Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. TEC is a communications company expanding fiber broadband infrastructure and connecting rural communities. The Project Manager coordinates cross-functional project planning, engineering activities, budgets, timelines, grants, contracts, compliance reporting, and project closeouts to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget.
Responsibilities
- Develops comprehensive project plants that merge project requirements with company goals and coordinate various managers and technical personnel, across different company departments, during all project phases, from initial development through implementation
- Assist in defining a project’s scope and determining available resources
- Set time estimates and evaluate the team or teams’ capabilities
- Assist in creating a clear and concise plan to both execute the project and monitor its progress
- Establish deadlines and communicate consistently with all teams and monitor progress
- Set expectations, drive engagement and ensure accountability to meet all required deadlines
- Identify and evaluate potential risks before the project begins
- Avoid risk or at least minimize its impact
- Monitor and analyze teams’ performance and suggest corrective measures
- Present comprehensive reports documenting all project requirements fulfilled, as well as the projects’ history, including what was accomplished, parties involved, and suggested improvements moving forward
- Provide reports to management on projects’ progress
- Produce reports in support of other departments (financial, revenue assurance, etc.)
- Provide all reporting to the compliance entity
- Oversees and coordinates all engineering activities and tasks within the department, ensuring the team completes design, development, production, and testing processes efficiently
- Create and adjust policies and procedures to document and improve performance and efficiencies in the construction, grant reimbursement and reporting practices, and customer turn up process
- Responsible for assisting with budget planning and tracking budgets for current and future projects
- Develop and track timelines for projects to ensure the work is completed on time
- Compile and analyze data in order to predict, plan and prepare for materials needed for projects
- Reporting of budget to actual, analyzing invoices to agreements, review of all documentation of the project as well as organization of electronic files supporting each project
- Monitor, track and analyze budgets and expenses to ensure projects stay in line and compliant
- Assist in yearly budget preparation
- Implements and maintains overall grant coordination
- Assist in research and application of new programs in relation to fiber construction and other expansion projects, including grant/loan applications and disbursements
- Responsible for the maintenance and execution of contracts in relation to managed programs
- Internal and external reporting for grants and their related programs
- Grant project closeouts ensuring all requirements have been met, reporting delivered, and reimbursements requested and received
- Assist in the negotiation, development, maintenance, and execution of contracts and agreements
- Assist in the preparation of document requests for external audits and reviews
- May require some travel to review construction
- Occasional travel for Company related work using a personal vehicle or a company vehicle, therefore, a valid personal driver’s license and adequate insurance coverage on the personal vehicle is required at all times
- Special projects as requested by PMO Manager or other departments which would be of a nonrecurring nature
- Other duties that may be assigned
Skills
- A minimum of two (2) years of experience in Project Management, audit or regulatory experience is required
- Good organization, presentation, negotiations, and communication skills, including maintaining and meeting various deadlines
- Detail oriented with a background in problem solving skills and the ability to multi-task
- Must be able to prioritize, establish and meet content deadlines, and motivate others in the organization to timely provide necessary information and feedback
- Enthusiasm for working in an intensive, deadline-driven, and high-profile role with the ability to work effectively on multiple, concurrent projects
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and PM tools such as SmartSheets, strong written and verbal communication skills, strong analytical (including evaluation of large data files), ability to work well with cross-functional teams, ability to understand complex data sets
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a dynamic, cross-functional, and distributed teams, and successfully address multiple priorities and stakeholders concurrently
- Occasional travel for Company related work using a personal vehicle or a company vehicle, therefore, a valid personal driver's license and adequate insurance coverage on the personal vehicle is required at all times
- A Bachelor's Degree in engineering, accounting or business is preferred
- PMP Certification is preferred
Benefits
- Remote work
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