Project Manager, Installation Technician

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Full Time Professional Nashville, Nashville, TN, US 1 Attachments

4 days ago Requisition

The Project Manager oversees and optimizes the day-to‑day operations of our project teams, with specialized responsibility for the execution of access control, gate automation, CCTV/camera surveillance, audio‑visual, and keyless entry projects within the broader construction environment. This role coordinates all aspects of project management while ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, quality standards, and safety regulations. The role demands solid technical knowledge of access control and low‑voltage systems, strong communication skills, and the organizational multi‑tasking ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects.

The Project Manager is accountable for driving client satisfaction by ensuring that all projects are executed in accordance with contract documents and the company's high quality standards, and by maintaining strong professional relationships with clients, vendors, partners, and fellow employees. This role is located at our Corporate Headquarters in Nashville, TN and is an in‑office role.

Essential Functions:

• Lead overall construction and systems‑installation performance through project managers and project teams.
• Oversee and manage access control and security systems projects from inception to completion.
• Establish, enforce, and maintain operational procedures and policies to ensure all project objectives are met, including scheduling, budget, and quality control.
• Develop comprehensive project plans, including scope, budget, timeline, resource allocation, and risk management strategies.
• Establish, update, and communicate the Master Project Schedule and manage its implementation.
• Monitor project progress, ensure adherence to schedule and budget, and implement proactive measures to mitigate delays and ensure milestones are met.
• Establish and maintain processes for managing scope during the project lifecycle, setting quality and performance standards and assessing risks.
• Coordinate the integration of gate automation, access control, CCTV, audio‑visual, and keyless entry installations with concurrent construction activities to avoid sequencing conflicts.
• Visit each jobsite with the Sales Representative prior to installation to ensure complete understanding of project scope and specifications.
• Review and interpret construction plans, blueprints, and specifications, coordinating design intent with electrical, low‑voltage, and IT trades.
• Oversee installation of devices including camera and closed‑circuit television (CCTV) systems, access control, audio‑visual, and keyless entry solutions.
• Direct configuration of keyless entry and electronic locking solutions—including mobile credentials, fobs, smart locks, mag locks, electric strikes, and request‑to‑exit devices.
• Manage system integration so that access control, video surveillance, gate automation, and keyless entry operate as a unified platform tied into building management and alarm systems.
• Troubleshoot and repair building automation system panels, including communications equipment, printed circuit boards, power supplies, electrical/electronic controls, sensors, and transducers.
• Produce quality technical documentation describing the conceptual and quantitative facets of system deployment, intended for both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Coordinate factory startups, owner training, as‑built documentation, warranty handoff, and punch‑list resolution for all security systems.
• Work as both an individual contributor and as part of the Access Control team to accomplish project goals.
• Ensure access control systems—card readers, keypads, intercoms, telephone entry, and biometric devices—are installed, configured, and tested to specification.
• Maintain technical knowledge of evolving access control, video, and credentialing technologies and recommend solutions that meet client security and operational needs.
• Perform job scheduling utilizing time management skills to effectively…