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Project Manager

San JoseOn-siteFull-time

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Project Manager oversees construction projects from initiation to closure, ensuring safety, schedule, budget, quality, and stakeholder alignment while leading the project team onsite.

About this role

Who We Are
At PRIME, a culture of empathy, trust, and belonging are foundational. This is integral in our approach to recruiting, developing, and retaining the best people in the industry. Our growth mindset drives us to embrace challenges and discover what sparks inspiration for creative solutions. PRIME is compelled to keep evolving, and creating new opportunities for those who perform. Our comprehensive services cover the entire lifecycle of a project, capabilities include electrical construction, service and maintenance, underground, utilities services, renewable energy, and low voltage technology solutions.

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Position Summary:
As a Project Manager you will play a pivotal role in leading and overseeing the successful execution of increasingly complex small to medium-scale construction projects. Operating with minimal supervision, you will be responsible for project planning, management direction, achieving project completion, ensuring customer satisfaction and delivering a positive financial outcome.

What You Will Do

  • Collaborate on work procurement and engage in business development activities to identify new project opportunities.
  • Lead the entire project lifecycle from initiation to closure, ensuring safety, budget adherence, high-quality standards, and timely delivery.
  • Take ownership of project results and work closely with all stakeholders to define project scope, goals, deliverables, resources, budget, and timeline.
  • Communicate clear expectations to team members and stakeholders, serving as a mediator between them.
  • Proactively resolve issues and address problems throughout project life cycle.
  • Effectively manage project scope by documenting and obtaining approvals for any changes via change order forms.
  • Lead, coach, and motivate project team members proactively to foster a high-performance work environment.
  • Adhere to the PRIME Safety Program, complying with safety regulations, procedures and safe work practices.
  • Maintain a physical presence onsite and regularly visit jobsites to oversee progress and provide assistance to the project management team as needed.
  • Performs other duties as requested; duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice

    • What You Will Need to be Successful

  • Bachelor’s degree in construction management or related field (architecture, engineering, etc.), and five+ years electrical project management experience or relevant experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and/or field experience.
  • Strong understanding of construction cost, scheduling, estimating and engineering principles and techniques, as well as accounting practices.
  • Proficiency in electrical estimating, including preparing and presenting job change orders, evaluating estimates, and contributing to new estimates.
  • Proficiency with project management tools and software packages. Experience with project management tools and software packages, with a preference for familiarity with Accubid Estimating systems.
  • Knowledge of and experience with integrated job cost systems, budgeting, report evaluations, and final costing.
  • Proficiency building critical path schedules for projects and understanding construction sequencing across all disciplines.
  • Experience with design-build delivery models is highly preferred.
  • Ability to actively engage in the construction process and accurately evaluate final “cost at completion” on a regular basis.
  • Effective identification and quantification of project impacts, along with sound negotiation skills with customers for change orders.
  • Demonstrated leadership in managing people and teams.
  • Excellent communication, leadership, problem solving, and analytical skills.
  • Ability to rapidly adapt and respond to changing environments and priorities.
  • Skill in eliciting cooperation from senior management and cross-functional departments.
  • Ability to maintain a positive attitude and work environment.
  • Strong computer skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office.

    • Supervisory Responsibilities

  • May supervise or coordinate the work of others who assist in specific assignments
  • May directly supervise project staff

    • Special Requirements/Physical Demands/Working Conditions

  • Work is primarily performed in an office setting with minimal health or safety hazards. Noise level and temperature is moderate. Minimal lifting or climbing. This position is expected to be fully in-person, onsite, with some travel not limited to, other offices, work sites and local business errands.

    • Skills

    Accubid EstimatingBudgetingChange OrdersCost ControlCost EstimatingCritical Path SchedulingDesign-build DeliveryElectrical EstimatingEngineering PrinciplesFinal CostingIntegrated Job Cost SystemsMicrosoft OfficeNegotiationOn-site Project OversightProject Management Tools And SoftwareSchedulingStakeholder Management

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