Electrical Senior Project Manager (34080)

CEC; Taylor (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

CEC is seeking an experienced Project Manager to oversee electrical construction projects from kickoff to closeout, ensuring quality, safety, and budget adherence. You will manage financial reporting, labor, materials, and changes, while maintaining cash flow and value through accurate scheduling and change orders.

You will lead and mentor teams, coordinate with field staff, and ensure projects are completed on time and within budget, with a strong focus on profitability and client satisfaction.

Qualifications

• BSME or Construction Management degree is a plus, high school diploma is required.
• 8+ years project management experience in electrical/construction.
• Strong relationship-building to win projects.
• Experience in electrical estimating is a plus.
• Supervisory experience is required.
• Journeyman/Master Electrician license a plus.
• Strong computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of assigned projects from start to finish.
• Manage financial reporting, labor, materials, and changes.
• Develop schedules of values and ensure positive cash flow.
• Lead project teams, meet customer expectations, deliver on time and within budget.
• Monitor progress, communicate with customers, and approve change orders.
• Conduct weekly jobsite visits and participate in project meetings.

Skills

Budget tracking

Scheduling

People management

Communication skills

Safety procedures

Project profitability focus

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Construction Management

High School Diploma

Job description

CEC is one of the top specialty subcontractors in the country. With our rapid growth, we’re looking for passionate, talented, and creative individuals to join our team. If you’re ready for a challenge that will elevate your career, this is the right place, right time, right people.

Position Summary

This position works under minimal supervision and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of assigned projects from commencement to completion. Responsible for all financial reporting on a project as well as tracking and projecting of all labor, material, job expenses, and changes. Manages monthly financial projections, creation of job specific schedule of values which maintains positive cash flow, and will create, submit, and manage all submittals throughout the entire project.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Responsible for all financial reporting, tracking and projection of all labor, material, job expense, and changes for each project assigned.
• Develop and build strong teams for each project while delivering quality output, meeting customer expectations, managing to scope, delivering on time, and delivering within budget.
• Drive division profitability through effective project execution.
• Manage, mentor, and develop direct reports and supervise indirect reports.
• Ensure schedule requirements are met for all projects. 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.
• Develop and lead project management technical and schedule goals, procurement and contractual requirements, personnel assignments and capacity planning.
• Monthly financial projections for each project assigned.
• Create a project specific Schedule of Values that will maintain positive cash flow for each project assigned.
• Monthly progress billing for each project assigned
• Create, submit, and manage and maintain all submittals, drawing, correspondence, and change logs throughout the entire project.
• Submit, review for added cost, file and log all RFIs.
• Price, budget, track, sell and collect all proposed changes.
• Oversee invoice per project terms and negotiate appropriate change orders.
• Prepare, organize, and manage material buyouts.
• Schedule and track material releases. Coordinate with GC, project schedule, and Superintendent as needed.
• Set up all cost codes and production tracking with Superintendent
• Assist Superintendent in production tracking and analysis.
• Weekly jobsite visits and attend all jobsite meetings as required.
• Project schedule analysis. Issue notices and alerts as required.
• Organize and submit job closeout documentation. (As-builts, O&Ms.)
• Performs other related duties as assigned to ensure efficient and effective processes, completion of projects and smooth operation of department.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• BSME or Construction Management a plus, high school diploma required.
• 8+ years Project Management experience in electrical construction.
• Demonstrated ability to develop relationships and assist in winning projects.
• Prior experience in electrical estimating.
• Supervisory experience.
• Journeyman or Master Electricians license is a plus.
• Strong Computer skills.

Required Skill, Knowledge, And Abilities

• Must have a current Drivers License and reliable transportation.
• Must meet attendance standards and comply with late/absence notification procedures.
• Must be able to pass drug and background check.
• Proven people management, process management, and performance management skills.
• Field experience coordination with construction management.
• Strong budget tracking, labor tracking, and scheduling skills.
• Proven experience and ability to analyze information and set up budgets.
• Extensive knowledge of project scheduling, bids, take offs, change orders, and contracts.
• Can perform accurate and organized take off from contract documents.
• Knowledge of financial software, accounting practices, change order pricing and billings.
• Exceptional communication skills, both oral and written.
• Demonstrated ability to run a profitable portfolio.
• Working knowledge of safety procedures and true believer in safety.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job may work inside or outside with possible exposure to extreme hot or cold temperatures and weather elements in restricted or confined spaces, and on slippery or uneven surfaces. This job may have exposure to working on ladders, scaffolds, aerial lifts, catwalks, and other exposures typical of heavy construction. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.

Physical Demands

• Must be able to travers and inspect all areas of jobsite in all types of weather; this may include walking, climbing reaching, bending crawling, standing or stretching.
• The employee must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, lift and /or move up to 50 pounds
• Move about on the feet regularly. Sit for extended periods of time.
• Requires the ability to sit and work at a computer for extended periods of time.
• May require travel.
• Exposure to characteristic construction site dangers.
• Talk and hear, ability to communicate with others both written and orally and by telephone.
• Possess good vision, normal or corrected. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision to discern color coded wires, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Possesses good hearing, normal or corrected.
• Must be able to wear personal protective equipment (hard hat, safety glasses, safety vest), as needed.
• Must be able to work 8 hours a day, 40 hours per week, and overtime as required and night shifts, as needed. Must be on-call to address delays, emergencies, bad weather, and other issues at the jobsite.
• Must be able to work in the presence of customers and their representatives with little or no interference or disruption to the customer while maintaining a professional and courteous image.

CEC Companies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to attracting and retaining the best-qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.