Project Manager II

About the Job:
A Project Manager (PM) controls the course of projects from the initiation of the contract through job close-out. The PM reviews, designs and checks the work on jobs to which they are assigned. The PM must ensure that the contractual obligations of the Company are met within the confines of the project budget, and must minimize the Company’s exposure to liability, while serving the needs of the customer and strengthening the Company / Customer relationship. When required, the PM will also perform any special tasks assigned by the Engineering Manager or Operations Manager.
Essential Functions & Major Responsibilities:
• Define specifications, and prepare drawings and other submittals as required for projects.• Direct, review, and check work performed by Project Designers• Manage project files to ensure they are organized and provide current information.• Design project to minimize manufacturing/shipping costs.• Review and assess vendor proposals.• Establish and maintain customer relations.• Coordinate manufacturing and delivery with shop personnel and customer/engineer.• Monitor production & customer schedules. Modify schedules or plans as required.• Process customer change orders. Evaluate cost and schedule impacts.• Mitigate cost overruns and potential back charges.• Negotiate back charge claims.• Prepares project reports for management, customer, or others.• Assist Engineering and Operations Manager in establishing, updating, and maintaining departmental and operational procedures.
Education/Experience:• College degree in civil or mechanical engineering, or construction management• Mechanical or Civil Engineering or Construction or Industrial Management experience• Minimum five years work related experience in project management 
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be meet by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Project timelines and work volume / deadlines may often require working outside of standard office hours, weekend, or evening work. Regular, reliable and predictable attendance is necessary in order to perform the essential functions of this position. Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling or otherwise moving objects, including the human body. (Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.) Physical Activity: Over 2/3 of the time:• Standing/Sit: Remaining upright in a stationary position, particularly for sustained periods.• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling to type.• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.• Communicating: Expressing or exchanging ideas and information accurately, in written or diagram form.• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers such as moving a mouse and typing.• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm to operate a mouse, phone, computer, and other office machines. Less than 1/3 of the time:• Reaching: Grabbing things from a distance above or from the side.• Walking: Moving about to accomplish tasks, particularity for long distances or moving from one work site to another.• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward downward or outward.• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.• Lifting: Raining objects from a lower to a higher position or move objects horizontally from position to position.• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.• Kneeling/Crouching: Position self to file documents and open lower drawers as well as to lift boxes and other items. Visual Acuity: The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes. Vision: Over 2/3 of the time:• Close vision• Distance vision
• Peripheral vision• Depth perception• Adjust visual focus Up to 2/3 of the time:• Color vision Weather Conditions: Over to 2/3 of the time the worker is subject to:• Inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes (as typical in office or administrative work) Less than to 1/3 of the time the worker is subject to:• Both environmental conditions: activities occur inside and outside• Noise: There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level Noise Levels: Over 2/3 of the time:• Moderate noise Less than 1/3 of the time:• Very quiet conditions
• Loud noise

Supervision Received:
Direction: The incumbent establishes methods and procedures for attaining specific goals and objectives, and receives guidance in terms of broad goals. Only the final results of work are typically reviewed. Incumbent typically develops procedures within the limits of established policy guidelines.