Project Manager (Utilities Construction)

Linesight; Plainfield (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company specializing in project and cost management consultancy is seeking a Project Manager (Utilities) to oversee large-scale construction projects. The ideal candidate will ensure project efficiency, maintain quality standards, and foster effective communication among stakeholders. The role emphasizes strong project management skills, collaborative spirit, and a detail-oriented approach to ensure success in ambitious projects.

Qualifications

• Experience with underground utility construction projects preferred.
• Detail oriented and quality focused.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage large-scale construction projects ensuring quality and budget.
• Lead onsite assessments and ensure safety protocols.
• Coordinate with multiple teams on project activities.

Skills

Project Management Experience

Communication

Team Collaboration

Education

Degree in Project Management or Construction Discipline

Project Management Professional Certification

Job description

Overview

As aProject Manager (Utilities)atLinesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients

The Opportunity

In this role you will:

• Manage large scale construction projects for clients, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, with high quality
• Monitor the day-to-day activities in the field, managing the flow of information, and reporting and tracking issues arising from progress,qualityand safety
• Assistin completing the handover plan, ensuring documentation is completed and expectations are met on time and with quality
• Be a visible leader onsite, assessing progress and ensuring safe work practices
• Coordinate with the client team, consultant team and the contractor on all snagging activities, including the schedule and partner engagement
• Identifyissues proactively and work with the team to resolve effectively
• Implement andmonitorkey project processes, partnering with the client to make improvements and revisions
• Implement project procedures and use reasonable endeavours to ensure that thisprocedure isalways observed
• Lead and attend key meetings tomonitorprogress, actively collaborate on solving problems and communicate impacts to partners
• Review proposed variations and delays in the works

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Have project management experiencein underground utility construction projects or similar
• Have a degree or comparable experience in a project management or construction discipline
• Have a project management professionalcertification orare seeking one. We can help
• Are detail oriented and quality focused
• Are an excellent communicator verbally and in writing
• Excel in a collaborative and friendly team environment
• Thrive on building strong relationships with your team and clients through a shared purpose and sense of openness and fun

The salary range for this role is between $120,000 and $150,000 but actual salary offered is dependent on experience, skill set and education.

About us

Linesight is a highly successful global project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. You see we’re not like the others. We’re different. Unique. It’s our fresh thinking and focus on what matters that has led to our evolving. We are on a journey working in some of the most exciting innovative sectors with some of the world’s most prestigious companies delivering major projects that deliver a more sustainable built environment.We have an open culture and a flat structure where you can expect to be treated with genuine care, respect, and empathy. With Linesight, you can truly discover the power of team!

Diversity, inclusion and accessibility

Linesight is committed to transparent, equal opportunity employment practices. We are building a diverse and inclusive organisation, accessible to all, based on having a safe culture which enables all our people to be their true selves. We are a people business, and we understand that the more inclusive we are, the happier our people and better our work will be. We will ensure that individuals with disability are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or recruitment process and are accommodated in the workplace. If you require assistance or accommodation of any kind, please mention this in your application, we would love to hear from you!