Project Manager

HireWorks, LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

HireWorks, LLC in Houston, TX is seeking a Project Manager to provide technical project support for sales efforts and oversee installation projects. You will ensure profitability, manage risk, and act as a strong communicator with clients, vendors, and internal teams.

Responsibilities include coordinating pre-order activities, confirming site requirements, scheduling installations, tracking deliveries, and conducting site visits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university; or two plus years of related experience in project management in a contract office furniture dealership.
• Excellent technical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills in communication
• Understanding of how to manage complex supply chain
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects at once

Responsibilities

• Coordinate project scope and requirements with the Operations Manager and/or installation teams.
• Request labor quotes and perform site visits to confirm details.
• Lead pre-install and post-order meetings and ensure safety and compliance.
• Manage deliveries, track shipments, and communicate status to team.
• Attend status meetings and client/GC meetings to report progress.
• Maintain relationships with vendors and scheduling installations.

Skills

Technical skills

Interpersonal communication

Supply chain management

Organizational skills

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

PlanGrid

Project Spec

Adobe Acrobat

MS Office

Excel

Job description

My client is looking for a Project Manager to provide technical project support for the sales efforts of the company. This role is critical in retaining profitability and finding ways to avoid risk throughout a project. Project managers are accountable for ensuring the overall success of a project’s installation. It’s also critically important for the Project Manager to possess strong customer service skills and be a strong communicator.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Pre-order
• Communicate the project scope and requirements with the Operations Manager and/or installation companies. Request labor quotes from the installation companies.
• Perform site visits to confirm site infrastructure, details, and requirements and communicate with the team.
• Review proposed product applications and communicate in project team meeting findings to ensure proper functionality.
• Assist in the preliminary and final tagging of the product lines in Kham.
• Review approved design development downloads from design.
• Post-order
• Review preliminary and final core plans from design as required.
• Lead and coordinate pre-install meetings with all parties involved
• Schedule installations with the clients or GC’s and communicate to the team.
• Communicate and ensure the installation companies’ compliance with all safety training, badging, and other project requirements.
• Receive PlanGrid file from PC and upload necessary files as the project progresses.
• Manage and coordinate all manufacture deliveries at site with the installation companies.
• Continually review the product shipment status, LTL’s, shortages, and delays from manufacturers and communicate to the team.
• Perform preliminary punch list walkthrough with installation companies to remedy all on-site issues prior to formal punch with client.
• Perform formal punch list walkthrough with client and communicate with PC all product issues required to be rectified.
• Perform site visits as required, identifying any short shipments, damages, wrong product, and communicate to PC’s for service notification submittals to the manufacturers.
• Ongoing
• Communicate effectively with customer and internal team throughout project
• Responsible for creating and maintaining strong working relationships with installation and product vendors.
• Attend weekly status report meetings to review active projects with the team.
• Attend client and GC meetings as required and communicate to team the project status.
• Obtain COI’s from installation companies and forward copies to finance.
• Review weekly backlogs and send invoicing requests to finance for product and service invoicing.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Required Education
• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university; or two plus years of related experience in project management in a contract office furniture dealership.
• Required skills
• Excellent technical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills in communication
• Understanding of how to manage complex supply chain
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects at once
• Preferred skills
• PlanGrid
• Project Spec
• Adobe Acrobat
• Good knowledge of MS Office and proficient in Excel.
• High level of product knowledge
• High level of independence – able to work with minimal supervision