Kasa Companies · 1 day ago
Project Manager
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
7+ years expKasa Companies is a dynamic organization specializing in parcel system upgrades and integrations. The Project Manager will oversee project schedules, budgets, and customer management to ensure successful project completion while collaborating with various teams and stakeholders.
HardwareManufacturingSoftwareTransportation
Responsibilities
Plans, directs, and coordinates activities of designated projects to ensure that goals and objectives of projects are accomplished within prescribed time and budget constraints
Responsible for ensuring the quality of goods and services to both internal and external customers
Understands and follows Kasa Engineering Process Manual procedures
Develops and maintains a working knowledge of customer’s project execution expectations and specifications
Reads a Scope of Work for a project and understands conceptually what is required. Must be willing and able to ask logical questions of the pertinent parties to get clarification when a full understanding isn’t initially had
Reviews estimates
Attends pre-bid meetings as necessary
Initializes project in internal ERP
Initializes communications with customer following internal project kickoff
Drafts Schedule of Values, Requests for Information, and Open Items List; works with Engineering team to populate RFIs and Open Items as applicable
Identifies and documents risks and quality control measures; works with the engineering team to populate them as applicable
Develops an internal project schedule and resource requirements that supports the overall project scope and external schedule
Coordinates establishment of payment and performance bonds, as required
Monitors and maintains customer satisfaction
Initiates the procurement of all project materials. Tracks procurement status in accordance with project schedule. Escalates problematic lead times as applicable
Initiate the panel build process. Tracks panel build status in accordance with the project schedule
Coordinates shipments to job sites
Manages the internal project schedule and budget throughout the lifecycle of the project, including keeping allocated parties and management up to speed on the status of both
Prepares monthly budget forecasting per project
Manages subcontractor invoicing milestones, subcontractor progress and staffing levels, and subcontractor performance
Ensures subcontractor is enabled through receipt of project scope and schedule documents in accordance with project needs
Attends customer meetings/conference calls
Hosts internal project meetings as needed
Investigates and communicates potential sales opportunities
Transmits project files (start-up and as-built deliverables and programs, etc.) to customers and vendors
Ensures all required project deliverables are finalized and submitted per project scope and schedule
Collects Full Lien Waiver from all subcontractors
Assists AR in submitting and receiving the final invoice
Assists in the submission of Full Lien Waiver to customer following final payment
Hosts Post-Mortem meetings with present report on project performance followed by the collection of lessons learned from associated parties
Provides feedback to the Estimating and Sales team on costs to execute relative to the estimate, including any notable inclusions, exclusions, and/or project risks
Exemplifies Kasa Values including Customer Empathy, Trust, Teamwork, Sense of Urgency and Problem Solving
Demonstrates Kasa’s Behavioral Norms including Be Present, Speak Your Truth, Attend to Safety & Be Open to Outcomes
Represents the face of Kasa to our customers and upholds the Kasa brand
Complies with all safety policies and procedures
Complies with all attendance standards and company policies
Attends all required contractor or customer meetings to represent Kasa and reports out project status, especially any issues or concerns
Directs engineers on project(s) schedule, budget, and associated requirements
Make sure the team turns in all required paperwork and documentation
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent from four-year college or technical school; or seven years of applicable experience
Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, and Project
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions, either written or verbal, diagram or schedule
Maintains an acceptable driving record
Ability to read, write and speak English
Ability to communicate effectively with peers and subordinates in a one-on-one and/or group setting
Ability to calculate figures and amounts, such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, and dimensions
Ability to work with fractions and decimals, converting them back and forth
Ability to work independently as well as within a team
Ability to multi-task in a high pace environment
Organizational skills and attention to detail a must
Ability to meet deadlines and prioritize time and various projects
Ability to work with confidential data
Skills in organization, prioritization and time management
Work under stress to meet project deadlines and minute attention to detail
Preferred
Prior experience managing material handling projects for UPS, Amazon, or FedEx
Prior experience juggling multiple tasks and changing priorities
PCM Training recommended
KCU training requirements TBD
Company
Kasa Companies
Since 1974, Kasa has been providing turnkey industrial controls and automation engineering expertise to a variety of manufacturers including the automotive, grain handling, food processing, baggage handling, parcel/e-commerce, and heavy/industrial equipment industries.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase