Project Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Manifest Solutions is currently seeking a Senior Project Manager for a position in Columbus, OH. Focus on major commercial construction, electrical utility or power system PM experience. IT and Telecom education and experience will not qualify.

• Manage intermediate or complex projects, within a matrix team environment.
• Provide leadership, direction, training, coordination, and effective communication to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and close projects in a safe, efficient, economical, risk-balanced approach to achieve short and long range goals and to obtain maximum customer satisfaction.
• Develop relationships and effectively communicate with all stakeholders including internal customers, external customers, team members, suppliers, contractors, vendors, and industry peers.
• Plan, organize, direct, coordinate and supervise assigned project activities becoming proficient in all aspects.
• Manage, develop, review and coordinate the project/outage plan, schedule, and budget becoming proficient in all aspects.
• Manage cost and timely reallocation of funding.
• Effectively communicate project details and status updates.
• Lead planning meetings and project updates including typical stakeholder presentations.
• Provide clear and concise written and oral reports and other communications.
• Develop and actively manage working relationships with the project team, plant and operating company staff, internal and external customers or partners, contractors, vendors, and suppliers.
• Plan, organize, direct, coordinate and manage assigned project activities with demonstrated proficiency in all aspects.
• Effectively manage cost and timely reallocate funding.
• Effectively communicate project details and status updates.
• Lead planning meetings and project/outage updates including detailed and complex stakeholder presentations .
• Provide clear and concise written and oral reports and other communication.
• Develop and actively manage working relationships with the project team , plant and operating company staff, internal and external customers or partners , contractors, vendors, and suppliers. Foster teamwork and achieve customer satisfaction.
• Provide wide range of detailed guidance, instruction, and training to improve design, systems, procedures, processes, schedules, and costs.
• Ensure maximum customer satisfaction and demonstrate effective and efficient performance of project work activities on complex project level .
• Supervise up to two employees as assigned including duties such as completion of well written performance plans for professional development.
• Provide support to direct reports in their development activities and mentor other project managers.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business or related field of study with seven (7) years qualified experience or, two-year Associate's degree in the same required disciplines with nine (9) years of qualified experience (see below).
• Focus on major commercial construction, electrical utility or power system PM experience. IT and Telecom education and experience will not qualify.
• Qualified experience includes work in project management, major construction field experience, project estimating, project controls, project engineering, and/or comparable internal or external experience in a competitive production environment.
• Experience must include a demonstrated level of successful project management duties, business acumen, and prior responsibility for ALL of the PMI PMBOK knowledge areas.
• Demonstrated preparedness for specialist level PM knowledge capability in areas of construction safety, negotiations, scope development and control, cost estimating, construction contracting, project controls and reporting, quality control, risk management, etc.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) is strongly preferred.