Bachelor's degree in project management, business administration, construction engineering/management, or related field.
7-8 years of project management and leadership experience across various project sizes.
3-5 years handling medium voltage with underground electrical installations.
Previous field construction experience in electrical, technologies, or related areas.
Proficiency with project management software such as Accubid, Revit, CAD, SKM, AGI, and Navisworks.
Responsibilities
Provide strategic leadership for multiple regional and national projects from initiation to completion.
Conduct business development and cultivate customer relationships for project solicitation.
Implement and oversee project execution strategies for high quality and productivity standards.
Maintain and manage project documentation, including estimates, contracts, and financial records.
Foster effective relationships with clients, vendors, and project teams to enhance satisfaction and support company values.
Deliver regular coaching, mentoring, and feedback to team members to promote growth.
Create and manage the project's financial budget, ensuring alignment with company-wide financials.
Benefits
Access to a supportive team made up of industry experts and innovators.
Opportunities for personal and professional growth and development.
Part of a company that values sustainability and equitable practices.
Engagement in projects that significantly impact communities and infrastructure.
Positions offers autonomy and creative problem-solving opportunities.
Full Job Description
Description
PROJECT DIRECTOR This position is based out of our San Jose, CA office, reporting to local project sites.
About the Position
The Project Director is responsible for providing overall strategies, leadership, and management of multiple, less complex regional or national projects from start to finish, including staffing, managing project budget, scheduling, quality control, problem resolution, job coordination and communication, job invoicing/payments and client satisfaction activities. This position has responsibility for business development, job solicitation and project negotiations, in alignment with all Company policies, procedures, key objectives and regulations.
Our Ideal Candidate
Strong executive presence.
Can flex and adapt to the growing needs of the business.
Can work autonomously and creatively to solve problems.
Has a growth mindset and is always looking to learn and grow continually.
Day in the Life
Partners with senior leadership to create key functional strategies, critical objectives, and decisions affecting the business unit and functional work group. Conducts high-quality business development, creates key customer relationships, and performs job solicitation in the marketplace.
Creates project execution strategies and directs all phases and activities of the project to achieve high quality and productivity in the work performed. Ensures all construction contracts are fulfilled to the customer's satisfaction and the Company has earned a fair profit.
Plans, implements, independently manages, and maintains project activities to optimize the efficiency of labor, materials, supplies, equipment, and tools. Ensures all plans and specifications identify project scope and milestones and share them with all appropriate parties.
Provides frequent management oversight and problem resolution. Communicates directly with project team members, contractors, and designers concerning project costs, staffing, and scheduling. Manages timely and accurate project documents, estimates, projections, material release schedules, client information, purchase orders, monthly invoices, payments, closeout documents, warranties, drawings, specification logs, maintenance manuals, final billings, change orders, and other related documents related to construction projects.
Builds strategic and effective relationships with clients and future clients, foremen, project teams, specialty contractors, vendors, suppliers, user groups, and others that reflect and support the Company's core values and meet or exceed the customer's expectations.
Provides regular and high-quality hiring, communications, mentoring, coaching, problem-solving, and training to staff and other co-workers at all levels as needed. Advises and coaches employees and provides performance feedback regularly.
Creates and manages an annual financial budget and maintains some level of responsibility for Companywide financials. Stays informed of new and changing Company procedures, policies, materials, technologies, techniques, and practices. Establishes, trains, and maintains policies and processes.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in project management, business administration, construction engineering/management, or a related field.
7-8 years of project management and project leadership experience with projects of all sizes. Extensive project management training and skills. Thorough understanding of the project life cycle. Minimum 5 years of experience directly managing people.
3-5 Years of experience with medium voltage with underground electrical installation.
Previous field construction experience or equivalent (e.g., electrical, technologies, fire, etc.). Keen knowledge of the managed business unit and the overall departmental function. Knowledge of and proficiency with construction methods and materials, costing, power, lighting, systems design and general industry safety standards, procedures, and regulations. Must have extensive knowledge of the electrical code. Skills to read, interpret, and understand electrical contracts, plans, drawings, blueprints, and specifications.
Experience and proficiency using Accubid software, Revit, CAD, SKM, AGI, Navisworks and/or BIM systems may be required.
Extensive experience with value analysis in all market segments and in-depth trade knowledge. Strong conceptual estimating and problem-solving skills, and experience in reviewing estimates for accuracy and completeness. Previous experience with field installation is helpful.
Excellent business analysis, quality management and mathematical skills. Skills to read and interpret financial documents. Trained and proficient in negotiating, budgeting, costing, contracting, scheduling, pricing, and common code requirements.
Travel
This position will travel daily to an assigned project site.
