Project Management Organization Manager, Energy

Company Description

Working At Knobelsdorff

Along with building state-of-the-art projects, we build meaningful careers, lasting opportunities, and teams of dedicated individuals who truly own their work. As a leading turnkey specialty contractor specializing in Automation, Electric, Energy, and Power Services, our team tackles challenging, cutting-edge projects that provide opportunities to build new skills, confidence, and gain valuable hands-on experience in a variety of different industries. We tackle industrial electrical installations, advanced automation systems, and renewable energy solutions.

Since our founding as a family-owned company in 1988, we've grown while staying true to our core values. Starting your career with Knobelsdorff means joining a culture that values your contributions, moves quickly, takes calculated risks, and celebrates team members who step up and own their work.

If you're ready to join a team where your voice matters, your growth is supported, and your impact is celebrated, Knobelsdorff (KE) is the place for you.

Job Description

Purpose: Serve as a mentor and trainer to all assigned Project Managers. Set policies and procedures and identify best practices to guide them in the execution of their duties.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the senior Project Manager within the division, managing sites and portfolios as necessary to ensure proper execution of projects.
• Oversee Project Handover Meetings with the Pre-Construction and Estimating team to ensure your Project Management teams have the necessary information to successfully execute projects.
• Familiarize yourself with customer contracts and assist project managers with their review of contracts in order to analyze scope, schedule, and budget of project.
• Guide project management teams on how to properly conduct both internal coordination and external customer meetings.
• Guide project management teams through the creation and submittals of RFI(s) to gain clarification and details needed for successful project completion.
• As construction activities begin on site ensure project management teams maintain a thorough understanding of required scope, customer timelines, and contractual milestone dates.
• Coach project management teams on productive communication with field leadership to ensure a good understanding of equipment, tools and personnel needs as well as work accomplished and remaining tasks.
• Supervise monthly cost to complete, forecasted revenue, and cash flow forecast exercises with project management teams.
• Coach project management teams through change order, ensuring proper payment for additional scope while also balancing customer relationships.
• Ensure project management teams are appropriately accounting for costs to jobs.
• Attend lessons learned meetings with customers to capture improvements needed for future projects.
• Continuously provide feedback to the Pre-Construction and Estimating team to refine bids.
• Attend “kickoff meetings” and ensure Project Managers are appropriately covering project scope, schedule, benchmarks, and performance goals with field leadership.
• Maintain a consistent schedule of field visits by your project management teams and expectations for those visits ensuring teams are appropriately involved at the field level on all projects.
• In coordination with the other directors, develop and implement PMO standards, processes, and best practices to drive consistency and efficiency across energy projects. 

Qualifications

• 3+ Years of experience of overseeing a construction project management team. 
• Strong understanding of project financials, cost breakdowns, and construction budgets. 
• Strong organizational skills with a high attention to detail. 
• Willingness to work in a fast-paced environment and submerge yourself into the team. 
• Flexibility and resilience in handling a dynamic workload. 
• Proven success in managing people and providing constructive feedback for the growth of the Project Management teams. 
• Proactively seeks out and absorbs shared knowledge, focusing on both the details and the rationale of our operations. 

Additional Information

We believe in paying for the value you bring to the team, and we aim to be competitive in every market we hire in.

Pay Range: $110,000 to $130,000/year

Total Rewards Statement

As a full-time employee at Knobelsdorff, you'll have access to a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, wellbeing, and future.

• 100% employer-paid health and dental coverage for employees
• HSA contributions to support your medical expenses
• Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage
• 401(k) with competitive company match
• Profit sharing and performance-based incentives
• Paid weekly with competitive wages
• PTO, six paid holidays, and education reimbursement
• Exclusive employee discounts through Working Advantage

We believe your work should be rewarded with more than just a paycheck. At KE, we invest in your total wellbeing.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be provided for individuals with disabilities.

Typical Requirements May Include:

• Must be able to sit, stand, kneel, stoop, walk, and sit for long periods of time
• Must be capable of working in inclement conditions including extreme hot and cold temperatures
• Must be physically capable of lifting and carrying up to 40 lbs.

Accessibility: If you need accommodations as part of the employment process, please contact Knobelsdorff Human Resources at 651-923-4970 or via email at HR@KEway.com.

Eeo Statement

Knobelsdorff is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable federal, state, or local law.

We believe in hiring the best person for the job, period. If you’ve got the skills, work ethic, and mindset to Own It, you’ll find a place here.

If you need accommodation during the hiring process, let us know and we’ll work with you.

• Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.
•  EEO is the Law poster English – Spanish
•  EEO is the Law Supplement poster English – Spanish
•  Pay Transparency Policy Statement English

Knobelsdorff is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

• Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.
• EEO is the Law poster English– Spanish
• EEO is the Law Supplement poster English– Spanish
• Pay Transparency Policy Statement English