Field Project Manager - Critical Power

Concentric is the first national industrial power services organization delivering forklift and critical power as well as maintenance solutions that ensure uninterrupted, sustainable facility power. The company’s signature solutions, GuaranteedPOWER® and PerpetualPOWER® are industry firsts, improving reliability, sustainability and safety to solve the power problem for facility leaders. Concentric helps data centers, distributors, manufacturers, utilities, communications infrastructure and more develop resilience in their power systems while making the energy transition with less risk. With a national network of service professionals, Concentric provides engineering, installation and maintenance/management for power equipment including backup batteries, UPSs, generators, energy storage, micro grids, forklift power, onsite maintenance and more. Learn more at concentricusa.com.

Job Summary

The Field Project Manager- (FPM) Construction, Critical Power, is responsible for the overall management and execution of projects and is the principal point of contact for the customer. The FPM is charged with supporting the sales, operations, and service teams during the entire project to ensure a seamless transition from quotation through commissioning and acceptance by the customer. The FPM will have the discipline to create clear and achievable cost, quality, and schedule objectives and follow these objectives through to successful completion.

The FPM will provide technical leadership to the sales and service teams, including sub-contractors. The FPM must be capable of consistently exercising discretion and independent judgement, and possess advanced knowledge of critical power UPS, telecommunications, switchgear batteries, and power electronics (including UPS, Charger, rectifiers) and the associated component selection, system design and installation, construction, permitting, and reading blueprints. This position reports to the Regional Service Manager and has no direct reports.

*This position is remote - seeking applicants in the California area.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Reliable attendance and punctuality.
• Maintain ongoing expertise with building codes, OSHA safety standards, environmental regulations, project management, estimating techniques, NFPA fire and electrical codes.
• Follow all safety requirements, proper use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and complete trainings according to company policies and/or customer requirements.
• Plans, establishes, maintains, and regularly updates project schedule on assigned construction projects, clearly communicating delays to operations team and customer.
• Supports sales, operations, and service teams.
• Maintain project budget within key performance measurements.
• Manages communication and distributes documentation between the company and its customers.
• Oversee sub-contractor performance and ensure compliance with contracts and specifications.
• Perform site walks for sales quoting and pre/post job qualifications.
• Review customer specifications and bid documents and provide change orders when necessary.
• Contingency planning expertise, decision making, and knowledge must be utilized during project implementation.
• Provide Customer Service Representatives with order detail information for order entry and completion.
• Create, prioritize, and maintain project action item list.
• Manage, provide direction to employees and sub-contractors as necessary.
• Maintain accurate as-built documentation and punch-lists.
• Monitors, reports, and controls costs on assigned projects within estimated project margin.
• Manage gross profit and other key performance metrics on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
• Provide market feedback to the Critical Power management team to position the company as an industry leader.
• Effectively manage business expenses to stay within company guidelines.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Key Performance Measurements:

• Zero recordable incidents; 100% completion of safety training and audits.
• > 90% of scheduled tasks or milestones are completed on or before schedule.
• Budget adherence. Maintain cost variance within + 5%.
• Other key performance indicators as assigned.