Job Description

Job Description:

At Precision Hydro (PH), our continued success and business growth are driven by skilled and dedicated project managers. We are looking for a highly motivated Project Manager to join our team and contribute to PH's expansion while maintaining our status as a Premier Pump and Well Contractor. They will be expected to drive the success of our projects through planning and active management.

Objectives of this Role:

• Manage the team, clients and projects, ensuring every aspect of the project is clearly defined and short-term goals are achieved.
• Communicate often and provide updates on project progress, critical milestones and any project hindering events both internally and externally.
• Lead projects based on scope of work through deployment, identifying schedules, budget estimations, project implementation plans and risk mitigation.
• Work from the contract to ensure compliance with scope, budget, and milestones. Negotiate potential change orders and communicate changes to the team.
• Coordinate internal and external resources, ensuring projects remain within scope, schedule, and defined budgets, in collaboration with Production, Engineering, and other support personnel.
• Analyze project progress and adapt scope, timelines, and costs to ensure that Production and Engineering adheres to project requirements.
• Identify opportunities for creating new processes or to improve current processes to maximize efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

General and Administrative:

• Determine project responsibilities for support personnel.
• Ensure proper cost coding and approve budgeted and unbudgeted invoices for payment.
• Facilitate permits, contracts and approvals for a smooth and successful project.
• Facilitate performance reviews for support personnel.
• Facilitate timely documentation of project close-out for the execution and delivery of quarterly incentive programs.
• Keep backlog/WIP up to date.
• Prepare and participate in Operations and Business Development meetings.
• Actively engage in the improvement of SOPs/project procedures by applying Kaizen and 6 Sigma practices.
• Account Management—Build a strong customer relationship securing future work opportunities.

Management:

• Facilitate the accuracy and completeness of job folders.
• Project submittals—Own and understand, review the Project Engineer’s work for correctness/completion and check to make sure the project has been accurately estimated.
• Review job specs and budgets from Project Engineer.
• Manage timing, completion, change orders and final billing of projects and service calls
• Well-Inform:
  • Oversee the health of IoT stations; communicate and schedule repairs as needed
  • Promote IoT services to customers

Job Scoping:

• Establish, document, and facilitate processes to manage scope over the project lifecycle, identifying critical path flow, and assessing and managing risk across multiple phases of the project.
• Ensure resource availability, allocation and optimize logistics.
• Develop and document a detailed project plan, track progress and communicate with the team to keep the production schedule updated and accurate.
• Use appropriate management and verification techniques to ensure changes in project scope, schedule, and costs are properly tracked through to completed change orders.

Pre-Production Planning:

• Understand the critical nature of planning for the success of the project.
• Develop a schedule based on project scope requirements.
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for flawless execution within projects.
• Ensure third party/vendor qualifications (DIR #, Subcontractor Agreements and ins requirements)
• Establish and maintain communication with leadership, teams, and customers.
• Establish and maintain customer’s billing requirements.
• Prepare by reading all contracts, highlighting critical points for the team and ensuring compliance.

Production Execution:

• Carry out strategic direction.
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
• Report project outcomes and/or risks to management and customers; escalating issues as needed.
• Establish and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
• Keep real-time communication with field ensuring any changes to the original scope go through the proper channels. If changes are outside of scope a change order will be required. 

Closing Process:

• Work with the executives and sales team to ensure the project was delivered to stakeholders’ satisfaction.
• Reconcile job performance, prepare final billing and track the Notice of Completion.
• Partner with the project team to conduct post project evaluation and identify and capture successful and unsuccessful project elements to ensure continuous improvement.
• Facilitate all administrative tasks associated with project close out are completed timely.
• Seek customer satisfaction and feedback.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (preferably in the fields of Engineering and or Construction Management)
• PMP / PRINCE II certification a plus
• Proficient (2+ years) experience in project management with technical understanding or hands-on experience in the construction industry.
• Strong budgeting, written and verbal communication, organizational, and multi-tasking skills for meeting project deadlines.
• Ability to read contracts and understand implications of risk and responsibilities.
• Ability to identify potential risks and solve problems proactively throughout the project lifecycle.
• Proficient experience with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project and scheduling software. 

Competencies

• Manage an effective balance between camaraderie, assertiveness and urgency.
• Show up well prepared for meetings, looking out ahead and successfully educating the team on the schedule.
• Operate with a problem-solving mentality, sound judgment and an ability to make effective decisions.
• Manage multiple nuanced demands at a pace that keeps up with the team.
• Prioritize and schedule time based on the most important deliverable; look ahead at deadlines and prepare accordingly.
• Communicate critical details effectively and ensure understanding of others for the overall success of the project.
• Delegate effectively to your team to meet deadlines and project expectations.

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