Electrical Construction Project Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Electrical Construction Project Manager

Job Description

This role leads industrial and institutional electrical construction projects from preconstruction through closeout, with full accountability for financial performance, scheduling, manpower planning, procurement, and customer satisfaction. The Electrical Construction Project Manager actively partners with field leadership to maximize productivity, manages multiple concurrent projects, and ensures safe, high-quality, and on-time project delivery. This position offers the opportunity to work on large-scale, high-profile data center and mission-critical projects while contributing to a growing, innovation-focused contractor.

Responsibilities

• Oversee industrial and institutional electrical construction projects from preconstruction through closeout.
• Manage project budgets, schedules, and profitability to ensure successful financial outcomes.
• Monitor earned value, labor productivity, job costing, and overall project financial health, and take corrective action when needed.
• Develop, maintain, and update detailed project schedules and milestones.
• Forecast costs to complete, identify project risks, and implement mitigation strategies.
• Plan and manage procurement of labor, materials, equipment, and subcontractors to support project execution.
• Review project performance metrics regularly and implement process or resource adjustments to keep projects on track.
• Coordinate closely with General Foremen and field teams to align planning with field execution and maximize productivity.
• Prepare, submit, and manage pay applications and required project reporting.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, vendors, and subcontractors to support repeat business and smooth project delivery.
• Identify opportunities for value engineering and process improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce costs.
• Support successful project completion, punch list resolution, and final closeout while ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Ensure that all project activities align with company standards for safety, quality, and compliance.
• Lead, mentor, and support project team members to foster collaboration and professional growth.

Essential Skills

• Minimum 8 years of electrical construction experience.
• Proven experience managing industrial and/or institutional electrical projects.
• Strong budgeting, financial management, forecasting, and cost control capabilities.
• Demonstrated project scheduling and planning skills for complex construction projects.
• Hands-on experience with job costing and monitoring project financial performance.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with clients, field teams, subcontractors, and leadership.
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to guide and influence project teams.
• Experience in electrical construction project management, including industrial and mission-critical work.
• Ability to interpret and manage labor, material, and subcontractor resources throughout the project lifecycle.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with data center, semiconductor, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, or other industrial projects.
• Exposure to mission-critical and industrial electrical construction environments.
• OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 certification.
• Experience using Procore construction management software.
• Experience using Bluebeam for document and drawing management.
• Experience with Autodesk Construction Cloud.
• Experience in industrial, mission-critical, or pharmaceutical construction environments.
• Interest in working with complex electrical construction systems and advanced technologies.
• Motivation to grow within a structured career path into higher levels of project management.
• Ability to thrive in a collaborative, team-oriented, and growth-minded organization.

Work Environment

This is a full-time role based in Fairless Hills, PA, with an expected schedule of approximately 50–60 hours per week. The position is primarily onsite at project locations and construction offices, combining office-based project administration with active project-site support. The work environment is a fast-paced construction setting with frequent interaction with field teams, subcontractors, vendors, and management. Team members operate in a safety-focused, collaborative culture that emphasizes quality, innovation, and continuous growth. The organization promotes a team-oriented atmosphere and provides opportunities to work on large-scale, high-profile data center and mission-critical projects, with direct mentorship from experienced project managers and construction leaders, as well as a strong pathway for career advancement.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Morrisville, PA.

The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $65.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Morrisville,PA.

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 9, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications withoutregard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability,sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protectedby law.

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