Project Manager, Operations Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager

Walker Engineering is accepting applications for Sr. Project Managers for our Commercial Electrical Group in Houston.

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for the overall direction, completion, and financial outcome of electrical construction projects. The role involves planning, coordinating, and controlling the project from inception to completion, ensuring the client’s requirements regarding functionality and standards are met while achieving a successful conclusion.

A Senior Project Manager is also responsible for ensuring that the client’s requirements regarding project functionality and standards are met as well as ensuring a successful conclusion of the project. The role includes bidding the job and distributing documents to bidders, answering questions during the bid process, issuing bid addenda, evaluating bids, negotiating with successful bidders, and managing contract signing.

During construction, the Senior Project Manager must possess thorough knowledge of the trades, crafts, and equipment required, identify potential problems, handle change orders and contract changes, fairly settle contract issues, supervise construction operations, maintain quality, keep the budget on track, monitor progress, and report to stakeholders. The position involves working on commercial projects.

• Planning, directing and coordinating the construction project.
• Overseeing the entire construction project or part of a project.
• Scheduling and coordinating all types of design during the construction process.
• Selecting, hiring, and overseeing the work done by the contractors.
• Overseeing the construction workers and their immediate supervisors.
• Ensuring that the project is completed within a specified time.
• Determine the best source of construction materials.
• Responsible for scheduling and estimating the time required to complete the project.
• Oversees the selection of trade contractors and general contractors who are ideal for the completion of a project.
• Oversees the performance of contractors.
• Ensuring that the construction work is completed on schedule.
• Monitoring and directing the progress in the construction site.
• Oversees the delivery of materials, construction tools and equipment.
• Ensuring that the construction resources are used well.
• Ensuring that all safety precautions are adhered to by the construction workers.
• Obtaining the necessary licenses or permits.
• Monitoring the compliance with set regulations.
• Ensuring that both the health and safety projects plans are implemented.
• Being on site to oversee all the construction process.
• Ensuring that the budget is followed in terms of purchasing and wages.
• Organizing the workers and ensuring that they are performing as required.
• Recording the total costs for material bought and payments for work done.
• General inspection of the workers and their performance and safety.
• Ensuring that the stipulated safety rules and regulations are met.
• Liaises with the government inspectors on the standard requirements of the site in terms of licenses and safety.
• Follows the project construction process to ensure that it is completed in time.
• Supervises the subcontractors and ensures that they are punctual and that they deliver.
• Ensure that quality is preserved in the construction process and that the budget is maintained.
• Writing project progress records in liaison with the foreman.

• Supervisory Skills
• Ability to schedule and multitask
• Knowledgeable in building and construction
• Problem solving aptitude
• Computer literate
• Attentive to detail
• Possess good communication skills

• This job operates in a client project environment with exposure to employees, subcontractors and trades.

• High School Diploma
• A degree in Construction Management or Project Management or equivalent experience.

Please note, this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.