Project Director

Project Director

This position is based out of our San Jose, CA office, reporting to local project sites.

About ArchKey ArchKey is one of the nation's largest privately held specialty trade installation and integrated facility service companies. We are a leader in designing, building, and maintaining electrical, technologies and specialty systems. We're the POWER behind making the improbable possible. We're electrifying the nation, energizing the future, and bringing communities to life like never before. We're committed to building in ways that are not just technologically advanced, but sustainable, scalable, and equitable by all. We're energizing careers, communities, and the future.

About the Position The Project Director is responsible for providing overall strategies, leadership, and management of multiple, less complex regional or national projects from start to finish, including staffing, managing project budget, scheduling, quality control, problem resolution, job coordination and communication, job invoicing/payments and client satisfaction activities. This position has responsibility for business development, job solicitation and project negotiations, in alignment with all Company policies, procedures, key objectives and regulations.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Strong executive presence.
• Can flex and adapt to the growing needs of the business.
• Can work autonomously and creatively to solve problems.
• Has a growth mindset and is always looking to learn and grow continually.

Day in the Life

Partners with senior leadership to create key functional strategies, critical objectives, and decisions affecting the business unit and functional work group. Conducts high-quality business development, creates key customer relationships, and performs job solicitation in the marketplace. Creates project execution strategies and directs all phases and activities of the project to achieve high quality and productivity in the work performed. Ensures all construction contracts are fulfilled to the customer's satisfaction and the Company has earned a fair profit. Plans, implements, independently manages, and maintains project activities to optimize the efficiency of labor, materials, supplies, equipment, and tools. Ensures all plans and specifications identify project scope and milestones and share them with all appropriate parties. Provides frequent management oversight and problem resolution. Communicates directly with project team members, contractors, and designers concerning project costs, staffing, and scheduling. Manages timely and accurate project documents, estimates, projections, material release schedules, client information, purchase orders, monthly invoices, payments, closeout documents, warranties, drawings, specification logs, maintenance manuals, final billings, change orders, and other related documents related to construction projects. Builds strategic and effective relationships with clients and future clients, foremen, project teams, specialty contractors, vendors, suppliers, user groups, and others that reflect and support the Company's core values and meet or exceed the customer's expectations. Provides regular and high-quality hiring, communications, mentoring, coaching, problem-solving, and training to staff and other co-workers at all levels as needed. Advises and coaches employees and provides performance feedback regularly. Creates and manages an annual financial budget and maintains some level of responsibility for Companywide financials. Stays informed of new and changing Company procedures, policies, materials, technologies, techniques, and practices. Establishes, trains, and maintains policies and processes.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in project management, business administration, construction engineering/management, or a related field.
• 7-8 years of project management and project leadership experience with projects of all sizes. Extensive project management training and skills. Thorough understanding of the project life cycle. Minimum 5 years of experience directly managing people.
• 3-5 Years of experience with medium voltage with underground electrical installation.
• Previous field construction experience or equivalent (e.g., electrical, technologies, fire, etc.). Keen knowledge of the managed business unit and the overall departmental function. Knowledge of and proficiency with construction methods and materials, costing, power, lighting, systems design and general industry safety standards, procedures, and regulations. Must have extensive knowledge of the electrical code. Skills to read, interpret, and understand electrical contracts, plans, drawings, blueprints, and specifications.
• Experience and proficiency using Accubid software, Revit, CAD, SKM, AGI, Navisworks and/or BIM systems may be required.
• Extensive experience with value analysis in all market segments and in-depth trade knowledge. Strong conceptual estimating and problem-solving skills, and experience in reviewing estimates for accuracy and completeness. Previous experience with field installation is helpful.
• Excellent business analysis, quality management and mathematical skills. Skills to read and interpret financial documents. Trained and proficient in negotiating, budgeting, costing, contracting, scheduling, pricing, and common code requirements.

Travel

• This position will travel daily to an assigned project site.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Beware of fraudulent job postings. ArchKey Solutions only communicates through official channels. All official communication will come from an @archkey.com email address and we will never ask for financial information, payments, or personal details outside of the standard hiring process. To confirm the legitimacy of a job, visit our careers page or reach out to a member of our Talent Acquisition team.