Project Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager, Operations Manager

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent of 3-5 years experience in project management (leading large projects) in telecommunications, fiber optic or underground/aerial (Power/Gas/Water) construction industry
• Would also look at Foreman that have management experience
• Must have a driver’s license and be insurable
• Client facing demeanor
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel, Word
• BIndustry Experience
• Background in the electric utility sector or similar infrastructure‑heavy industries.

Plusses:

• GIS Knowledge

• Coordinate and facilitate pre-construction/kick-off meetings and progress update calls, providing a meeting summary and follow-up correspondence to all project stakeholders
• Monitor projects to ensure client and project team understand the project status throughout all phases; including outstanding, pending and completed tasks
• Schedule and drive activities to ensure project milestones remain on track, to meet deadlines and stay within budget
• Coordinate materials to ensure projected project start date is met
• Attend weekly status meetings with Operations, Sales and Administration for large projects, to ensure key milestones are being met and current status information is disseminated
• Inform the client and sales, Warehouse and Operations, when the work will be started and completed
• Closely monitor job costs, productivity, billing and job closeouts
• Coordinate project deliverables, including as-built drawings, project documents and test results
• Other duties as assigned
• Ability to manage 60–80 active projects simultaneously within a shared PM structure.
• Coordinate workload division between two Project Managers, with potential focus areas such as:
• One PM overseeing outsourced projects
• One PM overseeing in‑house projects
• Oversight of new development initiatives and large‑scale construction efforts.
• Comfortable managing projects spanning up to 120 miles of construction, involving both internal crews and external contractors.

• The Project Manager is the primary contact and communication point to our clients and internal departments for Outside Plant construction projects. This role is an integral part of the project team and works closely with our Operations teams to ensure open lines of communication are shared between groups and customers during the construction process.