Senior Structured Cabling Projects Lead

Acuative Corporation; Strongsville (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Acuative Corporation is seeking a Structured Cabling Project Manager in Strongsville, OH to lead low-voltage infrastructure projects from kickoff to closeout. You will manage schedules, budgets, and stakeholder communications while coordinating with general contractors, engineers, and vendors to ensure on-time delivery and target margins.

The ideal candidate has deep knowledge of structured cabling, BOM development, risk management, and the ability to translate complex designs into executable

Qualifications

• 5+ years of PM experience in structured cabling or low-voltage construction.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of structured cabling systems and low-voltage construction.
• Experience managing project budgets, costs, change orders, and margins.
• Proven ability to manage projects from small service work to complex deployments.
• Experience with general contractors, subs, vendors, and field teams.
• Experience reading construction drawings and low-voltage design docs.
• Experience with material takeoffs, BOM development, procurement, and project financial management.
• Strong written and verbal communication with customers and stakeholders.
• Advanced organization, scheduling, risk management, and problem-solving.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; familiarity with PM or construction platforms preferred.
• Ability to travel to active project sites.

Responsibilities

• Own structured cabling projects from opportunity handoff through final acceptance and financial reconciliation.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, dependencies, resource plans, risk registers, action items, and commitments.
• Manage demarc extensions, MAC work, and cabling additions to multi-building deployments.
• Establish project scope, assumptions, exclusions, deliverables, acceptance criteria, and responsibilities.
• Lead customer kickoff meetings, construction coordination meetings, progress meetings, and project closeout meetings.
• Coordinate with general contractors, construction managers, electrical contractors, low-voltage subcontractors, architects, engineers, vendors, distributors, and customer representatives.
• Manage project communication and provide clear, timely status reporting regarding schedule, budget, risks, issues, change orders, and overall project health.
• Identify project risks early and develop mitigation and recovery plans.
• Manage change orders with a focus on documenting, pricing, approvals, and integration into the project plan.
• Ensure projects meet customer requirements, contractual commitments, applicable standards, and internal quality expectations.
• Direct and mentor Structured Cabling Project Coordinators.

Skills

Project management

Structured cabling

Budget management

Stakeholder coordination

Scheduling

Risk management

Communication

Travel

Tools

CAD

Visio

Takeoff/Estimating software

Construction management platforms

Job description

Acuative Corporation is seeking a Structured Cabling Project Manager in Strongsville, OH to lead low-voltage infrastructure projects from kickoff to closeout. You will manage schedules, budgets, and stakeholder communications while coordinating with general contractors, engineers, and vendors to ensure on-time delivery and target margins.

The ideal candidate has deep knowledge of structured cabling, BOM development, risk management, and the ability to translate complex designs into executable