Associate Project Manager

Company: Adex Corporation
Location: Downers Grove
Posted on: February 3, 2025

Job Description:

Pay Rate: $43 per hour.

Make sure to read the full description below, and please apply immediately if you are confident you meet all the requirements.

Project Manager
Responsible for the effective management of all designated projects and their associated budgets and schedules, including coordinating all deliverables and requirements of the entire cross-functional project team. Ensure all projects are completed according to the underlying contract and to mutually agreed upon timelines of the customer and are in accordance with policies and procedures. Ensure that the District Manager/Program Manager and customers are aware of issues that will impact timely project completion or cost, and pro-actively seek to identify and communicate any schedule and budget risks.

Essential Job Functions
--- Manage assigned projects from inception to completion, ensuring that all activities, including contracting, RF design, product/equipment ordering, permitting regulatory, construction, optimization, site acquisition, close-out, and hand-off to ops are effectively and efficiently coordinated and completed on time within budget and in accordance with the underlying contract / LSO.
--- Manage all external vendors necessary for timely completion and within budget.
--- Develop accurate project plan and budget for all assigned projects, modify as needed and direct close-out of completed jobs including the receipt of all required documentation.
--- Lead internal and external deployment meetings with other managers and team members to review the status of each job and implement changes as necessary to ensure timely project completion.
--- Attend customer deployment meetings to provide customer with comprehensive job status reports and resolve any conflicts or issues that arise.
--- Ensure accurate and complete files are maintained for projects and appropriate close-out documents are distributed in a timely manner in accordance with corporate and customer standards.
--- Ensure that all jobs are maintained in a project tracking system with complete accuracy.

Education/Certifications
--- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience
--- A valid driver's license required
--- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification preferred

Experience/Minimum Requirements
--- Three (3) to five (5) years of wireless project management experience or three (3) to five (5) years project management experience in any other industry
--- Managing project budgets or related financial experience
--- Customer-facing project management experience

Other Skills/Abilities
--- Advanced knowledge of telecommunications/wireless project management, asset management, tower maintenance and property management
--- Advanced knowledge of Public and Private right of way project deployment, including regulatory and permitting processes.
--- Ability to read and understand blueprints along with civil inside & outside plant construction methods or tower/roof top structural details.
--- Ability to direct the diagnosis of work flow problems, critical paths and institute remedies
--- Ability to read and understand financial metrics and identify remedies to financial issues
--- Customer service orientation with a strong problem solving approach
--- Strong verbal and written communication skills
--- Ability to manage and process multiple data streams
--- Knowledge of construction services: Telco, power, fiber, basic construction, vendor equipment requirements, and antennas

Working Conditions: Works in a normal office setting with no exposure to adverse environmental conditions 80% of the time. Required travel to project sites with exposure to heavy equipment and environmental conditions 20% of the time.

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