Senior Project Manager

Summary of Primary Functions: The Senior Project Manager is responsible for providing comprehensive project management and general management support across a range of engineering projects and work with the Location Manager and Sales Manager to grow the business and maximize all opportunities for work.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Solicit vendors and subcontractors for assigned projects as necessary.
• Review and analyze bids for conformance to project specifications, price, material quality, and related items.
• Discusses and resolves any questions with Customer prior to submission of final estimate.
• Follow approved estimating practices consistent with corporate guidelines.
• Ensure such practices result in the most complete estimates possible while ensuring the financial objectives are met.
• Utilize estimation software package to complete estimating.
• Computes cost factors and prepares estimates used for management purposes such as planning, organizing, and scheduling work; preparing bids; selecting vendors or subcontractors; and determining cost effectiveness.
• Accurately price change orders for on-going work.
• Ensure that the information required to begin the estimating process is accurate and available.
• Accurately size equipment and analyze safety considerations.
• Prepare and submit proposals.
• Manage engineering projects on behalf of key customers who operate in a high-pressure, high-quality production/manufacturing environment.
• Effective planning, control and monitoring, both internally and direct with the client, of projects secured from the quotation stage, through negotiation to contract completion and final accounts.
• Effective project cost tracking and financial control.
• Produce quotes and undertake estimating for small to medium sized engineering projects once training has been provided using the Company’s standard commercial approach.
• Provide general commercial and project support to the region to enable budgeted results to be achieved.
• Effective liaison throughout the sales and order securing process phase; works with other personnel on a national and international level throughout the contract.
• Achievement of high profit levels through effective contract management, ensuring efficient utilization of labor resources at all skill levels and disciplines, sub-contractors, equipment and plant suppliers.
• Reporting on contract performance regularly and to Company standard requirements, ensuring all potential opportunities, variations and risks are identified and reported to the Engineering Manager as soon as possible.
• Define scope and methods of work.
• Ensure Contracts secured are sound commercially.
• Ensure a pro-active approach is adopted to all existing and potential customers to build client relationships and boost market share.
• Ensure all projects comply with Safety, Quality and other Company systems and procedures.
• Carry out effective national and international liaison as required.

Contacts (Internal and External): Internal and External.

Work of Others: N/A

Job Specifications or Qualifications

Education : Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Engineering, IT, or related fields desired but not required.

Certifications: PMP, CAPM, and CSM preferred but not required.

Experience:

• Experience managing mechanical and electrical engineering projects mainly installations of production equipment.
• Strong general experience of mechanical engineering.
• Strong commercial skills and project management skills, particularly: negotiating, planning, estimating, costing and quoting.
• Strong IT (MS Office) and numeracy skills.
• Experience managing a small team and controlling, organizing and motivating internal labor resources and sub-contractors.
• Knowledge of current H&S legislation & Risk Management processes.
• Good financial skills include:
• cost and budgetary controls
• accounting controls and procedures through to the final accounts
• Project Management qualification or specific training
• Ability to secure the contractor’s license(s) for the company

Key Competencies:

• Excellent written and verbal skills at technical and professional levels.
• Able to explain technical concepts simply and succinctly.
• Solution oriented.
• Able to work at a consistent level under pressure and demanding deadlines.
• Able to work with others in various team environments and to be confident and assertive with people at all levels.
• Able to persuade others.
• Excellent time management skills, and able to prioritize multiple tasks.
• Able to build strong business relationships with key clients.

Work Environment : In office and on-site within the United States.

Travel Required: 75%.