Primary Function

The Project Manager shall manage installations for a wide range of educational, corporate, faith, broadcast and government clients in an audiovisual capacity. He or she must be able to serve as a liaison between the client, engineering and the installation crew to coordinate all aspects of a sold project taking it from the design phase to a finished AV/Broadcast system.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Understand sold systems and identify labor and equipment resources required to complete projects
• Create timelines using project management software
• Generate forward progress on projects through scheduling and communication with clients, vendors and internal staff
• Request and coordinate technical data for power and networking, low voltage, infrastructure and IT systems
• Assign and schedule crews
• Interview and hire staff as needed
• Coordinate crew travel
• Coordinate equipment delivery to Alpha Video or the job site.
• Track labor and expenses. Review estimates against actuals to determine project success.
• Proactively identify logistical or technical problems with the audiovisual and broadcast systems to minimize financial impact
• Work with sales, engineering, the lead technicians and clients to identify change order situations and issue change orders as appropriate.
• Work with subcontractors and/or third parties as necessary.
• Produce and/or compile close out documentation and training manuals as necessary.
• Identify integration inefficiencies and propose solutions.

Skills & Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Highly organized
• Solid logistical and analytical skills
• Solid understanding of new construction
• Basic understanding of project financials including labor and expense costs
• Demonstrated leadership abilities
• Self-motivated
• Resourceful
• Ability to solve unusual or unexpected mechanical/structural problems
• Ability to solve unusual or unexpected video, audio and control problems
• Ability to solve unusual or unexpected logistical problems
• Ability to read CAD documents
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Ability to travel up to 20% travel, sometimes on a last-minute basis.
• Successful track record on project implementation

Education & Experience

• Four-year college degree in Information OR equivalent work experience
• 2+ years’ experience in project coordination/project management
• PMP