Project Manager

2 weeks ago


Lombard, United States Valdes Architecture & Engineering Full time

Valdes is a 200-person, multidisciplinary, engineering, architecture, and project management company with an expert focus on technical excellence. Every client project is assigned a dedicated team of professionals who provide personalized services and solutions. The Valdes success model consists of streamlined work processes, attention to detail, technical expertise, and an unyielding commitment to client satisfaction, safety and quality.

Valdes is guided by our purpose statement: We are talented people who thrive and achieve extraordinary results for our customers.

Our core values reflect who we are, how we perform and what we aspire to:
**Integrity Critical Thinking Excellence Teamwork Passion**

Valdes proudly executes all work in the United States to maintain the utmost quality for our clients. We are a certified Minority-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE) and hold the following certifications:
National Minority Supplier Development Council - MBE Certification

Illinois Department of Central Management Services - BEP Certification

City of Chicago - MBE Certification

California Public Utilities Commission, The Supplier Clearinghouse - MBE Certification

**Overview**

Primary point of contact and accountability for ensuring projects meet client’s expectations. Interfaces with client engineering representatives and other discipline engineers within the Valdes organization. Responsible for leading the Valdes team and ensuring project completion within budget, schedule and conformance with specifications. Maintains good business relationships with client counterparts throughout the course of the project. Responsible for sign-off of the completed project and also a final project report to close-out the contract. May visit job site as required for exchange of information.

**Responsibilities**
- Strong project management experience with the capability and initiative to perform the following tasks while supervising/mentoring a staff and maintaining strong client relationships
- Participate in all required safety activities. Promote safety in all aspects of the project
- Direct, coordinate, budget, scope and manage multi-discipline projects of any size
- Manage, coordinate, and administer projects from the conceptual stages through planning, engineering, procurement, construction, start-up and prime contract closeout
- Manage one or more Project Engineers assigned under her/him to support the execution of the projects under their management
- Develop new client accounts and maintain existing business relationships with client counterparts and management team
- Review and approve invoices to the client, as well as manage estimates, schedules, and reports being sent to the client
- Supervise and coordinate the efforts of the staff to achieve client’s established project objectives
- Assist Business Development and Client Manager in business related activities.
- All other duties as assigned

**Technical Competencies**
- Ability to communicate complicated issues in a simple manner
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong knowledge of all engineering disciplines, plant operations within their sector
- Leadership skills such as conflict resolution, risk evaluation, mentoring and steadiness
- Ability to properly delegate and follow up with team to assure project is completed to client satisfaction on schedule and on budget
- Creativeness in providing new solutions to problems
- Basic knowledge of 2D and 3D AutoCAD software
- Strong Microsoft Office experience and knowledge of planning or scheduling software
- Knowledge of multi-discipline project design execution and construction sequence
- Responsible for Quality Control and possesses an eye for detail
- Expertise in Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Project and Primavera are pluses
- Professional registration desired

**People Skills**
- Personable and able to work easily with others at all levels
- Able to work alone or on a team in different level positions. Not afraid to take charge, but will also cooperate and coordinate with others at their level that may have more authority over the work at hand
- Possesses a knack for the ability to network and connect with peers, subordinates, supervisors and others within the industry
- Personable and possesses the ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with clients, subordinates and co-workers at all levels
- Ability to handle difficult individuals, remain calm when employees or clients are confrontational and effectively manage and resolve conflicts in a professional manner
- Demonstrate effective work relationships with all project and engineering personnel
- Represents the highest standard of professional conduct with other groups, department members and clients
- Ability to supervise and lead staff offering coaching and oversight resulting in quality work product
- Conscientious, enthusiastic and extroverted personality, able to initiate and follow through on assignments w


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