Electrical Project Manager

Find Great People | FGP; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Find Great People | FGP seeks an experienced Electrical Project Manager to lead assigned projects from conception through payment, ensuring profitable completion and compliant closeout. You will translate estimates into executable plans, manage budgets, schedules, and manpower, and coordinate procurement and subcontractors in the Charleston and Columbia markets.

The role requires strong leadership, exceptional communication, and a track record in fast-paced construction environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of electrical project management experience preferred.
• Experience in electrical estimating and budget management.
• Strong scheduling, cost control, forecasting, change management, procurement, billing, and closeout.
• Proficient with AutoCAD is a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and customer service.
• Demonstrated leadership and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced construction environment.

Responsibilities

• Own assigned projects from conception through payment in full, including planning, execution, billing, collection, and closeout.
• Manage projects for successful and profitable completion, up to ~$5 million.
• Turnover meetings to translate estimates into executable plans, budgets, manpower, and schedules.
• Maintain project schedules within budgets; monitor manpower, productivity, costs, and forecasts.
• Ensure team understands scope, plans, specs, and quality expectations.
• Identify deviations and manage change orders to protect cost recovery.
• Oversee procurement and coordination of materials, equipment, subcontractors, and resources.
• Maintain documentation and ensure compliance with notices and reporting.
• Generate timely billings, manage retainage and cash flow.
• Lead communication with customers, field leadership, subcontractors, and internal departments.
• Set goals for Superintendents and provide coaching to improve safety, quality, productivity.
• Resolve customer concerns and maintain relationships.
• Develop industry relationships; identify follow-on work and new opportunities in Charleston/Columbia.
• Manage project closeout and post-project reviews to improve future performance.

Skills

Electrical project management

Estimating & budgeting

Scheduling & cost control

Procurement & subcontractors

AutoCAD

Communication skills

Leadership

Construction industry knowledge

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

• Own assigned projects from turnover/conception through payment in full, including planning, execution, billing, collection, and closeout.
• Manage projects for successful and profitable completion; the current general PM description contemplates projects up to approximately $5 million.
• Participate in turnover meetings and translate estimates into executable project plans, budgets, manpower plans, and schedules.
• Establish and maintain project schedules within estimated budgets; monitor manpower, productivity, cost, quantities, and job forecasts throughout the project.
• Ensure the project team fully understands the contracted scope, plans, specifications, and quality expectations.
• Identify scope deviations promptly and manage notices, documentation, pricing, and change orders to protect cost recovery.
• Oversee procurement and coordination of materials, equipment, tools, subcontractors, and other project resources.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and comply with contractual notice and reporting requirements; ensure required documentation is completed timely.
• Generate and maintain timely billings, manage retainage and collections, and support the most advantageous project cash flow.
• Lead communication with customers, field leadership, subcontractors, vendors, and internal departments including Finance/AP, Purchasing, Equipment, HR, Safety, and Estimating.
• Set clear goals for Superintendents, provide coaching and performance feedback, and help field teams improve safety, quality, productivity, and execution.
• Resolve customer concerns professionally and maintain relationships that exceed customer expectations.
• Develop and maintain industry relationships; identify follow-on work, additional sales, and new project opportunities in the Charleston and Columbia markets.
• Manage project closeout, including punch list completion, claims or issue resolution, retainage collection, final documentation, and internal project review.
• Conduct post-project reviews and provide actionable feedback to field leadership and estimating to improve future performance.

EDUCATION, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE

• 5+ years of successful electrical project management experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of electrical estimating and the ability to understand and manage project estimates and budgets.
• Strong knowledge of project scheduling, cost control, forecasting, change management, procurement, billing, and closeout.
• Strong computer skills; AutoCAD experience is a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong customer-service and interpersonal capabilities.
• Demonstrated leadership, organization, accountability, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced construction environment.

SUCCESS IN THIS ROLE

Success will be measured by safe and quality project execution, achievement of project budgets and schedules, timely change-order and billing management, strong cash collection and closeout, effective field leadership, customer satisfaction, and contribution to profitable electrical growth across the Charleston and Columbia markets.