Job Description
Title: Construction Project Manager
Location: Chicago, IL
Hire Type: Full-time
Compensation: $130-$140K
Must have Skill Set:
- Minimum of 10+ years of relevant project management experience in the construction industry.
- Experience directing engineering, permitting, construction, and commissioning of gas insulated substations and high/medium-voltage networks.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access).
- Must meet company driving requirements.
Overview:
The Construction Project Manager will manage, direct, and coordinate all aspects of the work related to the engineering, permitting, construction, and commissioning of gas insulated substations, including connection to underground high-voltage and medium-voltage networks. Reporting directly to the Lead Project Manager, this role is responsible for cost management, schedule management, and construction coordination. The successful candidate will ensure project completion within the specified date while establishing and maintaining professional relationships with the Owner, subcontractors, regulatory agencies, and other project stakeholders.
Job Duties: * Provide overall management of the project from engineering, procurement, construction, and closeout.
- Oversee environmental compliance, permitting, planning, estimating, project controls, bid phase services, constructability reviews, and material management.
- Maintain clear lines of communication and strong relationships between the project site, project office, and clients.
- Coordinate directly with equipment vendors for the delivery, installation, and commissioning of major equipment.
- Drive project schedules, manage scope, and maintain detailed, accurate project cost forecasts and accruals.
- Develop and implement project policies, procedures, and control systems, while executing the project plan.
- Work closely with the Project Team to confirm deliverables and services meet client satisfaction.
- Report regularly to the Lead Project Manager on construction progress, cost/schedule metrics, procurement issues, safety or environmental concerns, and design questions.
Qualifications: * Bachelor's degree in Construction, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field (applicable experience may be substituted for the degree requirement).
- A minimum of 10+ years of relevant project management experience in the construction industry.
- Excellent computer skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Experience with document control, scheduling, cost control, and project management software is preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills alongside strong organizational skills.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving skills, and deep attention to detail.
- Ability to handle large volumes of work and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
- Must be able to meet the company's driving requirements.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Chicago, IL |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $130,000–$140,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
Skills
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Building Permitsunmatched
- Commissioningunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Computer Skillsunmatched
- Constructionunmatched
- Construction Managementunmatched
- Construction Projectsunmatched
- Construction Scheduleunmatched
- Control Systemsunmatched
- Cost Controlunmatched
- Cost Forecastingunmatched
- Customer Satisfactionunmatched
- Detail Orientedunmatched
- Document Controlunmatched
- Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC/EPCC/EPCM)unmatched
- Environmental Complianceunmatched
- Environmental Designunmatched
- High Voltage (HV)unmatched
- Maintain Complianceunmatched
- Materials Managementunmatched
- Medium Voltage (MV)unmatched
- Metricsunmatched
- Microsoft Access Databaseunmatched
- Microsoft Excelunmatched
- Microsoft Officeunmatched
- Microsoft Outlookunmatched
- Microsoft PowerPointunmatched
- Microsoft Wordunmatched
- Multitaskingunmatched
- Organizational Skillsunmatched
- Policy Implementationunmatched
- Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Procedure Implementationunmatched
- Project Controlunmatched
- Project Estimatesunmatched
- Project Management Softwareunmatched
- Project Planningunmatched
- Project Scheduleunmatched
- Project/Program Managementunmatched
- Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
- Regulationsunmatched
- Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
- Schedule Developmentunmatched
- Service Deliveryunmatched
- Writing Skillsunmatched
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