Contracting Project Manager

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Where is the work:

Monday to Thursday, work onsite with your colleagues. Fridays, choose your work location, balancing what your work requires.

 

 

What's in it for you:

Trane in Charleston, SC is hiring for a Contracting Project Manager! The Contracting Project Manager will manage all aspects of multi-million dollar construction / energy services / HVAC controls projects portfolio. They will have direct responsibility for project financials, administration, implementation, management and customer satisfaction. They will lead the project team through all facets of the project and is the established point of contact for stakeholders, and support project development efforts to scope total solutions.

 

What you will do:

• Support sales functions by assisting with quote preparation, project development, and proposals.

• Validate project scope, cost, schedule by reviewing contract documents, attending pre-bid validation meetings, holding internal meetings, and establishing customer expectations.

• Responsible for change order management by identifying opportunities, recommending solutions, facilitating quotes, utilizes pricing strategies, and closing orders providing total solutions across business streams.

• Maintain customer satisfaction by supporting company initiatives, building customer relationships, investigating concerns, implementing corrective actions, and developing communication plans with both internal and external stakeholders to provide timely project updates.

• Utilizes properly qualified subcontractors, oversees subcontractor RFQ process, awards subcontracts, manages subcontractor execution, collaborate with subcontractors to establish communication guidelines for project progress, project meetings, billing expectations, project safety and foster professional relationships with subcontractors.

• Financially manages all aspects of projects including cash flow, monthly forecasted cost / revenue, forecasted cost at completion, monitoring expenses, collections support, applied cost, buy-out plans, knowledgeable on financial impacts when adjusting cost categories, and oversees preparation and communications for monthly backlog review with leaders.

• Create and maintain project schedules generating task, dependencies, milestones, critical path, resource assignments, identify future looking planning needs and resource constraints, and collaborate with Controls PM to establish project task, communications for project progress, and review of plans / specifications and control submittals.

• Leads all aspects of project administration including, responsibility for knowledge of and adherence to contract penalty clauses and / or liquidated damages, analyzing reporting to identify project deficiencies and provides guidance on corrective actions, managing projects to business compliance, project documentation, safety guidelines, and maneuvering through governing agencies requirements including the state, city, county, federal and local level.

 

What you will bring:

• Advanced understanding of the development phase related to construction energy project and opportunities, knowledgeable on all construction systems and technologies.

• Must demonstrate strong leadership skills, abili