Building Automation Project Manager I

Harris•Rochester, MN

15d•$67,525 - $101,287•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves managing building automation projects, ensuring customer satisfaction, maintaining safety standards, overseeing project closeout, scheduling, financial management, and overall project execution. The position requires conferring with various stakeholders, resolving issues, planning and coordinating project activities, managing budgets, and ensuring adherence to project plans and quality standards.

Requirements

Experience in building automation projects.
Ability to confer with supervisory personnel, owners, contractors, or design professionals.
Ability to resolve conflicts and negotiate with others.
Knowledge of safety systems and processes.
Compliance with OSHA and other state/federal safety and environmental laws.
Ability to perform site walkthroughs and inspections.
Experience with project close-out procedures (Operation and Maintenance manuals, owner training, punch list, commissioning).
Ability to plan, schedule, or coordinate project team activities.
Ability to develop or update project plans.
Ability to implement new or modified plans in response to project changes or emergencies.
Ability to evaluate construction methods and determine cost-effectiveness.
Ability to manage financial aspects of contracts.
Ability to prepare and submit budget estimates, progress reports, or cost tracking reports.
Ability to address and correct issues when the project exceeds budget or scope.
Ability to review or complete change order pricing.
Ability to prepare contracts or negotiate revisions to contractual agreements.
Ability to initiate and maintain extra work estimating and issuance of change orders.
Ability to apply for and obtain necessary permits or licenses.
Ability to interpret and explain plans and contract terms.
Ability to track the progress and quality of work.
Ability to manage and lead a team to project completion.
Ability to monitor or track project milestones and deliverables.
Ability to submit project deliverables, ensuring adherence to quality standards.
Ability to prepare project status reports.
Ability to provide technical assistance.
Ability to analyze information and evaluate results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
Ability to understand the implications of new information for problem-solving and decision-making.

Responsibilities

Confer with supervisory personnel, owners, contractors, or design professionals to discuss and resolve matters, such as work procedures, complaints, or construction problems.
Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems.
Handle complaints, settle disputes, and resolve grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiate with others.
Ensure a safe work environment is maintained, appropriate safety systems/processes are utilized, conduct audits per individual project, and ensure compliance with all OSHA and other state/federal safety and environmental laws.
Inspect or review projects to monitor compliance with Harris and OSHA safety requirements.
Perform site walkthroughs and inspections.
Administer project close-out including Operation and Maintenance manuals, owner training, punch list, commissioning, etc.
Attend pre-bid, turnover and preplanning meetings as required.
Plan, schedule, or coordinate controls project team activities in line with overall project schedule and provide updates to project team as part of regularly scheduled project meetings.
Assign duties or work schedules to project team employees.
Develop or update project plans for projects including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing.
Implement new or modified plans in response to delays, change orders, or construction site emergencies.
Evaluate construction methods and determine cost-effectiveness of plans, using computer models.
Manage financial aspects of contracts (fee payment, rental equipment, income/expenses, etc.) and effectively complete change orders as needed.
Protect company’s interest and simultaneously maintain good relationship with client.
Prepare and submit budget estimates, progress reports, or cost tracking reports.
Be aware of monthly figures, taking proactive action to prevent losses and maximize profitability.
Address and correct issues when the project exceeds budget or scope.
Assume ownership for productivity of crafts, efficient use of materials and equipment, and contractual performance of the project.
Review or complete change order pricing.
Prepare contracts or negotiate revisions to contractual agreements (change orders) with architects, consultants, clients, suppliers, or subcontractors.
Initiate and maintain extra work estimating and issuance of change orders.
Apply for and obtain all necessary permits or licenses.
Interpret and explain plans and contract terms to representatives of the owner or developer, including administrative staff, workers, or clients.
Track the progress and quality of work being performed.
Manage and lead team to completion of project, including post mortems, regular statuses and continual improvement and adjustments.
Monitor or track project milestones and deliverables.
Submit project deliverables, ensuring adherence to quality standards.
Prepare project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
Provide technical assistance, i.e., interpretation of drawings, recommending construction methods and equipment, etc. as required.
Analyze information and evaluate results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
Understand the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.