Project Manager, Operations Management, Regulatory Compliance Specialist

• Job Category Project Management, Business, Engineering
• Industry Telecommunications
• Employee Type Full Time Salary
• Required Degree 4 Year Degree
• Travel 10%
• Manage Others No

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The Project Manager role involves coordinating with Engineering, Financial, Billing, Sales, Marketing, and Operations departments, tracking budgets and timelines, ensuring compliance with grant/loan requirements, and facilitating project closeouts. This job requires planning, organizing, reporting and documenting, monitoring progress, and communicating with leadership during the process. This position coordinates grant/loan disbursements, reporting, and project closeouts with funding agencies, as well as ensures project design, environmental reviews, procurement, and contracts comply with grant/loan requirements.

The PM will work closely with the PMO Manager to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget. The PM will rely on experience and judgement to plan and accomplish goals. A certain degree of creativity and latitude is expected.

The essential job functions and duties described below may not be the only requirements of the position. It may be necessary to follow other instructions or perform other related duties required by the company.

• Develops comprehensive project plants that merge project requirements with company goals and coordinate various managers and technical personnel, across different company departments, during all project phases, from initial development through implementation
• Assist in defining a project’s scope and determining available resources
• Set time estimates and evaluate the team or teams’ capabilities
• Assist in creating a clear and concise plan to both execute the project and monitor its progress
• Establish deadlines and communicate consistently with all teams and monitor progress
• Set expectations, drive engagement and ensure accountability to meet all required deadlines
• Identify and evaluate potential risks before the project begins
• Avoid risk or at least minimize its impact
• Monitor and analyze teams’ performance and suggest corrective measures
• Present comprehensive reports documenting all project requirements fulfilled, as well as the projects’ history, including what was accomplished, parties involved, and suggested improvements moving forward
• Provide reports to management on projects’ progress
• Produce reports in support of other departments (financial, revenue assurance, etc.)
• Provide all reporting to the compliance entity

• Oversees and coordinates all engineering activities and tasks within the department, ensuring the team completes design, development, production, and testing processes efficiently
• Create and adjust policies and procedures to document and improve performance and efficiencies in the construction, grant reimbursement and reporting practices, and customer turn up process

• Responsible for assisting with budget planning and tracking budgets for current and future projects
• Develop and track timelines for projects to ensure the work is completed on time
• Compile and analyze data in order to predict, plan and prepare for materials needed for projects
• Reporting of budget to actual, analyzing invoices to agreements, review of all documentation of the project as well as organization of electronic files supporting each project
• Monitor, track and analyze budgets and expenses to ensure projects stay in line and compliant
• Assist in yearly budget preparation

• Implements and maintains overall grant coordination
• Assist in research and application of new programs in relation to fiber construction and other expansion projects, including grant/loan applications and disbursements
• Responsible for the maintenance and execution of contracts in relation to managed programs
• Internal and external reporting for grants and their related programs
• Grant project closeouts ensuring all requirements have been met, reporting delivered, and reimbursements requested and received
• Assist in the negotiation, development,…