Project Manager

The Project Manager (PM)is responsible for the management, supervision, and quality control of the services performed under an electronic security services contract with the United States Government. The PM shall have the authority to make operational decisions relative to the work requirements of the contract without consultation with other company or corporate officials, to include decisions relative to hiring and termination. The PM is the single point of contact for the Government and will ensure customer satisfaction through proactive leadership, decision making, resource management, and routine customer interfacing.

** This position is contingent upon contract award **

• Serves as the primary company interface with the customer.
• Manage employees to ensure compliance with the contract and to meet customer needs.
• Oversee quality control and timely submission of contract deliverables.
• Maintain adequate staffing levels.
• Plan, direct, and coordinate security administration and project control.
• Monitor financial performance to ensure targets are met.
• Provide coordinated communications with the customer and other on-site contractors.
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor's degree required; Master’s degree preferred
• Five (5) years of directly related program management experience in government funded electronic security programs within the industry
• Must have successfully managed and supervised security personnel to complete tasks relating to planning, operating, budgeting, scheduling, coordinating, overseeing, recruiting, plans development and administration, problem solving and cost/budget analyses
• Recent and relevant industry experience in work planning, budget development, fiscal control, scheduling, task control, security issues, work progress assessments, contract management, client communication and staff recruiting/development.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of DoD directives pertaining to security operations and industrial security
• Skill in satisfactorily dealing with customers
• Skill in operating a personal computer and standard office equipment
• Must have knowledge of a variety of computer software applications in word processing, spreadsheets, database and Outlook.

Physical Demands:(The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee may use repeated motions that include the arms, wrists, hands and/or fingers. The employee is occasionally required to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Work Environment: (The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.)

• The employee will normally work in a temperature-controlled office environment, with frequent exposure to electronic office equipment.
• During visits to areas of operations, may be exposed to extreme cold or hot weather conditions. Is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and loud noise.