Contract Project Manager Jobs in Baton Rouge, LA

The Brock Group provides specialty craft and maintenance services to key industries across North America. We are dedicated to offering the safest and highest quality service and solutions. We view ourselves as partners with our customers, our employees and the communities in which we operate. Our performance-driven culture is led by having and developing the best people, the most efficient processes and the right tools for the job.
Qualifications and Detail about the Position
Summary:
Broad Function
The Project Manager is responsible for planning, organizing and managing projects for a geographical area, ensuring on time completion, within budget, and to the required customer standards, while also managing resources and stakeholder relationships. This position manages a team of superintendents and site managers to successfully execute projects.
Essential Functions
• Promote, demonstrate and instill Brock's Bsafe and Bbest culture in all aspects of the business
• Responsible for project safety, quality, cost and schedule
• Ensure proper planning and scheduling of resources, monitoring, and taking corrective actions
• Is a champion for safety and regulatory compliance
• Build strong cross-functional operating partnerships across the organization (as defined in role success profile)
• Ability to understand and interpret contracts and successfully execute change orders
• Assist in quoting and performing preliminary job walks for defined projects
• Responsible for the collection and ownership of complete project and site data
• Develop and builds sales relationships within both Brock and the customer's organization
• Responsible for leveraging opportunities to cross sell Brock's product and service offerings
• Maintain communication with regional leadership and Business Development to ensure customers' needs are met
• Manage changes to project scope through defined change management process
• Assist in resolving customer issues / discrepancies
• Identifies all operations aspects of the job including: labor, equipment, consumables and materials along with any sub-contract requirements
• Coordinate with Asset Management and Regional Operations on planning/scheduling, and determining materials & manpower demands for defined projects
• Work with Business Development and Estimating to transition the job from sales to operations utilizing the Healthy Start process
• Develop and implement project construction execution plan
• Accountable for completion of assigned jobs to region and customer satisfaction
• Responsible for job cost management and profitability for assigned projects, including daily tracking and reporting for billable and non-billable activities. Monitors KPIs, as defined.
• Audit ongoing operations and identifies opportunities for field efficiencies and standardization of methods to improve margins
• Support the development and implementation of a project Quality Control plan
• Manage outsourced services within project constraints, including management of re-rental equipment
• Collaborate with site supervision while managing multiple projects and ensuring scope, job efficiency and productivity
• Ensure work processes and procedures are consistently applied on the project
• Follow Brock's procurement process in support of vendor evaluations
• Deliver projects within defined profitability metrics
• Collaborate with Regional Management and Project Controls to perform job tracking postmortem and lessons learned for continuous improvement
• Meet project deadlines
• Own the planning and implementation of a program / project by executing detailed project plans which include timelines, scheduling, logistics, purchasing and training plans
• Conduct effective performance evaluations and mentors those with less experience
• Challenge others to develop as leaders while serving as role models and mentors
Working Conditions
• Working conditions include outdoor and indoor field, yard and shop locations.
• Working indoors in an office environment
• Utilization of Personal Protective Equipment is necessary.
• Frequent travel as required
Skills & Abilities
• Ability to motivate, guide and manage teams effectively
• Excellent management skills to set expectations and resolve conflict
• Strong delegation skills with ability to hold people accountable
• Strong financial acumen; ability to understand project / site financials and impact on resources, time, and revenue
• Ability to effectively track project costs to ensure adherence to budget
• Effectively managing stakeholder expectations and ensuring satisfaction
• Ability to make informed decisions based on available information and data analysis
• Strong problem-solving skills; analyzing situations, and finding solutions to overcome challenges
• Ability to clearly communicate information to team, clients and management
• Strong resource allocation skills, assigning the right resources to the right tasks with a focus on efficiency
• Strong understanding of the legal and operational implications of contract clauses to ensure compliance and mitigate risk
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
Education & Experience
• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ years of project management experience
• PMP and PMI certification, or equivalent, desirable
• Supervisory experience with knowledge of employment practices (hiring and termination; discipline, attendance, employment regulations, pay practices, etc.)
Location of Job: US: LA: Geismar
Work Type: Full Time
Working Conditions:
We conform to all the laws, statutes, and regulations concerning equal employment opportunities and affirmative action. We strongly encourage women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply to all of our job openings. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, age, disability status, Genetic Information & Testing, Family & Medical Leave, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We prohibit Retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer or the government, or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint or otherwise oppose discrimination.