M.C. Dean, Inc.

Project Leader 2

M.C. Dean, Inc.$90K — $120K *
Real Estate & Construction
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or related engineering field from an ABET accredited program.
  • 10+ years leading electrical construction projects.
  • Expertise in project management tools (MS Project or Primavera P6).
  • Skilled in creating and managing project schedules.
  • Proficient in estimating project work and preparing proposals.
  • Understanding of critical path analysis and resource allocation.
  • Strong procurement knowledge for technical goods and services.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

  • Administer and coordinate large electrical construction projects from start to finish.
  • Manage project lifecycle phases including proposal, design, installation, and closure.
  • Prepare detailed project documentation including schedules and equipment plans.
  • Lead project kick-off meetings to align teams and expectations.
  • Develop Work Breakdown Structures to properly allocate resources and timelines.
  • Schedule resources to maintain project milestones and timelines.
  • Execute site surveys and cost studies to project expenses and progress reports.
  • Measure project scope against timeline and budget, ensuring acceptable variances.
  • Coordinate acquisition of materials and manage tool requirements for projects.
  • Oversee compliance with permits and ensure project inspections are timely and satisfactory.
  • Facilitate collaboration across departments to resolve project issues and enhance operational efficiency.

Benefits

  • Strong focus on innovation and engineering excellence.
  • Collaborative and forward-thinking work environment.
  • Opportunities to develop leadership skills in engineering and cybersecurity.
  • Commitment to employee growth and career development.
Full Job Description
Overview

Responsibilities

  • Performing the overall administration, organization, and implementation of large scale electrical construction projects.
  • Managing several phases of a project lifecycle, including proposal, design, solutioning, installation, and close.
  • Assisting in the preparation of project documentation, including project requirements, manpower requirements, project layout, project schedules, detailed equipment plans and field office support.
  • Coordinating and assisting with or leading a project kick-off meeting.
  • Developing a Work Breakdown Structure for the project with properly named work packages and resources assigned to tasks (resource loaded) to establish a baseline resource plan.
  • Assisting with the scheduling of resources on the project to maintain the baseline project schedule.
  • Creating baseline vs actual reporting of resources, as required.
  • Providing and executing site surveys, site cost studies, projected costs, forecasts, cost codes and progress reports, as required.
  • Assisting with the collection of progress data of both self-perform and contractor perform work.
  • Observing and measuring project scope and performance against the project plan to ensure that the project is within acceptable variances of cost, budget, schedule and scope.
  • Driving the development and maintenance of project artifacts, including shop drawings that are required to ensure effective short-term and long-term staffing success for the project.
  • Coordinating the acquisition of major materials, and monitoring tool and equipment requirements with project leadership and the warehouse, as required.
  • Leading the acquisition of required permits and licenses for projects and ensuring inspections are handled correctly and in a timely manner.
  • Estimating, scheduling, or conferring with estimators, schedulers, and other resources that are assigned to the project to identify matters, such as work procedures, complaints, and other related problems.
  • Reviewing the project schedule with the General Contractor and/or Customer.
  • Working directly with the Customer on a schedule.
  • Managing the integration of data from multiple company systems and analyzing the data to draw insights on project progress.
  • Assuring timely completion of project punch-list items, the submittal of accurate as-built drawings, operation and maintenance manuals, and the completion of training materials.
  • Identifying opportunities for cost-saving measures, quality improvements and best practices.
  • Maintaining a positive, assertive relationship with other project leadership, including supervisors, superintendents, foremen, crew leaders and/or other project personnel, to achieve project milestones and overall project success.


Qualifications

  • Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math or Physics preferably from an ABET accredited program.
  • 10+ years of experience in leading electrical construction projects.
  • Strong knowledge of a project management / project scheduling system (MS Project or Primavera P6).
  • Ability to create project schedules and scheduling of resources (work items and tasks by hours).
  • Ability to estimate project work and prepare proposals for Customers.
  • Understanding of critical path analysis of project and resource data to identify potential project issues.
  • Ability to discuss project and resource schedules, costs, and budgets with project leadership
  • Strong knowledge of procurement processes, including evaluating suppliers and purchasing technical goods and services.
  • Ability to create technical documentation, including design documents and reference libraries.
  • Executive-level communications and presentation skills.
  • Team building and team leadership skills.


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Strong knowledge of finance systems as it relates to project budgets and cost codes.
  • Understanding of earned value analysis as it relates to project management.
  • Proficiency in the use of automated cost/schedule management systems.


Abilities:

  • Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
  • Sitting for extended periods of time.
  • Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
  • Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
  • Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
  • Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
  • Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
  • Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
  • Identify and understand the speech of another person.

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