Project Manager Commercial Electrical

Barts Electric Co; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Electric Co is seeking a Project Manager in Kansas City, MO, responsible for planning and managing commercial electrical construction projects. The role demands a Bachelor's Degree in relevant fields or substantial field experience. Responsibilities include overseeing project documentation, networking with clients, and ensuring profitability while maintaining high safety standards. Ideal candidates will possess excellent communication skills and proficiency in related software. The position offers a salary range of $100,000‑140,000 and emphasizes a people-first approach within the company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field or 5 years of electrical field experience with 1 year of electrical estimating experience.
• Travel: 20%-50%, as needed.
• Ability to work independently or in teams and make quick decisions.

Responsibilities

• Plans and manages electrical construction projects, ensuring safety and profitability.
• Identifies and generates new business, networking with customers.
• Manages all project documentation including submittals and RFIs.

Skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

ProCore

BlueBeam

Attention to detail

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management, Project Management, Electrical Engineering, or related fields

Tools

Viewpoint Spectrum

Vista

Job description

Project Manager – Commercial Electrical

Location: Kansas City, MO

Key Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes, and manages electrical construction projects, ensuring safety, profitability, timeliness, high quality, and customer satisfaction.
• Identifies and generates new business, networking and maintaining customer relationships.
• Promotes a positive company culture through friendly and constructive employee relations.
• Works with the Purchasing Department and vendors to coordinate effective material procurement.
• Attends all required internal and external project meetings (e.g., ORM’s, staff meetings, jobsite coordination meetings).
• Participates in field staff performance reviews; conducts employee performance reviews, coaches employees, and establishes merit wage increases.
• Manages all aspects of project documentation including submittals, RFIs, contract drawings, and communications.
• Negotiates subcontracts, generates scopes of work, and initiates the internal process for subcontract generation.
• Manages sub-tiered subcontractors to ensure accurate, safe, and high‑quality work while maintaining performance standards.
• Cooperates with and technically assists field personnel.
• Prepares change order requests, project reports, and documentation.
• Reviews daily reports generated by foremen and approves time entered by foremen.
• Consistently walks jobsites with foremen and crew to verify progress, quality, and safety.
• Assists in pre‑construction as required.
• Establishes the project budget and manpower forecast with the foreman/superintendent.
• Completes monthly financial projections and reviews them with the Vice President of Operations.
• Reviews project proposals or plans to determine timeframe, budget, staffing, and resource allocation.
• Establishes work plans and staffing for each project phase.
• Directs project personnel, outlines duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority.
• Coordinates activities to keep projects on schedule and within budget.
• Prepares status reports and modifies schedules as required.
• Keeps the Vice President of Operations informed of project status and needed changes.
• Oversees the project budget and approves all expenditures and change orders.
• Serves as primary liaison between the company, general contractors, and suppliers.
• Consults with pre‑construction and estimating teams for smooth transition from bid to construction.
• Supervises field superintendents and foremen, providing performance feedback to the Vice President of Operations.
• Oversees the final approval and letter‑of‑occupancy process with builder/general contractor.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management, Project Management, Construction, Electrical Engineering, or related fields, or 5 years of electrical field experience with 1 year of electrical estimating experience.
• Travel: 20%‑50%, as needed.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, ProCore, BlueBeam, and other relevant computer programs.
• Ability to work independently or in teams, think creatively and analytically, and make quick, sound decisions.
• Attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Electrical field experience is a plus but not required.
• Experience with Viewpoint Spectrum or Vista is preferred but not required.

Salary Range: $100,000‑140,000

Why Work With Us?

We believe in building careers, not just filling jobs. As a Project Manager, you’ll gain exposure to a variety of projects, expand your skill set, and be part of a company that puts people first.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We believe that the unique contributions of all Barts Electric employees create our success. To ensure that our services and culture continue to incorporate everyone’s perspectives and experiences, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age or marital status, veteran or disability status.