Sr. Construction Project Manager

Energy Systems Group (ESG); Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) Savings Plan

Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Energy Systems Group is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join our Public Sector PacificWest team. This remote role requires 50-75% travel, including overnights.

You will coordinate with engineering staff, manage contractors, and ensure costs, schedules and safety standards meet project goals. You will lead cross-functional teams, oversee installation, and maintain strong client communications to deliver projects from development to completion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or construction management.
• 7+ years of engineering and construction-related experience managing construction projects.
• Experience on wastewater treatment, conveyance, or related infrastructure projects with regulatory coordination.
• Knowledge of project development, scheduling, budgeting, and contract management.
• Ability to work with customers professionally and ethically.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with engineering staff to ensure prompt estimates and pricing aligned with project goals.
• Maintain ongoing contact with customers to schedule, coordinate work and communicate progress, costs and training.
• Manage contractors and vendors: obtain quotes, issue contracts, schedule work and ensure on-time delivery of equipment.
• Coordinate with ESG Management, Finance and Accounting to keep the project on track and on budget.
• Monitor costs, labor, materials, and changes to meet project objectives within time and cost constraints.
• Oversee installation and QA with stakeholders to prevent and solve problems; ensure safety compliance.

Skills

Project management

Budgeting

Scheduling

Vendor management

Team leadership

Communication with clients

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or construction management

7+ years construction/engineering project management

PM credentials (PMP/ CCM/ DBIA) preferred

Job description

ENERGY SYSTEMS GROUP® is looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our Public Sector PacificWest team. This position will be remote. Frequent travel between 50%-75% is required, including overnight stays.

Essential Functions of the Position

• Coordinates with engineering staff to ensure that prompt and accurate estimates and pricing are achieved and consistent with project goals
• Develops and maintains ongoing contact with the customer to schedule and coordinate all work performed and to ensure clear and consistent communication about the project’s progress, costs and training
• Assists engineers in obtaining quotes from outside mechanical, electrical and construction contractors and vendors, chooses appropriate contractors and vendors for each project, issues contracts, schedules and manages all contractor and subcontractor work and ensures on time arrival of all project equipment and supplies
• Coordinates with ESG Management, Finance and Accounting support groups to ensure project is on track and cost objectives are met
• Reviews Project Metrics report with the project accountant that contains contract value, percent of completion, billings, contingency and margin; flags on report that generate action items include under billings by more than 5% and margin deviation by greater than 3%
• Monitors labor, materials, project modifications and work completion and makes changes as necessary to ensure achievement of project objectives within cost and time constraints
• Works with temperature controls contractors to ensure systems, software and control strategies achieve project goals
• Oversees all aspects of installation, working with all parties involved to proactively prevent and solve quality and other problems that may arise in the course of the project
• Create and maintain an efficient, effective project work force, providing training and supervision for each member assigned to the project and coordinating team member activities to meet project objectives
• Responsible for ensuring adherence to all OSHA, Federal, State and safety regulations as well as all ESG policies and procedures
• Keeps abreast of all changes in federal, state and local safety regulations and company policies as they pertain to the project installation and implements system changes as required
• Analyzes project costs and works with accounting and finance departments to determine customer billing
• Performs all financial management tasks within ESG’s financial management systems software
• Performs related work as required

Minimum

Your background includes:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university, with a preference for engineering or construction management
• A minimum of seven (7) years’ engineering and construction-related experience managing construction projects
• Experience working on wastewater treatment, conveyance, or related infrastructure projects, including familiarity with regulatory requirements, permitting processes, and coordination with municipal or utility owners
• Minimum construction related requirements include:
• Exposure to project development
• Exposure to working with and directing project teams
• Experience in developing schedules
• Managing project budgets Demonstrated ability to successfully manage projects from development to project closure
• Demonstrated ability to manage project budgets and project schedules, properly document projects, and work well with customers and achieve customer satisfaction on every job
• Demonstrated ability to work with others including customers in a professional and ethical manner
• Demonstrated working knowledge of OSHA, Federal, and State Safety regulations

Preferred

• Ten (10) years’ experience engineering and construction-related experience managing construction projects
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Certified Construction Manager (CCM)
• Designated Design Build Institute of America (DBIA)
• Three (3) or more years of direct project management experience on wastewater treatment plant construction, upgrade, or expansion projects, including experience with biological treatment systems, solids handling, or plant-wide control systems

What We Bring To You

• Professional growth and development programs
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plans for employee and family
• Life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and supplemental benefits
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave for the birth, adoption, or placement of a child/children
• Highly competitive salaries and incentive structure
• Salary Range: $165,000 to $215,000, commensurate with experience

We Want You To Know

ESG is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We value talent and understand that our colleagues allow us the opportunity to deliver an exceptional customer experience. We achieve our goals through teamwork and conduct our business with integrity. Join our world-class team to provide mission-critical infrastructure solutions for K-12 schools and universities to local, state and federal government agencies and more.

This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR

• 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a), and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.

Energy Systems Group, LLC and its commonly owned affiliates, PacificWest Energy Solutions, Inc. and Yearout Energy Solutions Company, LLC, (collectively, "ESG") do not accept unsolicited resumes from staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiting entities (generally, "Agency[ies]"). Candidate materials that are submitted by an Agency to ESG that are either unsolicited or are submitted by an Agency to an ESG employee other than a member of ESG’s Human Resources Department are considered an “Improper Agency Submission.” Any materials submitted via an Improper Agency Submission will be considered the sole and exclusive property of ESG, regardless of whether a fully executed staffing agreement exists between ESG and an Agency. ESG disclaims all liability and financial obligation of any kind, including the payment of Agency placement fees or commissions, associated with an Improper Agency Submission.