Job Details
Project Manager - Hybrid Onsite
The Select Group is looking for a Project Manager sitting hybrid on-site in Detroit area. This position is focused on managing substation construction project management. The ideal candidate has a background in engineering and utilities. If the below sounds like you, apply now!
Project Manager Requirements
- 7+ years of Project Management experience
- Substation experience in either engineering firms supporting utilities, utilities, overhead/underground construction companies, etc.
- Fields include Civil/industrial Construction, Electrical Engineering, Utilities, Infrastructure, Telecom
- Microsoft Office Proficiency
- Ability to create and present PowerPoint presentations to the team and executives when a change request is needed, when projects are moving into construction etc.
- Ability to manipulate data in Excel using VLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables.
Project Manager Responsibilities
- Work closely with Cost Engineers and Schedulers to ensure project plans are accurate and up to date while refining the project schedule and financial forecast
- Lead project meetings with other project stakeholders
- Take adequate meeting notes and ensure team members have sufficient project information
- Meet with Design team and ensure project design is correct
- Ensure all forecasting, scheduling and financial reporting is accurate before presenting to management and team
- Work with internal and external team members
- Support identified projects using the Company s defined methodologies and tools for project management, scheduling, and cost forecasting
- Manage all phases (Initiation, Planning, Scheduling, Execution and Construction) of the projects using the Company s defined phase gate processes
- Obtain formal acceptance of schedule, resource, quality, customer satisfaction, risks, scope, and time impacts prior to executing changes
- Estimating and Budget support working with existing Estimation team
- Conduct weekly site visits to project job sites (or more frequently as necessary to ensure successful completion of the job)
- Conduct and submit safety pre-job briefs whenever visiting any job site
- Ensure that all required permits, environmental requirements and other necessary activities are executed on a timely basis as laid out in the project schedule(s)
- Establish and execute a communication plan with stakeholders
- Ensure successful completion of all required closeout activities
- Project monitoring and escalations with all internal and external Stakeholders to the project
- Project Status Reporting as required, with Monthly formal updates to Company s Distribution Operations Director/VP leadership
- All Company required Phase Gate deliverables
- Work order creation and management in Maximo
- Support PMO Manager in Purchase Order administration and receipting, including Purchase Requisition creation
- Present change requests, project scope, variances and issues causing variances, cost analysis etc. to team and governance board.
- Managing 4-5 projects at a time with a 2-10+ million dollar budget
- Help fill the team s current gap refining forecasts, schedules and cost estimates