Project Manager

Valmont Industries, Inc. • Valley, NE

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Project Manager (PM) will identify key project milestones and develop a project timeline that support the defined project deliverables. The Project Manager owns identifying project risk and assessing that risk to develop appropriate and effective mitigation strategies. The PM will serve as a principal point of contact internally from the inquiry stage through the delivery and closeout of all orders related to each assigned customer account. The PM will coordinate efforts of the team members and any third party contractors or consultants in order to meet the project deliverables according to the project plan. The PM provides weekly project status updates to management and executive level of the Utility team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree with 6+ years of relevant experience or Associate’s Degree with 8 years of relevant experience or 10 years of relevant experience
• Ability to define measurable project goals and identify potential project schedule risks and cost adherence
• Proficient in defining and using Critical Path Methodology (CPM)
• Proficient in defining project activity constraints and assumptions
• Ability to develop schedules that integrate dependent and independent activities, including start-end time dependencies and time/cost estimates for activities
• Ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the Valmont organization, including customers and third party contractors or consultants
• Demonstrate strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
• Demonstrate ability to use independent judgment and discretion
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Maintain daily project event logs and effectively develop both written and oral project status information
• Models cooperative and team building communication skills
• All MS Office Suite programs and General computer knowledge

Nice To Haves

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Maintain daily project event logs and effectively develop both written and oral project status information
• Models cooperative and team building communication skills
• Proficient in isolating and in managing scope creep
• The ability to identify opportunities for improved project performance
• Understanding contract terms and associated risks
• Understanding standard cost accounting methods
• Undertaking project profitability analysis
• Ability to manage a project team in a matrix organization
• MS Project or other scheduling program experience

Responsibilities

• Direct and manage project development from beginning to end
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support the customer requirements, business goals, and project margin
• Conduct risk identification, assessment, and mitigation strategies
• Identify key project milestones and develop a project timeline and management plan
• Develop full scale project plans and associated communications documents
• Proactively administer contract documents and requirements to control liquidated damage impacts
• Forecast material and resource requirements and manage project team members to meet these requirements
• Communicates with customer, when appropriate, on impacts to schedule and documents changes internally and externally
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stake holders
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools
• Track project milestones and deliverables
• Coordinate the development and delivery of progress reports, requirements documentation and any presentations
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises and devise contingency plans
• Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project lifecycle
• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work
• Provides weekly project updates and reports so as to effectively communicate project status to Sales Director, Site GM and Project Administration Manager
• Build, develop and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project
• Conduct project post mortems and create recommendations report for future project successes
• Develop best practices and tools for project execution and management

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)
• 401k retirement plan with company match
• Paid time off
• Employer paid life insurance
• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave
• Work Life Support
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
• Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree