Building Automation Construction Project Managers

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc. is seeking a Building Automation Project Manager for NYC area projects. The candidate will oversee installation and construction activities for building automation systems, ensuring safety, quality, and on-time delivery.

Responsibilities include managing subcontractors, coordinating with stakeholders, and maintaining project documentation from initiation through turnover. A four-year engineering/technical degree or equivalent experience is required, with strong

Qualifications

• At least 6+ years experience as a Project Engineer, or combined years of system application engineering or technician experience.
• Strong knowledge of HVAC, BMS, and/or security systems as well as construction means and methods.
• Ability to lead teams, delegate responsibilities, and communicate with customers and subcontractors.

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct and coordinate activities of project teams to ensure projects are executed safely, on time, within budget, and billed promptly.
• Prepare installation subcontractor bidding documents, descopes, negotiate subcontracts, and manage schedule, change orders and billings.
• Manage customer-facing communications and ensure safety plans, site audits, PPE, toolbox talks, and adherence to jobsite requirements.
• Forecast manpower and resources, generate a Project Execution Plan, and execute in compliance with contract documents and approved plans.
• Obtain and organize project contracts in Studio360 and maintain RFI, meeting minutes, punchlists, logs and change orders.
• Prepare revenue forecasts, schedules of values, and ensure final project documentation is delivered and payment collected.
• Perform QA/QC on project documentation and assist in project turnover to service.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Contracting processes

Communication skills

HVAC/BMS knowledge

Education

Engineering/technical degree (4-year)

Tools

Studio360

PM tools

Job description

Building Automation Construction Project Managers

My client is a growing Building Automation and Energy Management company. They are actively seeking New Installation/Construction Project Managers for NYC area projects.

Position: Building Automation Project Manager

What will you do?

• This position is typically held by an individual that has at least 6+ years’ experience as a Project Engineer, or combined years of system application engineering or technician experience. This position plans, directs and coordinates activities of project teams to ensure that projects are executed in accordance with all company and site safety requiremnts, accomplished on time, implemented at or below the estimated cost, and billed in a timely fashion throughout the duration of the project.
• Project managers must have construction industry knowledge, strong communication skills, strong understanding of contracting procedures and experience with responsibilities such as project correspondence, documentation, timely notice of changes and claims, negotiation and subcontract and vendor management. This individual should have an understanding of HVAC, BMS, and/or security systems as well as practical understanding of construction means and methods, building codes, and standards.
• They must exhibit strong leadership skills including directing activity of team members and the ability to empower others through delegating responsibility. Project managers report into the Operations Manager, or a Program Manager in larger operations teams.

What qualifications will make you successful for this role?

• Accountable for financial management on all assigned projects
• Prepares installation subcontractor bidding documents, descopes and negotiates subcontracts, and manages schedule,
  change orders, and billings
• Responsible for all customer facing communication
• Responsibility for safety and well being of employees and subcontractors on projects, inclusive of creation of site safety plans, site audits, PPE provision, and toolbox talks and adherenace to jobsite requirements
• Manages resources by planning, scheduling, and forecasting manpower and resource requirements
• Generates a Project Execution Plan for approval by leadership when required, and executes project in compliance with
  contract documents, project estimate, and approved execution plan
• Obtain, organize, and maintain all project contract documents in Studio360 through usage of Schneider Electric project
  management tools
• Accountable for documentation of projects, including but not limited to RFI's, meeting minutes, punchlists, transmittal logs, submittal logs, change order logs and issues logs]
• Prepares project revenue forecasts, schedules of values, and billings
• Works to maximize GM improvement on all projects by leveraging labor efficiencies, outsourcing or overseas labor, and
  purchasing to reduce costs
• Prepares and updates project schedule and cost to complete estimates 12)
  Coordinates all change order review and pricing activity, including responsibility for estimating and proposal creation
• Prepares and delivers final project documentation to the customer and collect payment
• Ability to prepare written recovery plans for non performing projects
• QA/QC for project documentation
• Project turnover to service and customer.Participate in basic field startup using standard start up and checkout processes
• Four (4) year engineering/technical degree or equivalent work experience