective measures within company guidelines, and under supervision.
• Represent company/project in meetings with client, subcontractors, etc.
• Document all relevant project updates and communication between subcontractors, clients, and vendors.
• Ensure completeness of a project close by finalizing all open items (change orders, documentation, etc.).
• Document and gather data for stakeholder reporting.
• Participate in the training of Project Engineers, Assistant Project Managers, and Project Managers.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representatives of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education & Experience

• 5+ years’ experience in traffic project management preferred
• Experience estimating change orders
• 5+ years directly involved with contract plans/specs and project accounting
• Successful graduation of an accredited electrical apprenticeship program or long-term (10-15 years) experience in the electrical industry in a variety of capacities
• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Construction Management or related degree a plus
• Strong ability to learn new technology
• Proficiency in MS Office / O365 applications
• Proficiency in Spectrum, Bluebeam and PlanGrid (and/or related project management software)