
Project Manager I
- Manassas, VA
- $65,000-90,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Serve as branch assistant salesman. Track sales leads, develop rapport with existing customers, develop basic project estimating ability (labor, freight, equipment, material), prepare price quotes using SafQuote software along with BrandSafway product manuals and input both from the branch salesman and the branch construction manager.
- Develop a detailed understanding of the company’s contracting and insurance processes. Be able to conduct liaison between BrandSafway and its customers on points of contract negotiation.
- Develop a basic understanding of the branch’s labor cost structure — union wages and benefits, payroll taxes, general liability insurance, workman’s compensation insurance, small tools, consumables, personal protective equipment, per diem, and expenses.
- Develop a detailed understanding of the branch’s ground level construction methods, capabilities, and limitations: the scaffold components and their proper employment; the efficient use of mechanical support equipment such as forklifts, lulls, boom lifts, and cranes; the production limits of a builder under varying conditions during eight- to twelve-hour days; and the challenges of scheduling.
- Develop a detailed understanding of the branch’s safety procedures including appropriate selection and employment of personal protective equipment, job site design, inspections, pre-job hazard assessments and mitigation plans, daily safety checks, routine safety observations.
- Develop a detailed understanding of the procedures, opportunities, and pitfalls associated with performing work over and above that work specified in a base contract document.
- Develop a basic understanding of the branch’s warehouse and shipping & receiving operations and a working understanding of the BAS inventory management system.
- Employ the above, hard-won abilities and understanding to support the branch in identifying opportunities, winning work, contracting, and executing safe, profitable projects.
- A junior naval or military officer about to exit active service would have some of the background needed to succeed.
- A bachelor’s degree in a technical subject is preferred but not required.
- A training credential in Microsoft Excel, or experience working Excel formulas is a strong plus.
- Substantial “outdoor” experience of any kind – Eagle Scout, commercial fishing, fire/EMT, forestry, farming, construction, high school or college varsity sports — is a plus.
- Expect travel up to 25% of the time.
Please be advised that BrandSafway will never require or ask for any fee from you in exchange for being considered, hired, promoted, transferred or having ongoing employment with us. It is a violation of our Code of Conduct if any employee requests any money or fee from you in exchange for tentatively special treatment or consideration. If anyone, regardless of whether an existing employee, or anyone else, requests payment of any fee in exchange for being hired into our company, you may confidentially contact our HR Compliance department at hrcompliance@brandsafway.com and provide the name of the individual and any other documentation or proof of such an act.