RCS Staffing has an immediate need for a Project Manager in Mountain View, CA. This is a full time, direct hire, hybrid position with our client. 

Overview of YOUR role as a Project Manager:

Manages complex projects consisting of cross functional teams involving multiple engineering disciplines and multiple construction areas including contract resources. Responsible for managing the scope, schedule, budget, and safety performance of multiple construction projects and programs. May also manage high profile projects with direct accountability for project execution while leading a team to accomplish project objectives within a given time frame and with limited resources.

As a Project Manager YOU will:

Customer Satisfaction and Relationships:

• Collaborates with the Executive Vice President and Account Manager to develop a relationship plan and assigns personnel to maintain relationships as appropriate level.

Contract and Financial Performance:

• Responsible for management and execution of contracts.
• Manages changes or scope creep with contract change orders and review of originally contracted scope with customer.
• Responsible for ensuring client tracking systems will support contract and reporting requirements.
• Ensures all data is accurately entered into the client system in a timely manner.
• Supports the Account Manager in establishing the departmental budget.
• Ensures all project / contracts meet financial performance expectations (P&L).
• Requests support resources to develop bid strategy as needed.
• Assigns resources in developing the estimate and proposal.
• Interfaces with Superintendent, General Foreman and Account Manager to develop bid strategies.

Project Management Performance:

• Provides project / program / contract status reports on overall project / program / contract performance to Account Managers as required.
• Responsible for forecasting and exception reports.
• Addresses any emergent work request activities. Identifies resource requirements (manpower & equipment) and schedule to department managers to obtain field resources to execute the work.
• Establishes a resource loaded schedule for all assigned projects.
• Leads project teams and uses project management tools and processes to execute projects including but not limited to:
• Review and acceptance of contractual terms and conditions.
• Inclusion of customer requirements and procedures into execution plan.
• Leading team in development and execution of project plan and schedule.
• Monitoring performance against key performance indicators and adjusting plan to get back on track.
• Applying lessons learned.
• Managing project team performance.
• Identifying high risk activities and developing mitigation plans.
• Maintaining customer awareness of project status, issues, changes, etc.

Procedural Performance:

• Follows all client applicable defined processes and procedures.
• Ensures project managers are appropriately handling all aspects of the project from concept to placing facilities in service.
• Ensures quality of the data provided to the customer.
• Responsible for providing periodic project status reports and performance reports to customer.

YOU are the ideal Project Manager candidate if you have:

• 3+ years of experience with electrical overhead distribution projects.
  
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in project management or direct supervisory role. (open to a field engineer looking to move into this type of role)
• Requires effective oral and written communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills and strong computer literacy.
• Good problem-solving skills and the ability to multi-task are essential. Must be a self-starter and have the ability to organize and prioritize work.
• Demonstrated ability to build consensus, communicate effectively, engage others in the required processes and hold people accountable. 

About Our CLIENT:

Our client is a utility specialty contractor with over 20 years of experience working with the nation’s largest utility providers, private contractors and developers, municipalities and cooperatives. They specialize in providing turnkey solutions for project of all sizes, and do so with dedication to completing the job on-time while providing the industry’s most innovative safety standards and are driven by a corporate culture of Safety, Integrity, Customer Focus and Employee Empowerment. 

Who WE Are

RCS Staffing is a certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) specializing in the recruitment of professionals for best-of-class companies throughout the United States. Since 1994, RCS recruits top talent for direct hire, temp-to-perm and contract staffing positions and provides customized payroll services. Our Recruiting Specialties consist of all Engineering Disciplines, Project Management, Project Controls, Information Technology, Energy Efficiency and Business Professionals.

RCS is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. RCS recruits, hires, and promotes for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, genetic information or age. All terms and conditions of employment such as compensation, benefits, work assignment, availability of facilities and privileges of employment are administered on the same basis of equality.

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