Job Title: Electrical Project Manager
Length: 3-6-month CTH
Pay Rate: $60-75/hour (can offer per diem during contract is 60+ miles away from facility)
Location: CORPUS CHRISTI
As Area Project Manager, you will be playing a critical role in construction of novel battery chemical plant(s) near Corpus Christi, TX. You will be responsible for delivering capex projects by working cross-functionally with various internal and external stakeholders, supporting end users, collaborating with construction engineering, while ensuring your projects are ahead of schedule and under budget.
Responsibilities:
- Create a roadmap for project success, understanding all the components of your projects and finding ways to meet project deliverables
- Responsible for managing, coordinating, and administering site construction and supporting activities, including planning, procurement, construction, start-up, and prime contract close-out
- Overall responsibility for project execution, ensuring that the project is delivered within contract requirements and Tesla standards of quality and safety
- Write detailed and effective bid packages, ensuring seamless delivery of your project and always finding the best value for Tesla
- Supports selection of partners and suppliers
- Promote a safe and quality driven culture, both project and company wide
- Deliver projects ahead of schedule, enabling your teams and counterparts to solve problems and prioritize execution by company needs
- Track and understand all project costs at a fundamental level, challenge yourself and cross functional teams to drive costs down, and suggest value engineered proposals with thorough first principles analysis
- Manage budgets and schedules, manage performance, report progress, and initiate action to assure project objectives and schedules are met and work is performed within budget
- Determine cost codes, approve invoices and make necessary budget management decisions
- Use efficient and aesthetic communication methods to escalate roadblocks or communicate successes as necessary
- Employ a can-do attitude, ensuring all stakeholders are engaged and aligned to the project's goals
- Provide the best product for your respective project's customer or end users, keeping projects moving forward and addressing concerns as they arise
- Manage coordination with the engineering, manufacturing, procurement, and commissioning team
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of relevant industry experience (heavy industrial, oil & gas, complex chemical plants) in a PM role
- Will be supporting and managing all electrical contractors on site
- Come from a general contractor's background – large commercial (no residential) – shopping for subcontractors to do work
- General contractor PM
- Experience going through the commercial aspects of scopes (preparing RFPs, scopes of work, bid evaluation, leveling contractor selection, contract management) – MUST – this will be 90% of their day to day
- Know how to fully manage a project
- Previous experience on $500M+ projects
- Proficiency in Construction baseline development, change control, cost/schedule performance and variance analysis
- Excellent written and verbal communication & presentation skills
- Proficient knowledge and proven delivery on Civil, Structural, and Architectural, Mechanical, Electrical, Life Safety and Controls Scopes
- Willingness to get your hands dirty as needed to complete objectives and lead through challenging projects.
- Ability to work within a high-performance, cross-functional organization with extremely tight timelines and aggressive goals.
- Have an inquisitive and open attitude to exploring new ideas and drive to continuously learn
- Capacity to go above and beyond to support Tesla's mission as required
- Bachelors degree
Candidates MUST have experience going through the commercial aspects of scopes (preparing RFPs, scopes of work, bid evaluation, leveling contractor selection, contract management) - this will be 90% of their day to day!