Project Manager

Thorpe Specialty Services Corporation

20d

About The Position

Role and Responsibilities • Must execute projects to meet the standards of Company and the customer. • Must partner with OPS Manager, Construction Manager, and Field Supervisors to ensure project success and profitability. • Must develop systems and controls to ensure compliance with quality standards. • Reviews, investigates, and evaluates potential customer accounts to identify opportunities which are consistent with marketing objectives. • Develops specific strategies to secure business. • Visits prospective job sites to determine and evaluate extent of work, job site conditions, and develop other pertinent information prior to bid submission. • Prepares sketches and works with Drafter to develop construction drawings as dictated by project requirements. • Performs engineering calculations i.e., heat transfer, stress analysis, material selection for design of refractory and acid proof linings, material selection for fireproofing systems, material and equipment selection for mechanical systems. • Collects all job costing data (materials, labor, equipment, subcontracts) and prepares job cost reports as required by the project. • Formulates and prepares proposals after estimates are complete, and then has those proposals reviewed and approved internally as directed. • Prepares bills of material and equipment for pricing and/or purchase and submits to Buyer. Discusses pricing, scheduling, delivery dates, and expediting with Buyer. • Checks warehouse for availability of material requirements for jobs. Prepares necessary paperwork for requisitioning warehouse material for transfer to job site. • Coordinates all material requirements for jobs. • Works with Buyer to acknowledge receipt of material, tools, and equipment for project. • Prepares work orders and forwards to Job Superintendents outlining scope of work. Discusses complicated or unusual jobs with Superintendents prior to commencement of work. Maintains communication with Superintendents regarding any related problems of work in progress. • Works with Safety regarding the safety aspects of project. Prepares pre-job safety checklist and forwards to Job Superintendents outlining specific safety requirements of the project. • Adheres to and enforces safety policies and promulgates safety among Job Superintendents and field employees to comply with the rules and regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and client safety requirements. • Participates in project safety meetings. • Schedules meetings or advises customers of contract details, project planning, design changes, technical problems, pricing, invoicing, additions or changes to the scope and/or contract. • Visits job sites to check work in progress. • Monitors and recommends methods, materials, and layouts for improvement based on needs and capabilities. • Develops ideas and solves problems in order to successfully accomplish critical or difficult portions of a project. • Prepares job labor analysis information. Prepares field reporting forms by inspecting each work area and estimating the amount of work accomplished on each task. Analyzes projections of actual vs. estimated comparisons and determines if problems exist on various tasks and takes corrective action in the early stages of project. Tracks and maintains JLA information daily and prepares report for review by Job Superintendent. • Assists in the project Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) process by inspecting fabricated items and/or work performed and verifying compliance with the project drawings and specifications. • Reviews completed jobs and analyzes labor, equipment and material costs. • Initiates progress billings and final billing of lump sum projects. • Maintains flexibility to handle several projects concurrently and ensure that each is progressing as required. • Supports Company in sales efforts to develop and strengthen customer relationships. This would include preparing and delivering sales presentations to customers, soliciting work from existing and/or prospective customers, post-job follow-up to ensure customer satisfaction, and making routine sales calls to existing and/or prospective customers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree – Engineering or Construction Management (or equivalent field experience)
Minimum 3 years of applicable industrial construction industry experience
Proficient with Microsoft Office
Excellent communication skills
Strong customer orientation
Insulation and Refractory skills knowledge
Demonstrated ability to produce results through others
Planning/Management: able to handle several projects concurrently and ensure that each is progressing as required
Problem analysis and problem resolution at both a strategic and functional level
Technical skills in engineering management, quality assurance, and costing
Ability to lift and carry 25 pounds, with a maximum single-person lift of 50 pounds.
Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing or other communication capabilities, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits employee to communicate effectively.
Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time with or without reasonable accommodation.
Sufficient vision or other powers of observation, with or without reasonable accommodations, which permits employee to investigations.
Sufficient manual dexterity with or without reasonable accommodation, which permit the employee to perform routine office duties.
Sufficient personal mobility and physical reflexes, with or without reasonable accommodations to perform office duties and travel when necessary to off-site locations.

Nice To Haves

CAD knowledge and experience preferred

Responsibilities

Execute projects to meet the standards of Company and the customer.
Partner with OPS Manager, Construction Manager, and Field Supervisors to ensure project success and profitability.
Develop systems and controls to ensure compliance with quality standards.
Reviews, investigates, and evaluates potential customer accounts to identify opportunities which are consistent with marketing objectives.
Develops specific strategies to secure business.
Visits prospective job sites to determine and evaluate extent of work, job site conditions, and develop other pertinent information prior to bid submission.
Prepares sketches and works with Drafter to develop construction drawings as dictated by project requirements.
Performs engineering calculations i.e., heat transfer, stress analysis, material selection for design of refractory and acid proof linings, material selection for fireproofing systems, material and equipment selection for mechanical systems.
Collects all job costing data (materials, labor, equipment, subcontracts) and prepares job cost reports as required by the project.
Formulates and prepares proposals after estimates are complete, and then has those proposals reviewed and approved internally as directed.
Prepares bills of material and equipment for pricing and/or purchase and submits to Buyer. Discusses pricing, scheduling, delivery dates, and expediting with Buyer.
Checks warehouse for availability of material requirements for jobs. Prepares necessary paperwork for requisitioning warehouse material for transfer to job site.
Coordinates all material requirements for jobs.
Works with Buyer to acknowledge receipt of material, tools, and equipment for project.
Prepares work orders and forwards to Job Superintendents outlining scope of work. Discusses complicated or unusual jobs with Superintendents prior to commencement of work. Maintains communication with Superintendents regarding any related problems of work in progress.
Works with Safety regarding the safety aspects of project. Prepares pre-job safety checklist and forwards to Job Superintendents outlining specific safety requirements of the project.
Adheres to and enforces safety policies and promulgates safety among Job Superintendents and field employees to comply with the rules and regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and client safety requirements.
Participates in project safety meetings.
Schedules meetings or advises customers of contract details, project planning, design changes, technical problems, pricing, invoicing, additions or changes to the scope and/or contract.
Visits job sites to check work in progress.
Monitors and recommends methods, materials, and layouts for improvement based on needs and capabilities.
Develops ideas and solves problems in order to successfully accomplish critical or difficult portions of a project.
Prepares job labor analysis information. Prepares field reporting forms by inspecting each work area and estimating the amount of work accomplished on each task. Analyzes projections of actual vs. estimated comparisons and determines if problems exist on various tasks and takes corrective action in the early stages of project. Tracks and maintains JLA information daily and prepares report for review by Job Superintendent.
Assists in the project Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) process by inspecting fabricated items and/or work performed and verifying compliance with the project drawings and specifications.
Reviews completed jobs and analyzes labor, equipment and material costs.
Initiates progress billings and final billing of lump sum projects.
Maintains flexibility to handle several projects concurrently and ensure that each is progressing as required.
Supports Company in sales efforts to develop and strengthen customer relationships. This would include preparing and delivering sales presentations to customers, soliciting work from existing and/or prospective customers, post-job follow-up to ensure customer satisfaction, and making routine sales calls to existing and/or prospective customers.