Project Manager III

As a Project Manager III, you will manage and oversee all aspects of a project to ensure it is completed on-time and within budget. You are responsible for managing scope, cost, schedule, internal staffing and outside vendors. You will prepare reports for upper management regarding status of project as well as contribute to moderately complex aspects of a project. Your work is generally independent and collaborative in nature.

Responsibilities:

• Directs and manages large and complex project development from beginning to end
• Defines project scope, goals and deliverables to support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
• Develops full-scale project plans and associated communications documents
• Communicates project expectations to team members and stakeholders
• Liaise with project stakeholders on an on-going basis
• Estimates resources and participants needed to achieve project goals
• Develops employees to be self-sufficient in continuous improvement tools
• Functions as leader for continuous improvement events
• Aligns activities with corporate goals around safety, quality, delivery and cost
• Performs root cause analysis on gaps, identifies waste, and works with leadership to drive sustainable corrective action
• Drafts and submits budget proposals, and recommends subsequent budget changes
• Negotiates with other department managers for acquisition of required personnel
• Determines and assesses need for additional staff or consultants and makes appropriate staffing adjustments during project cycle
• Sets and manages project expectations with team members and other stakeholders
• Delegates tasks and responsibilities to personnel
• Identifies and resolves issues and conflicts within project team
• Identifies and manages project dependencies and critical path
• Plans and schedules project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools
• Tracks project milestones and deliverables
• Develops and delivers progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations
• Manages changes in project scope, identifies potential concerns, and devises contingency plans
• Find, engage and orchestrate multiple specialist contractors to execute the works.
• Facility technical discussions with SE, vendor/factor, site operator and customer Technical PM to address and resolve design and engineering issues during project delivery.
• Generate and manage the internal project schedule, communicate changes with appropriate teams and adjust resources accordingly. 
• Obtain site progress reports from field teams, identify issues, and update 
• Facilitate client sign off and personally oversee handover with contractor foremen, tech leads, and engineering as necessary. 
• Travel to various job sites to meet with clients and contractors, attend review meetings, and expedite the resolution of escalated issues. 
• Resolve all project team questions, technical and operational, in a timely manner, delegating, or escalating as necessary. 
• Conduct project post-mortems and provide lessons learned documentation for Services, Management and Sales teams  
• Ensure post-installation documentation is delivered to the customer, for  example, user-acceptance tests, sign-offs, inventories, and 'as-built' drawings and schematics.

Qualifications:

• Associate's degree required; Bachelor's degree preferred
• 5 years required, 7 years experience preferred of directing work in a large-scale project management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution
• Business and management principles, including strategic planning, resource allocation, and production methods
• Prior experience with managing people and processes to achieve objectives
• Ability to build effective business relationships with other functional areas to best support mutual objectives
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to analyze workflow and processes to provide productive service to internal and external customers
• Interpersonal, conflict management, and negotiation skills required, including strong human relations skills to supervise and develop assigned employees effectively
• Adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products
• Ability to learn, understand, and apply new technologies
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent computer skills 
• Demonstrated experience with mid- to large scale datacenter deployments 
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with structured cabling 
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with Rack and containment builds 
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with Server and network deployment 
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with CCTV and Access control systems 
• Demonstrated hands-on network engineering experience  
• Experience in Datacenter Whitespace and grey space infrastructure fit-outs 
• Understanding of electrical, cabling and terminology and principles 
• Comprehension of technical schematics and construction documents (plan sets, symbols, Line Diagrams, Gantt charts). 
• Subcontractor management experience. 
• Demonstrate time management skills with attention to detail. 

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