Location: Aiken, SC - On Site
Details: Full time, Direct Hire Position


Overview:
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Project Manager to lead projects for critical infrastructure and data center projects across the nation. This role involves managing complex initiatives related to thermal, power, battery, and monitoring products. The ideal candidate will possess strong business acumen, capable of independently assembling and guiding teams to resolve intricate issues. This role is pivotal in establishing relationships and processes from pre-sales through equipment commissioning, ensuring a smooth and repeatable process.

Responsibilities:

• Utilize standard project management tools to effectively conduct projects, achieving quality, financial, and schedule targets.
• Define and obtain necessary resources to fulfill project scope, collaborating with functional group leaders to develop the project organizational resource chart.
• Coordinate with order management, plant production, logistics, contractors, services, and warranty groups, escalating potential conflicts to avoid impact on the customer.
• Work closely with jobsite and field resources to ensure understanding and communication of the schedule, budget, and scope. Periodically visit sites to establish relationships with key contractor and customer personnel.
• Escalate and create urgency around any issues that could impede project success, ensuring timely resolution and communication to stakeholders. Conduct effective meetings and presentations.
• Identify risks and proactively mitigate them before they become issues.
• Execute complex, high-value projects independently.
• Follow reporting and tracking programs to ensure the project is on target for quality, schedule, and cost targets.
• Oversee the financial performance of assigned projects, creating cost budgets, tracking and investigating spend, and maintaining established margins.
• Establish a culture of safety for each project, hosting periodic safety meetings to ensure safety is always a priority.

Qualifications:
Minimum:

• 5+ years of project management experience, with expertise in construction project management
• Knowledge of construction, electrical, and mechanical contracting 
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Exceptional customer service skills.
• Strong project management skills.
• Detail-oriented with excellent organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Preferred:

• Knowledge of engineering, manufacturing processes, data center infrastructure, and commissioning processes.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Physical & Environmental Demands:

• None

Travel Requirements:

• Variable schedules, including weekends, evenings, and holidays.

Apply Today:
Email your resume to savannah@powercareers.net

Why work with us at Power Careers as opposed to other firms? 
The biggest value we bring to you as a potential candidate is our ACCESS to employers, our ABILITY to technically vet skill set matches and our EXPERTISE when considering your employment offer package.  By access, we mean the industry relationships we have cultivated with Presidents, Owners and Operations Executives across the country who reach out to us daily with their talent needs.  Here’s a rundown of advantages you gain by working with our firm.

-We are experts in this Niche. We know the equipment-makes, models and manufacturers.  We know the electric power supply chain from generation, to transmission to distribution, storage and quality assessment. 
  
-We have access to career opportunities that are not publicized and have longstanding relationships with companies across the United States.  This gives us the ability to make candidate recommendations to top level decision makers without waiting on cumbersome internal recruitment processes.
  
-We keep your candidacy 100% confidential letting you have peace of mind that you can explore your options while currently employed.
  
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Savannah Wills, Recruitment Manager at Power Careers LLC
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"I specifically recruit for and support mission critical power, electrical power, renewable energy, utility, electric and smart grid development, data center growth, digital and electrical infrastructure, construction, and the electric vehicle (EV) markets. This includes industries in power generation, power distribution, power transmission, regional transmission organizations (RTOs), independent system operators (ISOs), electrical contracting, power quality, back-up power, packaged power, battery power, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), power protection and controls, electrical testing, power equipment maintenance, acceptance testing, commissioning, solar energy, wind energy, hydro energy, tidal energy, and geothermal energy."