
Project Manager
- New Brunswick, NJ
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Strong client relationship skills.
- Strong project management and vendor management skills.
- Ability to work with team to get resources to audit and cost projects.
- Help create overall blueprint and drive the execution of client projects.
- Understanding of safety requirements.
- Determine and achieve SMART goals for installation teams, and work with field management to develop the growth of systems and processes.
- Oversee deployment of lighting field teams.
- Handle capacity planning.
- Prepare financial budgets and present proposals to executives and stakeholders.
- Work with external vendors and advisors.
- Communicate with other departments when there is a problem.
- Bachelor's degree, electrical license, or equivalent experience is required.
- Demonstrated experience in managing lighting teams or contractors.
- Several years of experience in managing contracting projects, with a significant portion in management or leadership positions.
- Ability to lead teams, manage projects, and ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget.
- Preference for experience building or upgrading lighting and HVAC systems in public facilities.
- Strong analytical skills to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to set priorities, collect and document project requirements, successfully handle multiple projects simultaneously, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to maintain and operate personal and/or company vehicles with a valid driver’s license. Must be willing and able to travel within the tri-state area.
- Provide clarity in complex problems, facilitate decision-making, and guide high value investments.
- Strong customer service capability focusing on proactively identifying customer needs and managing customer expectations.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Self-starter who can work independently or within a team environment.
- Exceptional organizational, time-management, and planning skills.
- Interest and experience in energy conservation and engineering a plus.
- Understanding of systems and processes for tracking projects in facilities, HVAC and lighting, with additional expertise in design-build and audit processes is highly advantageous.
- Knowledge of client and project management
- Experience with New York City construction
- Awareness of market trends, lighting, construction, and contracting best practices.
- Knowledge of various lighting equipment, lighting controls systems and tools.
- Ability to review requirements, costs, and existing tools, and make recommendations to executive team and then drive solutions.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, CRM software, etc.
- Being open to feedback and continuous improvement.
- Knowledge of NYPA process and procedures a plus.
- Knowledge of DCAS process and procedures a plus.
The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; sit, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; use hands to finger, grasp, or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; push or pull; talk and hear; use repetitive motions.
- The employee is frequently required to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- The employee must have visual acuity to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, and extensive reading and visual inspections of site plans.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is subject to the following work environment:
- The employee is subject to both inside and outside environmental conditions.
- The employee is subject to hazards such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, mechanical and electrical rooms, rooftop, moving vehicles, and electrical current.