Electrical Project Coordinator

Helix Electric; Commerce (CA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Plans

Vision Plan

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Critical Illness Insurance

Hospital Insurance

401(k) Plan with Match

Employee Discount Program through Perk

Tax Savings Accounts – FSA, HSA, DCFSA

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Helix Electric was founded in 1985 and is one of the nation’s largest electrical contracting companies. Our Assistant Project Manager assists the Project Manager on projects and serves as the liaison between the field and the office, defining objectives, planning, executing, and finalizing projects according to schedule and budget.

The role involves supporting senior management, developing teams, managing procurement and contracts, and ensuring adherence to quality and profitability targets

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of project engineer experience in electrical construction.
• Understand engineering in electric power.
• Field experience coordinating with construction management.
• Extensive knowledge of project scheduling, bids, take offs, change orders, and contracts.
• Demonstrated ability to develop relationships and assist in winning projects.
• Demonstrated ability to run a profitable portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Close support of senior project management team.
• Develop project teams while delivering quality output, meeting customer expectations, managing to scope, delivering on time, and delivering within budget.
• Develop and support project management techniques and schedule goals, procurement and contractual requirements, personnel assignments, and capacity planning.
• Evaluate and continually improve the systems and processes used by the department to effectively meet customer requirements and profitability goals with an emphasis on strong internal unit tracking methods.
• Ensure schedule requirements are met. Readily adjust priorities and milestones based upon changing customer needs, resource availability, and job requirements.
• Interact with the customer to validate expectations are understood and met before, during, and after project completion.
• Provide close support and oversight for third-party construction firms and subcontractors.
• Manage project review process with particular emphasis on financial forecasting.
• Ensure high-quality engineering, studies, and Helix project delivery.
• Proactively and systematically communicate challenges, risks, and successes.
• Oversee monthly invoicing process per project terms and negotiate appropriate change orders.
• Coordination with Site Superintendent(s) to understand and assess installation methods, labor needs, and manpower forecasts.
• Close support and oversight on adherence to the Quality Control process.
• Close support to ensure that all downstream team members are meeting deadlines on assigned tasks.

Skills

Project coordination

Scheduling

Budgeting

Client relations

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Leadership

Education

BSEE or Construction Management degree

Tools

Electrical license

Job description

Helix Electric was founded in 1985 and is one of the nation’s largest electrical contracting companies. Our Assistant Project Manager assists the Project Manager on projects and serves as the liaison between the field and the office, defining objectives, planning, executing, and finalizing projects according to schedule and budget.

The role involves supporting senior management, developing teams, managing procurement and contracts, and ensuring adherence to quality and profitability targets