Project Manager-Special Events

About USS

United Site Services is the industry leader in comprehensive site services, committed to creating partnerships that help enable our customers’ project and event success. Our deep industry expertise, excellence in process management, and dedication to corporate responsibility are pillars of our value proposition; each supported by tangible, best-practice programs.

Our success is fueled by the dedication and collaboration of our diverse team, which includes field technicians, customer care representatives, sales professionals, and functional experts. Each member of our team plays a vital role in ensuring a seamless and reliable experience for our customers.

By joining United Site Services, you will be part of an organization that values continuous improvement, teamwork, and excellence in every aspect of our business.

The Events Project Manager works with Event Technicians and Sr Event Project Managers to ensure quality execution of events. This position works to identify and eliminate risks, integrate functions and business operations, and other similar strategic initiatives. The Project Manager has ongoing accountability for processes, resources, and deliverables related to events.

• Manage the ongoing efforts involved with matters related to events
• Identify potential risks and challenges and work to remove barriers that slow or prevent a successful event
• Drive alignment to standardize event processes establish and maintain the "USS Way"
• Improve business process efficiencies and foster the implementation of business simplification capabilities
• Effectively facilitate discovery and requirements gathering from an array of stakeholders and subject matter experts
• Work closely with the project teams, using both internal and external resources, and manage resource allocation and day-to-day operations during the events
• Manage technical and non-technical aspects of the events including consulting partners, internal department resources
• Serve as liaison between the customer and the stakeholders regarding event
• Ensure consistency and best practices are applied to each event
• Provide solutions to complex, high-impact business problems from event requests through implementation
• Help to foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement, contributing to the development of event technicians
• Establish and implement project management processes and methodologies for future events to ensure events are delivered on time, adhere to high-quality standards, and meet USS expectations
• Ability to travel over 50% of the time
• Perform other duties as assigned

This position has supervisory responsibilities.

EDUCATION

Min/Preferred

Education Level

Description

Preferred

4 Year / Bachelors Degree in Business Administration, Operation Management, Computer Science, or other related disciplines

EXPERIENCE

Minimum Years of Experience

Maximum Years of Experience

Comments

3 in project management

ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Ability to effectively build partnerships and take a relationship-based approach in working with internal stakeholders to deliver process efficiencies cost savings, minimize operational risks, and increase process harmonization
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Highly organized and adept at time management
• Project management skills
• Ability to work independently
• Oral and written communication skills
• Leadership skills
• Strong foundation in the delivery solutions/capabilities to solve large, complex business problems
• Demonstrated ability in the areas of event planning, design, and delivery

• Sit while driving and stand while servicing products
• Use hands and fingers to handle, control or feel objects tools or controls
• Repeat the same movements
• See details of objects that are less than a few feet away and also at greater distance
• Speak clearly so customers can understand
• Understand the speech of another person
• Hear sounds and recognize the difference between them
• Walk up to 30 minutes at a time without exertion
• Enter and exit equipment by stepping and kneeling
• Lift up to 40lbs from your waits to your shoulders
• Lift 30lbs from the floor to your…