Senior Project Manager

SQUAN is a company focused on engineering and construction project management, and they are seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee all phases of project lifecycles. The role involves leading project meetings, managing resources, and ensuring compliance with regulations while maintaining communication with stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Plans all phases of the engineering and construction project lifecycle from order intake to payment received
• Leads project meetings, creates agendas, assigns action items, follows up on open action items, and holds team accountable for commitments
• Creates detailed schedule that outlines due dates for each task, rolling up to milestones and deliverables
• Creates and updates project level forecast monthly for all assigned projects
• Implement change management protocols and ensure teams are performing against the scope as written
• Monitors utilization and works with engineering managers and construction managers to ensure resources are correctly allocated to the project
• Manages permit coordinators, ensures team is updating applicable trackers at appropriate intervals and sets priorities for them
• Professionally communicates with clients and all other stakeholders (both internal and external)
• Clears roadblocks impacting the design, field, permitting, and GIS teams
• Collaborates with construction manager and engineering managers (design, field, permit, and GIS)
• Provides weekly updates on project financial health on internal calls and speaks to monthly forecast each week
• Meets with Jurisdictions Having Authority (JHAs) and communicates all applicable local, state, national codes and regulations, and safety precautions are followed by the design and permitting team
• Coaches and mentors team, including other project managers when appropriate
• Conducts performance management functions when necessary and follows through with proper documentation
• Escalates internally when challenges arise between engineering and construction (or within a given team) for resolution
• Submits and approves timesheets daily with the appropriate time coded to the project, aspect, and task
• Conducts interviews of permit coordinators, project coordinator candidates and project managers and is involved in hiring decisions
• Stays current with scope changes and understands the scope applicable to the work being performed to maintain change control and where appropriate, complete change orders with the client
• Comes well prepared for meetings with client, peer managers and SQUAN Leadership
• Focuses on high level customer interaction to both internal and external customers
• Other duties as assigned by Director of PMO or Program Manager
• Collaborates with Construction Support team to ensure proper status reporting and that efficiencies are maximized between engineering and construction
• Collaborate with Program Manager and PMO Director to propose/develop best in class practices for project management are in place for new clients and markets
• Work with PMO Director to present proposed changes to PM practices and standards to appropriate VPs for buy in where appropriate
• Implementation of approved process changes across the organization

Requirements:

• Must be 18 or older
• Three years of telecommunication project management experience or 5 years of experience in a Lead or Coordinator role with similar responsibilities in the telecommunication industry
• Able to work with minimal supervision and complete tasks assigned in a timely manner
• Strong proficiency in MS Office
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral
• Valid driver's license
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug test and background check
• Bi-lingual (Spanish/English)
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, management, engineering or a related degree
• PMP Certification
• Experience managing turnkey, EPC, and design/build projects in the telecommunication industry