Job Description:

Sequoyah Electric is seeking a Project Manager to work in our special projects
department in our Redmond, WA office. The successful candidate for this position shall have excellent customer service and communication skills and has a thorough understanding of the electrical construction market.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan and organize a project from start to finish.
• Serves as main contact for customers (GC, Owner, etc.) at all times; interacts with customer(s) regularly to ensure their satisfaction and repeat business.
• Maintains accurate, current and complete records for all assigned projects to measure and document both project and team progress and results from planning through closure of the project.
• Develops budgets for each project.
• Reviews contracts and negotiates with Contractor and Subcontractors.
• Leads project start-up to make sure all information is available. Responsible for
ensuring that start-up is complete and the plan is carried through.
• Develops baseline schedules for projects to reflect accurate labor, material, equipment and subcontract time requirements and project constraints. Measures the baseline against actual progress and implement appropriate corrective action as necessary.
• Provide Schedule of Values for each project, as well as make sure billings and job cost projections are accurate and on time.
• Complete project budgets and monitor job cost weekly for accuracy; complete monthly work in progress (WIP) reports for review / discussion.
• Manage budgets by comparing planned to actual project costs and by implementing necessary corrective actions.
• Identify and track by pay items, cost codes and cost types.
• Develop change order proposals for all changes in scope from contract.
• Expedites, negotiates and approves all project internal changes and issues and external contract changes and issues.
• Promote safe jobsites and work with Safety Director to ensure all safety issues are properly addressed.
• Schedule and facilitate project closeout and post-job reviews.

Qualifications:

• Electrical trade background, PM engineering or other PM construction related background of 5 years minimum.
• Qualified applicants must be able to read electrical plans and specifications, monitor electrical schedules, resolve technical issues, and communicate with our customers, distributors and our field staff.
• Thorough knowledge of construction cost, scheduling, estimating and engineering principals and techniques, as well as accounting principles.
• Must be capable of estimating in order to produce job change orders, evaluate and apply job estimates and assist with new estimates as required.
• Experience managing projects and approves decisions concerning the project cost, time, and performance based on an agreed to baseline plan requirements.
• Ability to multitask and to manage multiple projects concurrently.
• Strong computer skills and familiarity with Microsoft Office.

Employee Benefit Program:

Employer paid medical, dental, vision, LTD, AD&D, employee assistance program life insurance and sick, holiday and vacation benefits. Employer matching contributions toward company sponsored 401(k)/Roth(k) plan.

How to apply:

Email your cover letter and resume in Microsoft Word format to hr@sequoyah.com. Enter “Special Projects Project Manager” in the subject line of your email.