Commercial Security Project Manager

Job Description

Job Description

At-a-Glance:
Are you ready to build your career by joining an international fire and alarm protection company? If so, our client is hiring a Commercial Security Project Manager.

• Contract
• On-Site

Required:

• Commercial Security experience is required.
• High-level Domain knowledge/expertise in the commercial security industry.
• Demonstrated highly proficient level of history of Project Management leadership including leading multiple simultaneous projects, large complex projects, long-duration and high dollar value projects.
• Strong technical understanding of electronic security industry.
• Supervisory responsibility of other PM’s on large projects.
• Ability to organize, plan, and set priorities and work in a highly deadline-oriented environment.
• Excellent organization and matrix management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment and build relationships.
• Excellent communication (verbal, written, presentation) and negotiation skills.
• Excellent analytical skills necessary to resolve problems and look for solutions. Solid conflict resolution skills.
• Strong knowledge of sales, installation, billing, and monitoring systems which assist managing National Accounts.
• High-level skills in the application of Project Management fundamentals, methodologies, and tools.
• Intermediate MS Office and Project skills.
• Maintain knowledge of industry and company operations.
• Upgrade and/or enhance supervisory skills by participating in available classes, training, and seminars continuously.
• Ability to travel as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred with 5+ years’ experience in the alarm industry and 5+ years of demonstrated project management experience.
• Alternative combination of education and experience.
• Advanced electronic security industry knowledge.
• Construction experience preferred.
• CSPM or PMP certification preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the project administration of all current and/or future installations of Fire and/or Security, CCTV, Card Access & other specialty systems where needed. Administration of these projects shall be coordinated with the respective management team.
• May supervise other PM’s as needed on projects.
• Provide coaching/mentoring for other PM’s within the group.
• Effectively plan, execute, monitor, and control, and close projects using principles, methods, and standard techniques that are appropriate for the specific project.
• Proactively communicates project requirements to project team and wider stakeholders as and when required and maintains accurate and up to date records of job status, job changes, material flow and other control records necessary for processing of internal and external reports.
• Proactively communicates project schedules, project change proposals and related project activities on a regular basis with customer and seek to continuously improve customer satisfaction.
• Develop appropriate planning documents including project plans, scope documents, SOW’s, charters, Execution Playbooks, etc. Reviews requirements to determine scope, effort, schedule, time frame, funding requirements, staffing requirements, allotment of available resources to various phases of the projects, and metrics.
• Develop appropriate sub-plans such as a communications plan, quality assurance plan, resource plan, procurement plan, deployment plan, etc.
• Identifies potential project risks and develops/implements strategies to minimize impact and control deviations from estimated costs and project deadlines.
• Coordinates the procurement of materials, supplies, services, and controls necessary for timely and cost-effective completion of project within budget.
• Establish pricing agreements with subcontractors.
• Review and manage contracts with General Contractors or Customer.
• Establish project milestones and analyze costs; utilizes financial systems to review actual versus estimated job cost and to provide timely and accurate project cost reports; identify reasons for low job site productivity and determine impact on the project; adjusts or corrects project plan and/or project cost estimates as necessary to meet financial goals.
• Manage the Monitoring and Controlling aspects of a project including issue/risk identification and resolution, change management, reporting and internal/external communication, financial management, metrics, etc.
• Identify, document, and prioritize project change requests and facilitate approval process. Re-plan as necessary based on changes.
• Set and manage expectations with resource manager(s) and team member(s) regarding allocation to the project and performance expectations.
• Ensure effective Quality Assurance/Quality Control mechanisms are in place and adhered to.
• Execute project closeout activities including turnover to appropriate operations teams.
• Manage project resources effectively.
• Follow-up and report on key metrics including customer satisfaction.
• Leads the definition, execution, and delivery of project deliverables.
• Strong financial analytical skills including cost control.
• Generate new techniques, ideas and solutions that can improve delivery quality, increase efficiency, and reduce costs. Identifies lessons learned and shares with organization.
• Support other groups as needs arise.
• Performs other duties as assigned.