Physical Security Technical Project Manager

ZBeta Consulting • Seattle, WA

6h • Onsite

About The Position

As a Technical Project Manager, you will be responsible for supporting security design and installation projects throughout North, South, and Central America, including new sites and expansion projects, post-occupancy projects, and technology upgrade projects. The Technical Project Manager is responsible for managing all aspects of project delivery, including collaborating with key stakeholders, managing multiple projects, and scopes of work.

You are a resourceful, knowledgeable, and self-motivated security professional who thrives in a collaborative and supportive environment.

Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years of project management experience, with a significant portion of tenure spent as a consultant, integrator, or technical end user.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Knowledge: Detailed knowledge of access control system hardware, wiring standards/practices, installation methods, and programming required
• Skills: Highly proficient in the use of Microsoft Office software
• Abilities: Demonstrated excellence in communicating and presenting complex information to technical and non-technical stakeholders, both verbally and in written form
• Abilities: Demonstrated ability to follow and implement client design and installation standards, and to serve as an advocate for those standards when working with external design teams.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, which may range from small moves/adds/changes to large new site construction projects.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working on corporate office core/shell and tenant fit-out projects is preferred.
• Basic knowledge of Lenel OnGuard, with experience performing monitoring functions and simple programming changes is a plus. Certification in either S2 or Lenel Access Control Systems is preferred.
• Proficiency in Bluebeam, AutoCAD, Revit, or other design tools is a plus
• Proficiency in project management tools, such as MS Project, SharePoint, and QuickBase

Responsibilities

• Identify project schedule, scope parameters, and oversee security design and implementation per client design requirements and standards.
• Manage early project initiation activities and develop project security scope, schedule, critical deliverables, and requirements.
• Manage scheduling, status, and tracking of critical project tasks, issues, and deliverables.
• Assist with the bid and award process. Review bid leveling documentation and provide feedback on the award recommendation.
• Evaluate SOW responses and prepare evaluation reports, to include evaluation criteria, scoring, and recommendation details.
• Perform security site evaluations of potential client properties and review proposed design concepts.
• Apply client system design standards to in-progress site design, collaborate with client owner and user group stakeholders to define use cases and verify functional requirements, and produce a security functional specification for the project.
• Review all security system design documentation for compliance with published security requirements, technical standards, and installation standards.
• Review VAR requests for equipment substitutions and scope variances and provide recommendations for approval.
• Redline documentation with corrections and log issues, as required.
• Accountable for keeping clients informed of project status, including budget, schedule, risks, issues, and successes, and managing the client's expectations around the project design through individual and project team member communication.
• Serve as a primary security point of contact for project teams and stakeholders.
• Attend regular project design, project management, Owner/Architect/Contractor (OAC), and construction meetings.
• Manage site activation activities for physical security amongst project parties and stakeholders to drive schedule, quality, and cost.
• Assist in the coordination of other trades required to complete the project including Contractor, Electrical, IT, etc.
• Produce project status and issues reports and meet with client stakeholders weekly to review and resolve high-priority project issues.
• Log all instances of issue resolutions that constitute exceptions to the published client security requirements to facilitate effective requirements exceptions reporting and/or requirement document updates.
• Conduct on-site inspections during construction and installation and final acceptance testing of completed systems installation.
• Manage project lessons learned, site metrics evaluation, and contractor performance evaluations.
• Review all security system design documentation produced by the system designer for compliance with published security requirements, technical standards, and installation standards.
• Oversee the delivery of all shop drawings and close-out documentation required from the integrator/contractor.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on job-related skills, experience, and qualifications
• Our excellent benefits package includes 100% paid premiums on health, dental, vision, and life insurance, a 401k retirement plan, paid time off, and more
• Diverse and supportive culture

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager