Project Associate Jobs in Ridgeland, MS (NOW HIRING)

• Location 700 S WEST ST,Jackson, MS, 39201,United States
• Job Category Project Management, Business, Engineering
• Employee Type Full Time Salary
• Required Degree 4 Year Degree
• Travel 10%
• Manage Others No

• Phone 601-326-4113

The Project Manager role involves coordinating with Engineering, Financial, Billing, Sales, Marketing, and Operations departments, tracking budgets and timelines, ensuring compliance with grant/loan requirements, and facilitating project closeouts. This job requires planning, organizing, reporting and documenting, monitoring progress, and communicating with leadership during the process. This position coordinates grant/loan disbursements, reporting, and project closeouts with funding agencies, as well as ensures project design, environmental reviews, procurement, and contracts comply with grant/loan requirements. The PM will work closely with the PMO Manager to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget. The PM will rely on experience and judgement to plan and accomplish goals. A certain degree of creativity and latitude is expected.

The essential job functions and duties described below may not be the only requirements of the position. It may be necessary to follow other instructions or perform other related duties required by the company.

• 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

• Requires excellent organizational skills, the ability to manage multiple concurrent deadlines, exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to delegate tasks to manage workload

• Special projects as requested by PMO Manager or other departments which would be of a nonrecurring nature
• Other duties that may be assigned

Education/Experience – A Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, accounting or business is preferred. A minimum of two (2) years of experience in Project Management, audit or regulatory experience is required. PMP Certification is preferred.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities – 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.

TEC is a communications company with a vision of connecting customers to the world and strengthening the communities we serve. As a family owned and operated business, we value your success and personal growth within the company. We strive to strengthen employees, build customer relationships, expand our fiber network, and increase profitability so that we can reinvest in our employees, company, and communities that we serve. As a Project Manager, you’ll join an elite team that is connecting rural Americans with dedicated fiber broadband services.

With over 100 years in business, TEC is an established innovative communications leader. In the early to mid-1900s, TEC connected countless people to the telephone for the first time. And today, we are accelerating access to high-quality, reliable internet solutions for communities that need it most. With offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, and Louisiana, we are playing a major role in the largest internet infrastructure buildout in the history of our country, and you can be a part of this exciting time.

TEC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability, or any other category protected by applicable Federal, State, or local laws, except where age and gender are essential bona fide occupational requirements, or where disability is a bona fide occupational disqualification. Furthermore, Equal Employment Opportunity will be provided for qualified disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam Era as well as other protected veterans.TEC is committed to the idea that all employees must be treated with dignity and respect. Each and every employee is expected to help maintain a nondiscriminatory workplace.