Senior Project Manager

Communications Engineering Company (CEC); New Berlin (WI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Communications Engineering Company is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead the planning, execution, and closing of critical customer projects. The role demands strong communication with customers and internal teams, ensuring projects stay on time, within budget, and compliant with specifications.

You will mentor team members, manage risks, and drive continuous improvements. The position requires experience coordinating across Sales, Engineering, and Operations, proficiency with Windows and

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of client-facing project management experience.
• Proven track record of managing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• PC proficiency in Windows and strong working knowledge of Excel.
• Must have a valid driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Manage project notifications and ensure customer contact within 48 hours of award.
• Coordinate project planning, dependencies, and timelines with Sales and Engineering.
• Create and maintain project plans, milestones, and documentation.
• Review project information with key personnel and communicate changes to stakeholders.
• Lead kick-off meetings, monitor site safety and ensure plan compliance.
• Capture lessons learned and provide process improvement feedback.

Skills

Client-facing PM

Excel proficiency

Windows OS

Driver's license

Tools

ConnectWise

Excel

Job description

Objective

Executing high level project management support to CEC's top customer accounts. Providing high level communication both internally and externally to meet customer expectations while having CEC's best interests in mind; proactively driving projects to be completed on time, within budget and by specifications.

Objective

Executing high level project management support to CEC's top customer accounts. Providing high level communication both internally and externally to meet customer expectations while having CEC's best interests in mind; proactively driving projects to be completed on time, within budget and by specifications.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES include, but are not limited to the following:

• Project Notification:
• Ensures customer is contacted within 48 hours of project Award.
• Reviews overall project objectives and timelines with customer and establishes ongoing communication strategy.
• Ensures all required project information has been provided to Operations from Sales and Engineering.
• Assigns project related tasks within ConnectWise in relation to project timelines.
• Project Information Review: Reviews all information with key personnel to address questions and unknowns.
• Project Planning:
• Involves necessary CEC personnel in project plan for technology specific awareness and plan compliance.
• Evaluates potential problems, impact, and solutions. Coordinate resources, site access, PPE requirements and equipment.
• Creates a project plan with specific milestones to be able to achieve overall project budgets and timelines.
• Creates Gantt charts, Risk Register, Site Safety Plans as required.
• Adjust as necessary the project plan and communicate any changes for the duration of the project life cycle to all stakeholders.
• Project Review with Customer: Review system functionality, schedule, and plan with customer. Oversees site walk-throughs to verify locations and identify safety hazards.
• Project Kick-Off Meeting: Lead project Kick-Off meeting and communicate the project plan and reviews all project milestones. Oversee site walk-throughs to verify locations and identify safety hazards with project team.
• Executing Project Plan:
• Perform consistent site evaluations, safety inspections and CEC quality assurances to ensure project plan compliance. Mentor and correct discrepancies, when possible, report reoccurrences when necessary.
• Communicate changes in the SOW and seek Change Order possibilities. Adapt project plan as needed.
• Verify communication strategy is being executed by on-site project team.
• Ensure project punch list and system testing is completed, coordinate customer training, and schedule documentation completion.
• Assists CEC Sales/Engineering in pre-sales functions by sharing and/or compiling specific customer knowledge and design.
• Closing the Project: Perform customer walk-throughs. Submit documentation, obtain customer sign off and verify completion for project fulfillment on all assigned projects.
• Post Project Meetings: Provide input on project management processes, procedures, tools, and best practice improvement. Give recommendations to Sales and Engineering on improvement areas and project successes.
• Other Duties as Assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• The Senior Project Manager leads project team while they are working on assigned projects.

Minimum Qualifications And Experiences

• Minimum 4 years of client-facing project management experience.
• Proven track record of successfully managing several projects/tasks simultaneously within a fast-paced environment.
• PC proficiency is essential (Windows environment) and strong working knowledge of Excel.
• Must have a valid driver's license.

Personal Attributes

• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to communicate at all levels of the organization and with staff at remote locations as well as customers.
• Strong organizational, conflict-resolution, problem-solving and creative skills as well as the ability to make decisions based on sound judgment using accurate and timely analysis of available data.
• Must be able to effectively handle stressful situations and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation.

Other Skills & Abilities

• General knowledge of communications systems, including audio, video, security, fire alarm, wireless, and data networks.
• PC proficiency is essential (Windows environment) and strong working knowledge of Excel is preferred.

Physical, Mental And Environmental Requirements

• Problem solving, creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses.
• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation.
• The employee may be required to be able to climb ladders up to 12 feet high or be in a lift to extended heights.
• The duties of this job require the employee to effectively speak and understand English language communications.
• The employee is required to stand, walk, climb, sit and use hands and fingers.
• Lifting of objects is required, up to 50lbs.
• Reaching, grasping and carrying activities are also required.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Although most work is performed inside, occasional outside activities are subject to seasonal temperature fluctuations.

"Essential duties and responsibilities" describe those functions considered to be essential to the performance of the job. All requirements may be modified to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

Communications Engineering Company is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to achieving and maintaining a diverse workforce. Qualified females, minorities, veterans, and disabled individuals are encouraged to apply.