IT Project Manager

The PENTA Building Group•Henderson, NV

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About The Position

The IT Project Manager serves as the operational backbone of PENTA’s eight-person, Las Vegas-based IT department, supporting a $2 billion general contracting organization. The role owns project scheduling, coordination, and status reporting across help desk, data and analytics, systems, and security initiatives. It also manages departmental documentation and vendor and procurement coordination, allowing technical staff to focus on service delivery and infrastructure. The position works cross-functionally with the Help Desk Manager, Systems Manager, Security Engineer, and Help Desk Support Engineers. The role manages schedules, timelines, status tracking, executive reporting, and departmental KPIs. It supports project cost tracking, expense processing, procurement, vendor coordination, documentation, and compliance efforts. It may also assist with light technical tasks in support of the Help Desk and Systems teams. Periodic travel to regional locations in Arizona and Southern California is required.

Requirements

3–5+ years of experience in project management or coordination, ideally within an IT or technical department.
Demonstrated experience managing project schedules, timelines, and cross-team coordination.
Proficiency with project management platforms such as Asana, Monday.com, MS Project, or Smartsheet, and Microsoft Office/365, especially Excel.
Strong written communication skills and experience producing polished documentation and reports.
Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and deadlines.
Comfort working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven construction or professional services environment.
High-level technical aptitude, including troubleshooting fundamentals, ticketing systems, and asset management tools, sufficient to assist technical staff when needed.
Ability to travel periodically to regional locations in Arizona and Southern California.
Able to access and navigate offices and jobsites.
Regularly able, in an 8-hour day, to sit for 5–8 hours and stand, walk, or move around for 1–4 hours.
Able to lift 15 pounds occasionally.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Construction Management, or a related field.
PMP, CAPM, or similar project management certification (strongly preferred).
Experience supporting an IT department, including understanding IT vendor ecosystems, licensing models, and hardware lifecycles.
Experience in the construction, AEC, or general contracting industry.

Responsibilities

Manage IT project schedules, timelines, and status tracking across help desk, systems, and security initiatives using project management tools.
Prepare executive-level reports and presentations summarizing project status, budget health, and departmental initiatives.
Track departmental KPIs and help desk and ticketing metrics to support leadership decision-making.
Track project-level costs against approved budgets and flag variances to the Executive IT Director; support, but do not own, departmental budget planning.
Assist with expense report processing and reconciliation for IT projects and initiatives as needed.
Coordinate procurement activities, including obtaining quotes, tracking purchase orders, and maintaining vendor and license inventories.
Act as a liaison between IT leadership and Finance, Procurement, Operations, and other business units on administrative and budgetary matters.
Create, organize, and maintain departmental documentation, including SOPs, project charters, meeting notes, and knowledge base articles.
Support IT policy and compliance documentation, including asset inventories, license compliance, and audit preparation.
Assist with light technical tasks as needed, such as basic troubleshooting coordination, asset tagging, and onboarding and offboarding documentation.
Travel periodically to regional locations in Arizona and Southern California.