Construction Project Manager

Aqua, Inc.; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Essential Utilities, Inc. is seeking a Project Manager - Construction to oversee schedules for gas distribution projects from an office setting, coordinating with project managers, supervisors, and field staff to keep timelines on track.

The role emphasizes data accuracy in schedules and budgets, supporting change management and applying best practices to improve efficiency. You will contribute to ERP updates and provide leadership to ensure deadlines and productivity across projects.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or other technical field.
• Minimum of 8 years of design, estimating or construction project management experience, preferably in the oil and gas industry.
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and other Office programs.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize, organize and schedule work.

Responsibilities

• Communicates and coordinates with Project Managers, Supervisors, Managers, and Operational Field Staff across projects and markets.
• Ensures accuracy of data in project schedules, budgets and metrics tracking.
• Oversees schedules for self-performed and subcontracted projects of varying size.
• Manages multiple projects and categorizes them by complexity.
• Advises on workload, monitors backlog and maintains productive crews.
• Provides technical and financial oversight and constructability reviews during design and estimating.
• Supports change management with objective documentation of scope changes.
• Follows project management best practices and identifies efficiency improvements.
• Plans and supervises scheduling, engineering, material control, and administrative staff when needed.
• Updates project status in ERP and reports to internal stakeholders; oversees deadlines and productivity.

Skills

MS Office proficiency

Multi-tasking & prioritization

Education

BS in Engineering/Construction Management/Architecture

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

SAP

MRS

Job description

Project Manager - Construction

The Project Manager - Construction manages the construction project schedules for multiple construction projects, coordinating information from various stakeholders in the development of schedules, tracking project progress and providing guidance and feedback to the construction organization and company management. This is more of an office-based position vs field. Are you a leader that likes to solution issues for the business? Let's talk!

Responsibilities

• Communicates and coordinates with Project Managers, Supervisors, Managers, and Operational Field Staff from multiple disciplines on information related to various projects across business areas and geographical markets.
• Ensures accuracy of reported data provided by the construction group to update and analyze project schedules, project budgets and metric tracking instruments.
• Oversees construction schedules for self-performed and subcontracted projects of various scope and size.
• Manages multiple projects and identifies project categories (small medium and large) of low to moderate complexity.
• Advises construction operations of project work load on short term and long term schedules and monitors backlog of construction ready projects providing leadership and support to keep construction crews productive on multiple gas distribution projects.
• Provides technical support, financial oversight, andconstructability reviews during the design and estimating process on multiple projects.
• Provides financialoversight during project construction and identifies, clarifies, and documents changes from initial project objectives and scope of work to support the change management process.
• Follows company project management best practices and identifies area for improvement.
• Plans, coordinates and supervises scheduling, engineering, material control, and may provide day-to-day direction of administrative staff in scheduling, accounting, purchasing, etc.
• Updates project status in the company's ERP system on a regular basis and ensures that projectfinancials are accurately reported and communicates project status on a regular basis to both internal stakeholders.
• Oversees project schedule to ensure deadlines met; monitors productivity and schedule performance; resolves schedule issues or conflicts in conjunction with construction and makes necessary recommendations to meet project budget and schedule requirements.
• Follows company project management best practices and advises managers on correction actions, recommendations for improvement, or identifies opportunities for increased efficiency.

Minimum Requirements

• BS in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or other technical field.
• Minimum of 8 years of design, estimating or construction project management experience, preferably in the oil and gas industry.
• Proficient skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and other Microsoft office suite programs.
• Multi-tasking ability to prioritize, organize, schedule work.

Preferred Skill Requirements / Qualifications

• Registration as a Professional Engineer is preferred but not required.
• PMP certification is preferred.
• Experience in scheduling software, MS project, Primavera, etc.
• Experience in Enterprise Management Software and Resource Management Software including SAP and MRS.
• Previous experience encountering new and varied work situations interacting with others both inside and outside the company (immediate associates, field engineers, vendors, and clients).

Equal Employment Opportunity

Peoples is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and inclusive workforce. We strongly encourage applications from women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons, regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status or any other status protected by law.

Peoples Natural Gas is committed as an equal opportunity employer. To maintain the integrity of the recruitment process and to avoid real or perceived conflicts of interest due to employment and/or assignment of family members and personal referrals, specific guidelines apply to the hiring and assignment of these individuals, including, but not limited to:

• Family members cannot result in a supervisor/subordinate reporting relationship.
• Family members cannot work in the same department.

Essential Utilities, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Equal employment opportunity is provided to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to the following legally protected characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions, including medical conditions related to lactation), physical or mental disability, covered-veteran status, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal law.
Essential Utilities is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you have a condition that may prevent you from applying for a job online or need to request an accommodation during the interview process, please call (1-877-271-9012).
To maintain the integrity of the recruitment process and to avoid real or perceived conflicts of interest due to employment and/or assignment of family members and personal referrals, specific guidelines apply to the hiring and assignment of these individuals including, but not limited to:

• Family members cannot result in a supervisor/subordinate reporting relationship.
• Family members cannot work in the same department.