Project Manager

ecc; Jersey City (NJ, MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Long Term Disability Insurance

PTO & Holidays

401k with matching and ESOP

Job summary

ECC is seeking a Project Manager in Jersey City, NJ to lead projects to safe completion within budget, on schedule, and to the customer’s satisfaction. This role requires directing the project team on schedule, budget, risk mitigation, safety and quality control.

The position involves managing contracts, staffing, and coordination with clients and subcontractors, ensuring continuing communication and timely submittals while maintaining ECC standards.

Qualifications

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations, FAR knowledge.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from project stakeholders.
• Ability to understand and interpret engineering design drawings and specifications.
• Ability to develop and negotiate subcontractor scopes of work.
• Capable of communicating persuasively and exercising effective negotiation techniques as needed.
• Ability to form strong relationships with management, clients, and subcontractors.
• Skilled in interfacing with executive management to convey project status.

Responsibilities

• Plans and directs activities of designated project to ensure goals or objectives are accomplished within prescribed time frame and funding parameters.
• Create and review project proposal or plan to determine time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of project.
• Ensure project safety and quality is properly incorporated into job planning and execution.
• Establish the work plan and staffing for each phase of project fully understanding project scope and potential risks.
• Arrange for recruitment or assignment of project personnel.
• Confer with project staff to outline work plan and set goals, assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority.
• Direct and coordinate activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget.
• Generate status reports prepared in conjunction with project personnel and modify schedules and plans as required (i.e. weekly and monthly review) and prepare a monthly analysis.
• Analyze cost and schedule problems and initiate new alternatives which will bring the project back on course, and initiate action to execute the plan. Look for and analyze items with excessive costs.
• Manage Contractual agreements and change orders.
• Prepare project reports for management, client, or others clearly keeping everyone involved aware of project progress and challenges.
• Confer with project personnel to provide technical advice and to resolve problems.
• Manage issues and disputes between workers, clients, and subcontractors professionally and timely.
• Ensure that submittals and progress payments are processed timely.
• Coordinates project activities with activities of government regulatory or other governmental agencies
• Manage supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws
• In addition to the accountabilities above, other responsibilities, tasks, and deliverables may be assigned to the incumbent of this position

Skills

Project management

Budgeting

Risk management

Scheduling

Safety

Quality control

Contract management

Negotiation

Microsoft Office

Reading drawings

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or science

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

ECC is seeking candidates for a Project Manager position. This position is the Company’s “management representative” and is primarily responsible for the safe completion of the project(s) within budget, on schedule, within the Company’s quality standards, and to the customer’s satisfaction.The duties include leading the project team on all aspects of the project including schedule, budget, risk mitigation, safety, and quality control.The Project Manager duties include initiating action and managing the activities of the project to mitigate risk and to achieve successfully project completion. In this position, you will:

• Plans and directs activities of designated project to ensure that goals or objectives of project are accomplished within prescribed time frame and funding parameters
• Create and review project proposal or plan to determine time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of project
• Ensure project safety and quality is properly incorporated into job planning and execution
• Establish the work plan and staffing for each phase of project fully understanding project scope and potential risks.
• Arrange for recruitment or assignment of project personnel
• Confer with project staff to outline work plan and set goals, assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority
• Direct and coordinate activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget
• Generate status reports prepared in conjunction with project personnel and modify schedules and plans as required (i.e. weekly and monthly review) and prepare a monthly analysis
• Analyze cost and schedule problems and initiate new alternatives which will bring the project back on course, and initiate action to execute the plan. Look for and analyze items with excessive costs.
• Manage Contractual agreements and change orders.
• Prepare project reports for management, client, or others clearly keeping everyone involved aware of project progress and challenges.
• Confer with project personnel to provide technical advice and to resolve problems
• Manage issues and disputes between workers, clients, and subcontractors professionally and timely.
• Ensure that submittals and progress payments are processed timely.
• Coordinates project activities with activities of government regulatory or other governmental agencies
• Manage supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws
• In addition to the accountabilities above, other responsibilities, tasks, and deliverables may be assigned to the incumbent of this position

Requirements

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations, FAR knowledge
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from project stakeholders
• Ability to understand and interpret engineering design drawings and specifications
• Ability to develop and negotiate subcontractor scopes of work
• Capable of communicating persuasively and exercising effective negotiation techniques as needed
• Ability to form strong relationships with management, clients, and subcontractors
• Skilled in interfacing with executive management to convey project status
• Competent in using Microsoft Office products, email systems, and Windows
• Ability to develop, maintain, and effectively communicate project schedules.
• Minimum two years successful project management experience with emphasis on management of costs, schedule, communication and application of other project resources on environmental remediation projects.
• Travel:Must be able and willing to work on-site at project location with periodic travel home with project management approval.
• Education:Bachelor's degree in engineering or science. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted for this requirement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of five years working on environmental remediation projects
• Firm fixed price and cost-plus fixed fee project experience
• Department of Defense (DoD) client experience
• Prior experience working with ECC preferred

The targeted base salary range for this position is $110,000 to $120,000 annually.
Actual salary offered may be affected by education, training, certifications, experience, skills, level of responsibility, and location.

Benefits Offered – full-time positions

*Benefits subject to change.

• Medical/Dental/Prescription/Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance, Long Term Disability Insurance
• Paid Time off and Holiday Pay
• 401k with deferral matching, ESOP, Student Debt Reduction Program
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Educational Assistance, Mentorship Program, ECC University
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Company-matching charitable giving program