Senior Project Manager – Lighting & Electrical Projects

Ever Lights | Elk Grove Village, IL

Ever Lights is a nationwide provider of lighting, electrical materials, recycling, and sustainability solutions. Based in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, we support complex commercial, institutional, infrastructure, and public-sector projects throughout the country.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to assume ownership of an active portfolio of lighting and electrical projects. This is a highly visible, client-facing role requiring strong leadership, urgency, organization, and commercial judgment.

The Senior Project Manager will take command of projects from handoff through completion, serving as the primary point of accountability for customers, vendors, contractors, and internal teams. The successful candidate will protect project schedules, customer relationships, billing milestones, and profitability while anticipating and resolving issues before they disrupt the project.

• Assume immediate ownership of an active portfolio of lighting and electrical projects
• Lead projects from sales handoff and submittal approval through procurement, delivery, installation support, and closeout
• Serve as the primary point of contact for customers, contractors, manufacturers, vendors, and internal stakeholders
• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, milestones, action-item lists, and delivery plans
• Review project specifications, drawings, quotations, purchase orders, submittals, and contract requirements
• Coordinate product selections, approvals, releases, procurement, and delivery schedules
• Proactively monitor manufacturer lead times, production status, shipping, and material availability
• Identify schedule, cost, scope, and supply-chain risks early and establish clear resolution plans
• Manage RFIs, submittals, change orders, substitutions, claims, shortages, damages, returns, and warranty issues
• Ensure customer orders and vendor purchase orders accurately reflect approved scope, pricing, quantities, and delivery requirements
• Coordinate closely with sales, purchasing, warehouse, logistics, accounting, and field teams
• Lead internal and external project meetings and communicate decisions, responsibilities, and deadlines
• Maintain accurate project documentation, correspondence, approvals, and status reporting
• Track project financial performance, including revenue, cost, gross margin, change orders, billing, and collections
• Review project costs and identify discrepancies, margin erosion, unapproved work, or missed billing opportunities
• Support accurate and timely progress billing, invoicing, and collection of outstanding receivables
• Provide leadership with regular reports on project status, financial performance, risks, and required decisions
• Manage project closeout documentation, warranties, attic stock, punch-list items, and final account reconciliation
• Build strong, long-term relationships with customers and project partners
• Mentor project coordinators and less-experienced project managers
• Improve project-management procedures, reporting tools, and communication standards

• At least 7 years of progressive project-management experience
• Demonstrated success managing complex, deadline-driven projects with multiple stakeholders
• Experience in lighting, electrical distribution, construction, building materials, engineering, or a related project-based industry
• Strong understanding of project financials, including budgets, gross margin, billing, change orders, and cost control
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, schedules, quotations, and purchase orders
• Strong procurement, vendor-management, and supply-chain coordination experience
• Excellent client-facing communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
• Proven ability to establish priorities, make decisions, and drive accountability
• Exceptional organization, attention to detail, and follow-through
• Ability to manage multiple projects and urgent issues without losing control of deadlines or documentation
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and project-management or ERP systems
• Willingness to travel periodically for customer meetings, jobsite visits, and project requirements

• Direct experience managing commercial lighting or electrical-material projects
• Experience working for a lighting agency, electrical distributor, manufacturer, contractor, or construction-management firm
• Familiarity with…