Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. 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
Skills
- 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
Company Overview
Squan provides innovative solutions that enable the evolution of wireless and data networks. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in Englewood, New Jersey, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://www.Squan.com.