Project Manager III - Industrial

New River Electrical Corporation; Southlake (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

New River Electrical Corporation is seeking a qualified Construction Project Manager III to execute intermediate to complex project scopes and assume ownership of project delivery and financials. You will lead planning, procurement, safety, and risk management while reporting to regional leadership.

Travel overnight is required. The role emphasizes strong leadership, client relationship development, and the ability to manage bids, schedules, and budgets across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in engineering, construction management, or related field.
• 5+ years of construction project management experience including 2+ years as a Project Manager II or similar role.
• 8+ years of field experience with supervision of construction operations and 4+ years in construction management in PM II role or similar.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Leadership, motivation, vision and direction.
• Proven success in developing and maintaining customer relationships.
• Extensive knowledge of industry principles, procedures and best practices.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate and nurture relationships with existing customers.
• Lead bidding strategy and pricing while owning financial decisions and budgets.
• Prepare take-offs and solicit pricing for bids in response to RFPs.
• Select and train superintendents, general foremen, and foremen for job planning and safety reporting.
• Prepare project initiation plans including manpower-loaded schedule, cash-flow invoicing projection, and safety plans.
• Conduct job site safety audits ensuring compliance with policies and procedures.
• Develop and communicate training to crews and supervision.
• Manage subcontractor relationships communicating schedule, scope, and safety expectations.
• Maintain ongoing communication with project sites and customers on scope changes and issues.
• Manage P&L, project costs, risks, and ensure projects stay within budget.
• Develop project cash flows, manage billing and change orders.
• Exhibit proficiency in contract development, management and risk management.
• Communicate project information to stakeholders.
• Complete monthly WIP and revenue reconciliation.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

MS Office proficiency

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or related field

Job description

Position Description

Position Summary

New River Electrical is looking for a qualified construction Project Manager III to execute intermediate to complex project scopes. The Project Manager III position takes on ownership and financial responsibility for assigned projects. In this capacity you will be responsible for the execution of intermediate to complex projects, managing all aspects of project delivery at the “journey level” and reporting results up to and including senior leadership. The Project Manager III provides critical leadership and management for the execution of assigned projects. Further, the Project Manager III is responsible for conducting business development activities, preparing estimates and bids, project schedule management, overall planning and management of field operations, procurement/purchasing, scope definition and change management, implementing and monitoring effective safety plans, and accurately managing financials including P&L for assigned projects. This position reports to one of the following roles: Regional Manager, Regional VP or VP depending on work location and project scope.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Cultivate and nurture relationships with existing customers.
• Effectively execute within the regional business model and support growth goals, including the ability to build new client relationships and books of business.
• Review RFP opportunities and take ownership as lead in development of bidding strategy and pricing while owning financial decisions and budgets.
• Prepare take-offs, solicit material and subcontractor pricing and complete bids in response to customer Requests for Proposals.
• Select and train superintendents, general foreman, and foremen in the proper handling of job planning, interpretation of contract documents, extra work/change order documentation, administration of company safety program and job information reporting requirements.
• Prepare project initiation plans for assigned projects to include manpower loaded schedule, cash flow invoicing projection, material, tool, and equipment requirements, and project specific safety plans.
• Conduct job site safety audits to ensure that jobsite safety and pre-task planning documentation is sufficient for the tasks being performed and in compliance with all safety policies and procedures.
• Develop and communicate meaningful training to crews and crew supervision.
• Manage subcontractor relationships to ensure project schedule, project scopes, and safety expectations are effectively communicated.
• Maintain ongoing communication with project sites and customers to identify and communicate issues such as scope changes, schedule conflicts, material shortages or manpower adjustments.
• Manage P&L, project costs and proactively identify risks to ensure projects stay within budget.
• Develop project cash flows, manage project billing, and change order tracking.
• Exhibit proficiency in contract development and management.
• Exhibit proficiency in project risk management, including the identification, prioritization, and mitigation of project risks while seeking out and exploiting project opportunities.
• Effectively communicate project information to both internal and external project stakeholders.
• Complete monthly work-in-progress (WIP) in a timely and accurate manner.
• Responsible for reconciliation of the revenue to expenses for each job on a monthly basis.
• Responsible for all project planning documents including but not limited to scope management plan, schedule management plan, cost management plan, quality management plan, resource management plan, communications management plan, risk management plan, procurement management plan, change management plan, scope baseline, schedule baseline, cost baseline, and the performance measurement baseline.
• Demonstrate the highest level of business ethics and consistently adhere to and promote New River’s culture, values and beliefs.
• Travel for this position is required and will consist of overnight stays.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Position Requirements

Qualifications

• Experience with bachelor’s degree:
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, business, project management, or related field of study with a minimum of five (5) years of construction project management experience including two or more (2) years as a Project Manager II role or similar capacity and a minimum of two (2) years leading, developing, and motivating teams
• Experience without bachelor’s degree (one of the following):
• Minimum of eight (8) years of field experience with three (3) years in the supervision of construction operations and a minimum of four (4) years of construction management experience, preferably in a Project Manager II role or similar capacity.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of field experience with five (5) years in the supervision of construction operations and a minimum of two (2) years of construction management experience, preferably in a Project Manager II role or similar capacity.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated skills in providing leadership, motivation, vision and direction.
• Proven success in developing and maintaining customer relationships.
• Extensive knowledge of the principles, procedures, and best practices in the industry.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to see, talk and hear. The employee is required to sit at a desk and work on a computer for prolonged periods of time.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of the Company not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or status as a veteran, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, with respect to recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, and other terms and condition of employment.