Sr. Project Manager

ITAC serves Process & Industrial clients with integrated engineering and construction services for complex capital projects. We also offer specialty services including power systems services and products, custom machine fabrication, and fall protection services and equipment. Founded in 1988 on a dream and a $5K loan, ITAC is a true success story. From humble beginnings to an ENR-Ranked Top Design Firm with a nationwide footprint and over 450 employees operating from 6 offices in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, we provide Fortune 500 companies with innovative design-build solutions. We specialize in power generation & utilities, chemicals, food & beverage, forest products, advanced manufacturing, and minerals & metals.

ITAC’s purpose is to make life better. For our employees, this means providing them with the resources and flexibility they need to have both a rewarding career and a fulfilling family life. ITAC is 100% employee-owned. Through our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and Direct Stock Ownership, every team member has the unique opportunity to be an owner who shares in the company’s growth and earnings. We offer our team a comprehensive benefits package and numerous employee incentives. Rooted in love, we serve and care for our employees like family.

We hire passionate and motivated people with an innovative mindset and the desire to grow. If the thought of challenging, fast-paced projects excites you, then you’ve come to the right place. At ITAC, you’ll be part of a collaborative team that works hard to make life better. For more information, visit itac.us.com.

**Please note: this role could be filled in Raleigh, NC or Greenville, SC

Responsibilities

The Project Manager coordinates and directs a project team’s engineering, design, procurement and construction efforts to meet a customer’s project objectives in accordance with the terms defined in the contract applicable to the work. The project manager provides, endorses, and enforces the applicable project principles, practices, and guidelines to ensure efficient and safe use and allocation of the team’s and the firm’s resources. The Project Manager exercises judgment and experience when applying these principles to ensure that enough alternatives are considered by the team and that the optimal solution(s) are achieved with schedule and budget constraints. It is the Project Manager’s responsibility to work with team members and management to identify team and project execution weaknesses and strengthen those areas with process and personnel improvements. The Project Manager must have a consistent bias for action for project performance and resolute decision making. The Project Manager may have multiple simultaneous project and client assignments.

The Project Manager is also responsible for cultivating new work with clients with which the Project Manager has a working relationship. The Project Manager will continuously pursue additional opportunities to provide customers with engineering, design, and construction services.

PROJECT RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Project Manager has direct responsibility to ITAC’s customers for the engineering, design, procurement, and construction services and deliverables for which ITAC is under contract to perform. The Project Manager is responsible for ensuring sufficient quality reviews (e.g., inter-discipline and constructability) are built into the project team’s execution plan. The Project Manager is responsible for ensuring that the project team meets all established scope, budget, and schedule commitments with quality services and deliverables. The Project Manager is also responsible for maintaining positive client relations, considering the interests of both the client and ITAC fairly and equally. The following summary does not include the project management responsibilities:

Scope - The project manager is responsible for the overall ITAC scope of the project. In many cases the project manager will develop the scope documents although these may be developed by others. The project manager is responsible for using the correct documents (from the ITAC network) and assuring that these documents meet their intended purpose. Scope documents include:

Scope of Work – defines project deliverables and schedules

Discipline Narrative/Project Execution Plan – defines the details of the discipline design

Specification – defines the details equipment or programming effort (when applicable to your discipline)

The purpose of these scope documents is to communicate the project objectives to the client, project manager, and design team. These documents must have enough detail to allow the discipline design team to proceed in the absence of the lead engineer. These documents must specify the deliverables and schedule.

Schedule – The project manager is responsible for developing and maintaining the project schedule as defined in the scope documents. The project manager must assure proper resources are assigned and…