Sign Project Manager

Aver Sign Company; Ferndale (MI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Holidays

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Job summary

Aver Sign Company is looking for a motivated Sign Project Manager to manage sign projects from contract to invoicing. This role includes scheduling, budgeting, coordinating with internal departments, and maintaining customer communication to ensure satisfaction.

Responsibilities involve planning projects, developing bids, managing timelines, and supporting installation. Candidates should have strong project management skills, excellent communication abilities, and experience in the sign industry or manufacturing services.

Qualifications

• Pass pre-employment drug test.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience in project management and budget maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate customer projects and liaise between departments.
• Initiate and monitor job budgets and schedules.
• Ensure projects meet deadlines and quality standards.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Project management

Communication skills

Organization skills

Multitasking

Education

High school diploma

College degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

AI

Photoshop

Job description

Benefits

• Paid Holidays
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Aver Sign Company is seeking an experienced Sign Project Manager to join our growing team. The Custom Sign Project Manager is a motivated individual responsible for carrying out the project expectations from the signed contract to the project’s invoicing. The process includes scheduling, budgeting, coordinating manufacturing, and installation, and general communication with our customers. Create and monitor milestone tasks, organize, and prioritize tasks, coordinate with internal departments and the customer to ensure complete customer satisfaction.

Responsible for coordinating and managing all assigned projects including the planning of projects, the development of project bids, timelines and assigning necessary sub-contractors and internal personnel. This position is the liaison between sales, design and estimating, quality and manufacturing management and other personnel by performing the following duties:

• Coordinates customer projects including the planning of projects, the development of project bids, and timelines.
• Liaison between sales, design, estimating, purchasing, quality and manufacturing management and other personnel.
• Initiates and monitors job budgets, schedules, change orders, contract reports, and other job-related administration.
• Works with the installation team to facilitate all field related work.
• Ensure that the projects meet deadlines and company quality standards.
• Provides design concepts through documentation drawings for designed projects.
• Maintain daily customer communication.
• Involvement in pre-bid process for prospective clients.
• Prepare sales presentations and proposals.
• Schedule and direct customer location surveys as needed.
• Perform sign code analysis.
• Qualify and negotiate with subcontractors for obtaining permits and performing installation & estimates.
• Issue purchase orders.
• Establish accessible, organized, and complete job files.
• Coordinate manufacturing, delivery, and installing activities.
• Support project through drawings, engineering, estimating, manufacturing, shipping, and installation.
• Obtain landlord approval.
• Working with art department for drawing development.
• Obtain product pricing and freight costs from the estimating department.
• Obtain outside installation pricing from agents and coordinate installations.
• Work order entry for production.
• Tracking all jobs through customized reports and internal software.
• Job close‑out including invoicing package.
• Maintaining acceptable profit margins on your jobs.

Conducting your internal business in such a fashion that will always support our shop craftsmen as well as our clients. This comment is directed specifically at the need to establish reasonable lead times and setting proper expectations with our clients.

In general, you will be expected to support the direction of this company, which is based on the continuous penetration of new markets and honesty/integrity.

Qualifications

• Pass pre‑employment drug test.
• Must have high school diploma, college degree preferred.
• Must have strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Attention to detail, excellent written and verbal skills.
• Able to coordinate with multiple departments/locations simultaneously.
• Understand and manage the project to contract requirements, meeting all milestones and deadlines.
• Experience in sourcing, selecting and successfully managing subcontractors and timelines.
• Experience working with Microsoft Office; Excel, Outlook, Preferred: AI and PS.
• Experience securing permits, landlord approvals and customer approvals.
• Must implement good customer service and office etiquette.
• Substantial and successful experience in maintaining project budgetary parameters, purchase order process, and project billing.
• 3‑5 years Sign Industry experience preferred; will consider Manufacturing/Service background.
• Exceptional organization skills, strong multi‑tasker and able to prioritize duties.
• Ability to work well independently as well as in teams within a rapidly changing deadline‑driven environment.
• Availability to perform limited travel to customer locations.
• Leadership ability with proven decision‑making skills.
• Refer to art designs and specifications, previous estimates, contracts, engineering drawings to timely assist in sign projects for your team.
• Assist in managing subcontractor project work.
• Coordinate and closely communicate with manufacturing, purchasing, sales, engineering, and other project management representatives.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, problem solve and adapt to office changes.
• Read/Comprehend/Navigate standard architectural construction documents and blueprints.
• Contribute to the team and projects as needed.
• Must have state identification and/or driver license/proof of citizenship.