Program Manager

Mano Lani•Honolulu, HI

13d•$50 - $57•Onsite

About The Position

The Program Manager plans, coordinates, and supports telecommunications and technology infrastructure projects for the Department of Defense (DoD), DISA, and other federal customers throughout Hawaii. This part-time position manages inside plant (ISP) and outside plant (OSP) fiber optic infrastructure, structured cabling, telecommunications, network infrastructure, audiovisual (AV)/VTC systems, equipment installation, and related low-voltage and technology infrastructure projects from planning and site survey through installation, testing, customer acceptance, and closeout. The Program Manager works with government personnel, engineers, technicians, subcontractors, vendors, and internal stakeholders to coordinate project activities, track schedules and deliverables, resolve issues, and help ensure work is completed within scope and in accordance with contractual, technical, security, and customer requirements. The role requires an active security clearance. The position is based in Honolulu, Hawaii, and is listed at 25 hours per week, with potential to become full-time.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Business Administration, Construction Management, Engineering, Information Technology, Telecommunications, or a related field.
At least 15 years of relevant project management, project coordination, telecommunications, construction, or infrastructure experience.
Experience with fiber optic infrastructure, structured cabling, telecommunications, network infrastructure, or low-voltage projects.
Experience managing or coordinating multiple projects and schedules in a fast-paced environment.
Familiarity with ISP and OSP telecommunications infrastructure.
Familiarity with fiber splicing, termination, testing, certification, cable pathways, telecommunications rooms, and structured cabling systems.
Experience working with subcontractors, vendors, construction trades, and technical field personnel.
Experience with federal contract requirements, PWS/SOW documentation, RFIs, submittals, change management, and project closeout documentation.
Ability to review and understand scopes of work, technical requirements, drawings, project schedules, proposals, and subcontractor documentation.
Strong organizational, communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and follow project issues through resolution.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
Must possess and maintain an active security clearance for the position.

Nice To Haves

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Experience supporting DoD, DISA, or other federal government programs.
Familiarity with facilities, construction, or infrastructure projects.
Experience using Microsoft Project and AutoCAD.

Responsibilities

Manage and support multiple DISA, DoD, and federal telecommunications and technology infrastructure projects from initiation through completion.
Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, budgets, action-item trackers, risk registers, procurement status, and deliverable schedules.
Coordinate ISP and OSP fiber, structured cabling, telecommunications, network infrastructure, AV/VTC, equipment installation, and related low-voltage and technology infrastructure activities.
Serve as a primary coordination point between government customers, technical teams, subcontractors, vendors, and company leadership.
Coordinate site surveys, design reviews, installation activities, testing, inspections, cutovers, customer acceptance, and project closeout.
Coordinate work in secure and mission-critical DoD environments, including facility access, escorts, maintenance windows, outages, change-control requirements, and operational constraints.
Review SOWs, PWSs, task orders, drawings, specifications, cable schedules, bills of materials, technical requirements, subcontractor proposals, and other project documentation.
Monitor project scope and identify schedule impacts, risks, technical issues, dependencies, procurement concerns, and potential cost impacts for resolution or escalation.
Coordinate equipment and material procurement and track long-lead items that could affect project schedules.
Manage subcontractor and vendor coordination and monitor performance against project requirements, schedules, approved designs, and customer expectations.
Coordinate fiber optic installation, splicing, termination, labeling, testing, and certification activities, and review related test documentation as required.
Coordinate structured cabling installation, cable pathways, racks, cabinets, patch panels, terminations, labeling, testing, and related telecommunications infrastructure.
Coordinate telecommunications and technology work with electrical, facilities, construction, furniture, and other project activities as required.
Coordinate planned outages, system cutovers, installation windows, migrations, and activities affecting operational communications infrastructure.
Maintain project documentation, including meeting minutes, status reports, action-item logs, risk logs, punch lists, redlines, as-built documentation, test results, equipment inventories, and closeout packages.
Prepare and support RFIs, project correspondence, subcontractor coordination, status updates, customer communications, and other project documentation.
Lead or participate in project kickoff, recurring status, technical coordination, and subcontractor meetings, as well as government customer briefings.
Provide program and project reporting on accomplishments, upcoming milestones, schedules, budgets, risks, issues, dependencies, procurement status, and customer decisions required.
Track subcontractor deliverables, material status, field activities, testing requirements, customer actions, and project milestones through completion.
Assist with subcontract administration, including scope coordination, authorizations to proceed, subcontract documentation, invoices, change requests, and supporting project records.
Support project estimating, technical planning, proposal development, staffing plans, subcontractor sourcing, and project execution strategy development as required.
Support closeout activities, including final inspections, punch-list resolution, testing documentation, as-built records, warranties, customer acceptance documentation, and other required deliverables.