Construction Project Manager, Fire Alarm Installation
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Job summary
ArchKey Solutions seeks a Construction Project Manager focused on Fire Alarm Installation to lead electrical projects across national sites. The role requires ensuring design adherence, NEC compliance, and on-time delivery with travel to project locations.
The ideal candidate has 3–5 years PM experience, strong communication and leadership, and is adept with fire alarm systems like Notifier, Siemens, or Potter. Travel and safety compliance are essential for success.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in electrical, mechanical, civil engineering, project management, construction management or related field.
- Minimum 3–5 years of project management experience with PM lifecycle understanding.
- Experience with installation of fire alarm systems such as Notifier, Siemens, Potter, etc.
- Knowledge of PM tools, construction methods, estimating, budgeting, and OSHA regulations.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work with diverse teams and manage subcontractors and labor agreements.
Responsibilities
- Oversee total construction and design effort to ensure compliance with design, NEC, budget and schedule.
- Coordinate communication among General Contractors, Subcontractors, Superintendents, and foremen.
- Authorize project staffing decisions including superintendent and foreman selection.
- Guide planning, scheduling, and engineering functions.
- Participate in estimating and bid proposals.
- Review purchasing, invoices, and change orders; ensure safety programs per OSHA.
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Job description
Location: Fenton, MO, United States
Job Type: Full-Time
Department:
PROJECT MANAGER- Fire Alarm Installation
This position is a travel role to one of our national project sites.
ArchKey is one of the nations largest privately held specialty trade installation and integrated facility service companies. We are a leader in designing, building and maintaining electrical, technologies and specialty systems. Were the POWER behind making the improbable possible.
Were electrifying the nation, energizing the future and bringing communities to life like never before. What we do today shapes the vision of tomorrow. Our work impacts lives long after the building is done. This means we are committed to building in ways that are not just technologically advanced, but sustainable, scalable and equitable by all. Were not just energizing infrastructure, were energizing careers, communities, and the future.
Made up of the brightest minds in the industry, our team is our greatest asset, bringing knowledge, skills, and experience to every project. This is more than a call to join us, its an invitation to be part of a visionary journey, to grow with us as we scale.
As a Project Manager, you will provide overall administrative and technical direction for electrical projects. You will provide technical and engineering support as required by the projects. Our Project Managers play a key role in having overall bottom-line responsibility for profit and loss and consequently carry the authority appropriately.
This position will be focused on Fire and Life Safety Systems.
- Can flex and adapt to the growing needs of the business.
- Can work autonomously and creatively solve problems.
- Has a growth mindset and is always looking to continually learn and grow.
- Oversee total construction and design effort (if applicable) to ensure the project is constructed in accordance with design, National Electric Code, budget, and schedule.
- Act as a liaison to coordinate communication between both internal and external members on the project including, but not limited to: General Contractors, Subcontractors, Superintendents, General Foremen, and union officials.
- Authorize and/or approve all project staff transactions including choice of the superintendent, general foremen, foremen, staff volume, and wages.
- Provide directions to planning, scheduling, and engineering functions.
- Participate in estimating projects and writing bid proposals.
- Review and approve purchase requisitions, payment approvals, sending invoices, and changing order requests.
- Assists in the implementation/interpretation of safety programs and ensures that all OSHA requirements are met.
- Ensure that all company client and project policies, procedures, and standards are adhered to and interpret the policies.
- Ensure the maintenance of all official project documentation and logs.
- Provide directions to planning, scheduling, and engineering functions.
- Responsible for customer maintenance and other sales and marketing.
- Maintain a thorough understanding of labor agreements and standards specific to projects.
- Perform additional assignments per supervisor's direction.
- Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience in electrical, mechanical, or civil engineering, project management, business administration, construction management or a related field.
- Minimum 3-5 years of project management experience. Solid project management training and skills. Thorough understanding of the project life cycle.
- Experience and proficiency with installation of fire alarm systems such as Notifier, Siemens, Potter, etc
- Knowledge of and proficiency with project management tools and techniques, construction methods and materials, estimating, costing, power, lighting, systems design and general industry safety standards, procedures, and OSHA regulations. Skills to read, interpret and understand electrical contracts, plans, drawings, blueprints, and specifications. Excellent financial, analytical, and mathematical skills.
- Customer focus, delegation, presentation, and decision-making skills. Strong organizational, critical thinking skills and detail orientation. Demonstrated high level of integrity and dependability.
- Strong listening, verbal, and written communication skills. Effective independent problem solving, negotiation, time management and prioritization skills.
- Collaboration, coaching, teamwork, and interpersonal skills. Ability to work with diverse work teams. Working knowledge of collective bargaining agreements.
- Work experience with continuous improvement methodologies and/or similar applications. Strong process orientation.
- Travel to project sites is required, which may include temporary relocation for the duration of the project.
At ArchKey Solutions, our benefits package includes competitive health insurance options (medical, dental, and vision), a robust 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match, paid time off and holidays, and access to wellness programs. Additionally, we offer professional development opportunities, tuition reimbursement, and employee assistance programs to support your growth and well-being. We ensure that our benefits are designed to promote the health, security, and work-life balance of our employees. Additional information is available at Archkey.com.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We are an Aff
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