Project Coordinator

Young Electric Sign Company; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Young Electric Sign Company in Reno, Nevada seeks a Project Coordinator to plan, organize, and execute signage projects on-site. You will attend construction meetings and coordinate with engineering, sales, and subcontractors to meet customer expectations.

Responsibilities include monitoring costs, reading blueprints, scheduling, and ensuring timely close-out with proper documentation. A current driver license is required.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED; or one to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Current driver license is required.

Responsibilities

• Attends all on site construction meetings for customer contract jobs.
• Effectively works with engineering as needed.
• Coordinates with pre-sale personnel (value engineering, design, estimating, permitting).
• Monitors job costs to ensure margins are met.
• Reads and interprets blueprints and engineering documents.
• Effectively communicates with sales staff on job status, dates, and issues.
• Oversees installation and ensures final walk-through with customers.

Skills

Project coordination

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Project

YESCO Workbench

Job description

Minimum: Maximum: Location: Reno, Nevada Job Type: Full time Job Title: Project Coordinator

GENERAL PURPOSE: Effectively plans, organizes, and executes the overall project management plan of all types of signage ensuring that customer expectations of quality and timeliness are met. Continuously strives to improve the processes and employees associated with project management. This is not a remote position. You must live in Reno or the surrounding area to do this job.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Attends all on site construction meetings for customer contract jobs
• Effectively works with corporate for engineering as needed
• Works with pre-sale personnel (value engineering, design, estimating, permitting etc.)
• Attends weekly production meetings
• Monitors job costs throughout projects to ensure margins are met
• Pre-qualify site conditions to confirm they are ready for install
• Obtains bids from sub-contractors as needed
• Orders and schedules equipment (cranes, etc.) and subcontractors (stone, footings, etc)
• Surveys larger jobs or provides information for surveys
• Orders pipes, plates, rebar
• Confirms that drawings match engineering
• Effectively communicates with sales staff on job status, dates, and any issues
• Provides electrical letters to customers and electrical contractors
• Works collaboratively with other YESCO locations regarding production, installation, revenue shares, and WIPT
• Monitors job cost and confirms all costs have been correctly allocated before closing and invoicing job
• Provides schedule of values and documents required for start of customer contract jobs along with close out paper work including any warranty letters, O&M, letters of guarantee
• Issues POs for specialty contractors, (EIFS, overlays, etc.)
• Coordinates revenue shares with other divisions, (National sales, electronics, etc.)
• Outlines a schedule from start to finish of jobs based on customer expectations
• Updates and monitors assigned jobs in Netsuite and other related resources
• Orders electronics and works to confirm there are no conflicts between drawings and engineering
• Confirms accuracy of all major invoices from cranes, concrete, etc
• Responsible for all inspections for larger jobs per the special inspection call outs on the engineering (plan dimensions, soil testing, reinforcing steel, concrete testing, weld inspections, finals)
• Oversees installation on assigned projects
• Responsible for final walk through with customers and punch list items
• Works with electronics to ensure productive installations for larger LED displays
• Work with electronics and service manager for set up of communication with LED’s
• Responds to field questions from production as needed
• Ensures that YESCO customers receive a high quality product within prescribed time limits
• Effectively resolves customer complaints/issues
• Assists estimating with custom jobs, swing stage, and crane quotes
• Effectively reads and interpret blue prints and engineering
• Effectively creates and manages Gantt charts
• Treats all employees with respect
• Meets or exceeds scheduled delivery dates
• Ensures that all jobs are completed within estimated installation hours and that all jobs meet or exceed YESCO’s quality standards
• Continuously looks for ways to eliminate waste throughout the project management process
• Maintains high standards of job performance
• Provides quality leadership
• Continues to evaluate, implement, and sustain continuous improvement initiatives
• Adheres to and exemplifies the mission and core values of YESCO
• Promotes safety at all times and in all situations
• Performs other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High School Diploma or GED; or one to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES

This position requires a current driver license.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as company policies, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports, operating instructions and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Ability to read and interpret blueprints and engineering.

COMPUTER SKILLS

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of MS Word processing software; MS Excel spreadsheet software; MS Project; YESCO Workbench. Ability to create and manage Gantt charts.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands 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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to ascend to heights, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. We maintain a drug free workplace. We do test for marijuana. Young Electric Sign Company is an EEO/AA employer. We welcome all qualified jobseekers. Jobseekers will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic data, religion or other legally protected status.

Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, YESCO is a privately owned sign company established in 1920 and is a top leader in the sign industry.

YESCO is a professional, friendly, family oriented company that provides customers with signs and services of the highest quality with the greatest possible value, and provides good jobs, working conditions and benefits for our employees.

We are seeking good, qualified, enthusiastic individuals who are self-driven and self-motivated and who would love to work for us in an uplifting and enjoyable environment.