IT Project Manager

Turner-Mining-Group-LLC; Elko (NV); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner Staffing Group is seeking an on-site, project-based IT Project Manager in the Elko, NV area to support complex IT initiatives. The role entails advanced project controls, financial analysis, planning, governance, and execution across multiple workstreams.

The ideal candidate will manage schedules, budgets, risks, and KPIs while coordinating with stakeholders and vendors in a fast-paced project environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with IT project management and project controls.
• Proficient in scheduling, forecasting, budgeting, and resource planning.
• Skilled in project financial analysis and cost controls.
• Strong ability to manage risks, issues, dependencies, and changes.
• Experience delivering executive-level reporting and KPI development.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional stakeholders and vendors.
• Knowledge of project governance and structured management practices.
• Capacity to juggle multiple priorities in a complex environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, forecasts, budgets, and resource plans.
• Perform project financial analysis, including budget-to-actual variance analysis, forecasting, accruals, commitments, and cost projections.
• Monitor project performance and proactively identify schedule, cost, resource, and delivery risks.
• Own and facilitate RAID management across assigned projects and programs.
• Develop executive-level dashboards, project status reports, KPIs, and portfolio reporting.
• Coordinate dependencies across multiple projects, technical teams, vendors, and business groups.
• Lead project governance activities and support compliance with established project management standards.
• Facilitate project planning sessions, risk reviews, status meetings, and stakeholder meetings.
• Manage change requests and evaluate their impact on schedule, cost, resources, and scope.
• Support annual project planning, budgeting, forecasting, and portfolio prioritization.
• Independently lead smaller or moderately complex projects and workstreams as assigned.
• Support procurement, contract management, vendor performance, and project financial controls.
• Provide project information, reporting, and analysis to IT project leadership.
• Assist Project Managers in developing recovery plans for projects that are behind schedule or over budget.

Skills

IT project management

Project scheduling

Budgeting

Forecasting

Risk management

Stakeholder coordination

Vendor coordination

KPI reporting

Governance

Job description

Turner Staffing Group is seeking an on-site, project-based IT Project Manager in the Elko, NV area to support a project with one of our partners. This position provides advanced project controls, financial analysis, planning, governance, and execution support across complex IT projects and programs.

The IT Project Manager will independently manage smaller projects and workstreams while supporting Project Managers and Program Managers on larger initiatives. The ideal candidate is highly organized and analytical, with the ability to manage schedules, budgets, risks, reporting, dependencies, and multiple stakeholders in a complex project environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, forecasts, budgets, and resource plans.
• Perform project financial analysis, including budget-to-actual variance analysis, forecasting, accruals, commitments, and cost projections.
• Monitor project performance and proactively identify schedule, cost, resource, and delivery risks.
• Own and facilitate RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies) management across assigned projects and programs.
• Develop executive-level dashboards, project status reports, KPIs, and portfolio reporting.
• Coordinate dependencies across multiple projects, technical teams, vendors, and business groups.
• Lead project governance activities and support compliance with established project management standards.
• Facilitate project planning sessions, risk reviews, status meetings, and stakeholder meetings.
• Manage change requests and evaluate their impact on schedule, cost, resources, and scope.
• Support annual project planning, budgeting, forecasting, and portfolio prioritization.
• Independently lead smaller or moderately complex projects and workstreams as assigned.
• Support procurement, contract management, vendor performance, and project financial controls.
• Provide project information, reporting, and analysis to IT project leadership.
• Assist Project Managers in developing recovery plans for projects that are behind schedule or over budget.

Qualifications

The provided job description does not specify minimum education, years of experience, certifications, or required technical systems, so I would avoid inventing those requirements. Based strictly on the documented responsibilities, candidates should be able to demonstrate experience with:

• IT project management and project controls.
• Project scheduling, forecasting, budgeting, and resource planning.
• Project financial analysis and cost controls.
• Risk, issue, dependency, and change management.
• Executive-level project reporting and KPI development.
• Cross-functional stakeholder and vendor coordination.
• Project governance and structured project management practices.
• Managing multiple priorities in a complex project environment.

About Turner Staffing Group

Turner Staffing Group connects skilled professionals with challenging opportunities across industries and project environments. This contract assignment offers the opportunity to contribute to complex IT initiatives while working through Turner Staffing Group.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.

Turner Staffing Group is an equal opportunity employer.