Project Manager (Low-Voltage and Audiovisual)

Description

The Project Manager will manage a project team to plan, coordinate, schedule, execute, and complete multiple new construction and tenant improvement low-voltage or audiovisual (AV) projects with commercial and public education clients in the Los Angeles basin area, including Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside counties.  They must be able to regularly visit job sites.   

• Responsible for working independently or in conjunction with a project team to plan, coordinate, schedule, execute, and complete multiple projects in parallel within each project’s time, cost, and scope constraints.  
• The ideal candidate will be experienced in project forecasting as it pertains to revenue, material, and labor costing.
• Create and manage the execution phase schedule. Set deadlines, assign responsibility, monitor, control, and summarize the progress of a project as needed.
• Responsible for each job’s assigned implementation team. Team structure will vary from job to job based on scale and complexity.
• Assure the project implementation team has the documentation, instructions, schedule, material, and tools required to execute the project scope.
• Throughout each project, prepare and update documentation including meeting notes, task lists, schedules, request for information (RFI) forms, request for change order (RFCO) forms, change orders (ICO, ECO), change logs, letters, memos, packing slips, punch-lists, record set documentation, final acceptance forms, etc. to keep a job organized and running smoothly.
• Perform diagnostic troubleshooting on AV/IT systems when required and provide installation testing and punch list generation for completion by the integration team.
• Strive to maintain a 75% billable/chargeable workload by providing project management and technical support.
• Assist the estimating team with resource estimation including labor, logistics, material, specialty tools, site surveys, etc. 
• Follow safety standards as required by OSHA and management.
• Attend site and department safety and coordination meetings as required.

Requirements

• Associate degree or higher, and at least 2 years experience in a related industry in a project management role.
• A degree in Business Administration or Project Management is preferred. 
• The ideal candidate will already have attained their AVIXA CTS credentials, and be PMI PMP certified, or have a goal to achieve certification within a year.
• Advanced user skills with Microsoft Office, specifically, Excel.
• Any experience with a project management standardized software, such as Primavera or MS Project, is preferred, as would any familiarity with construction management software such as Procore or Merris.
• Must have good written and verbal communication and negotiating skills, and be able to multi-task and effectively manage several different projects simultaneously through to completion by a specific due date. 
• The physical aspects of the role will require the ability to occasionally climb ladders and scaffolding.