Project Manager, Operations Management, Project & Program Management

The essential bridge between clients, designers, and production. This role requires strong communication skills — both written and in person — and the ability to coordinate across multidisciplinary teams. A pivotal position that ensures every project is executed to Sarandi’s highest standards of quality and craftsmanship.

Communicating with the sales, estimating, drafting, and the client. To make sure everything on the project runs well from start to finish. Good or bad results are the result of the project manager management.

• Move the project forward and set expectations for the project.
• Familiarize yourself with the general condition of the project.
• Introduction to client/stakeholders.
• Introduce client to, “Sarandi Process”
• Take Hand off:
  Receive signed project from Sales.
• Handoff the job to drafting and engineering with a schedule for submittal completion.
• Dictate the sequence of engineering.
• Supervise the submittal process and review the completed submittal.
• Participate actively in the engineering of complex items.
• Accurate Field Verification

• Establish, monitor, communicate and maintain project schedules.
• Develop and implement strategies to achieve the project objectives of price, schedule and quality.
• Break the job down into work packages based on the schedule and what is most effective and efficient.

• Review and release work packages into the shop in cooperation with the production manager.
• Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders. Maintain contact with customer and customers’ field personnel.
• Manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs. Review change order requests and submit to estimating for pricing.
• Ensure resource availability and allocation.
• Make decisions that are fair to the customer and protect the interest of the company.
• Negotiate installation subcontracts when subcontractor is required.
• Collaborate with field superintendent when in house installation is used.
• Trouble shoot installation and maintain sufficient manpower to stay on schedule.
• Put out fires

• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
• Communication logs.
• Submittal logs.
• Change order logs.
• Monitor progress of production and adjust schedule to field conditions and construction schedule.
• Monitor progress of overall job and report to accounting for progress billings.
• Attend sight meetings as required.
• Perform risk management to minimize project risk.
• Report and elevate to management as needed.
• Measure project performance

• Do project closeout.
• Submit warranties.
• Submit care instructions.
• Make sure all payments come in.
• Monitor punch list.
• Gather customer feedback
• Evaluate project for overall performance and identify areas that need improvement.

• Excellent client facing and internal communication skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Understand and relate to people on all levels.
• Be able to diffuse contentious situations.

• Lead by example.
• Team Player.
• Reflects the vision and mission of Sarandi Manufacturing.
• Excellent Conflict management skills.
• Excellent Trust building skills.
• Sound Decision Making.
• Influencing

• Being thankful and appreciate each other’s abilities and work.
• Say Thank You.

• Be able to understand and follow directions.
• Professional
• Team Player
• Treat others as you want to be treated.

• Quick Learner
• Hard Working
• Attention to detail.
• Be able to learn from and not repeat mistakes.
• Take on new tasks from day to day.

• Managers
• Finance
• Operations
• Estimators
• Drafters
• Sales Reps
• Production

• Management Groups
• Contractors
• Hotel Owners
• Franchise Groups
• Vendors
• Design Firms
• Purchasing Companies