Structured Cabling Project Manager - Technology Solutions

Compensation: $90,000 to $110,000

PLEASE NOTE:this role is based full-time in our Lakewood office. Remote candidates will not be considered.

General Responsibilities:

• Maintain open communication lines with all working relationships
• Follow up to ensure items for which the job is accountable are performed
• Earn and maintain customer’s trust
• Uphold the core values of the organization
• Work well with others to accomplish the mission of the organization and of the job

Specific Responsibilities:

Leadership

• Supervise all project personnel
• Take responsibility for productivity safety, and safety audits.
• Perform job walks to ensure:

o Employees are wearing Personal Protective Equipment and tools

o Employees are working safely and productively

o Tools and material are located in close proximity to work performed

o The installation is up to standard

• Take ultimate responsibility for the billings, understanding the job well enough to front end bill it.
• Constantly train the project manager’s replacement. Train and coach, the field people and be supportive, identifying future leaders of the company

• Active in improving the overall safety culture of the company

Process Improvement

• Engage and help to develop new Encore standards and processes and hold others accountable to them
• Participate in Project Manager meetings
• Help to develop phase codes for the project

Risk Management

• Proficient in developing budgets and forecasting
• Adequate understanding of the project schedule to provide input to your Superintendent on accurate man loading
• Ability to write commodity purchase order from the installation estimate
• Manage subcontractors and vendors at financial level
• Proficient in estimating change orders on a project
• Assist project team with labor cost codes for the project
• Ensure all parties to the job, at all levels of the job, apply their time into the proper phase code for time keeping
• Create change estimates to any changes to the project
• Perform a detailed installation estimate on lighting, gear, special systems, and committed material to verify quantities from the estimate developed through project development

• Proficiency with material procurement processes, including quoting, procuring, receiving, tracking
• Proficient in the cost to complete process and monthly forecasting

Customer Service

• Ability to have fierce conversations with customers and other trade partners
• Take ultimate responsibility for submittals
• Assist with submittal creation and procurement of material
• Make certain purchase orders are written and that the project is current on changing orders to the purchase orders
• Coordinate and maintain relationships with all project stakeholders
• Ensure proper maintenance of construction documents
• Actively engage in any required meetings
• Ensure the proper permit is obtained in the jurisdiction for the job location
• Understand the permitting process and what the wiring methods are in different jurisdiction Responsible for project closeout documentation

• Prior to completion, involves the service department so they know the job and are introduced to the owner to maintain the relationship

• Assist closing out the job with vendors

General

• Comfortable and Confident in providing value to a project interview
• Effectively work with and support Preconstruction Services
• Accurate and consistent man loading of your project scope
• Work with project team to set up the job
• Understanding of how to effectively utilize support service groups
• Work with the project team to build an information sheet and map to the jobsite
• Strong communications with the entire project team (Internal and External)
• Ability to navigate Project Management System Remote Travel
• This may be agreed upon or required for this position
• If applicable, remote travel is compensated for at an agreed upon inflated rate in comparison to local Project Managers — said differently, remote-working Project Managers may receive a higher rate of pay

Other duties as may be assigned

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Knowledge of:

• The construction process from scheduling to manpower to the labor, materials and equipment required for installation
• Constructability and the construction process
• Algebra and geometry• Ability to write commodity purchase order from the installation estimate
• Statistics
• Financial math

Skill in:

• Acting as a self-starter
• Good organization skills
• Spatial orientation
• Identifying scope gaps in construction documents
• Customer management
• Listening
• Speaking intelligently
• Estimating resources needed to complete required tasks
• Adapting to new and changing requirements, environments, and/or information
• Managing people and processes
• Managing complex projects, breaking them down to their component levels
• Using communication software
• Effective written and oral communication sufficient to be able to elicit and communicate information and achieve understanding (Technical/Business writing)
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with customers, vendors, consultants, management, and employees
• Operating a computer
• Operate Microsoft office products
• Organizing work to accomplish tasks
• Reading and writing
• Prioritizing and reprioritizing to meet job needs
• Identifying and managing risk
• Problem solving
• Tracking numbers and bits of data relevant to the work assignment

Ability to:

• Retain and access critical information from memory
• Conceptualize and visualize the project for constructability means and methods
• Think on your feet
• Understand when to speak and when not to speak
• Be personally detached from ideas (no ego)
• See things from multiple perspectives
• Ability to coordinate effectively with all ENCORE Support Services
• Understand and contribute to the project turnover process

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Driving
• Sifting
• Climbing
• Lifting (up to 50 lbs)
• Standing
• Stooping
• Vision acuity (near and far)
• Walking

REQUIREMENTS:

High School Diploma or equivalent is required. Extensive experience in the installation and supervision of structured cabling. 

Benefits of this role:

• Encore Electric provides excellent benefits for our employees, including: medical, dental, and vision plans, disability, and life insurance, employee-matched 401(k), paid time off (PTO), an employee assistance program that includes counseling, legal, and financial advice.
• Encore also provides a generous employee referral program, and access to technical, safety, personal finance, and leadership training through Encore University, Encore’s in house training program.
• This position is eligible for vehicle and cell phone allowances, and the short-term incentive program.

Applications will close on October 15th, 2026 or once role has been filled.

To ask any questions about the role, please contact [email protected].

To request an accommodation during the application process, please contact [email protected]. 

Encore Electric, Inc. is an EOE, including disability/vets