Minnesota Millwork & Fixture is the industry leader with over 30-years of experience serving the hospitality, restaurant, entertainment, and retail sectors. We manufacture commercial casework, millwork, tables, upholstered seating, and metal. We design and build custom products for restaurants, banks, clinics, and hotels. Our customer portfolio includes Melting Pot, Outback Steakhouse, Olive Garden, and Bowlero.
We seek an experienced full-time project manager who can add value to the organization and mesh with our dynamic, creative, and hardworking team. To be successful, you must be a team player, a quick thinker, and willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done to satisfy our customers.Job Summary:The Project Manager is responsible for planning and overseeing projects to ensure they are completed in a timely fashion, to customer's expectations, and within budget. Key responsibilities include planning and designating project resources, preparing budgets, monitoring progress, and keeping stakeholders informed the entire way.
Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:
Deep Dive into the project to understand the scope and elements of the project.
Understand the contract and requirements (insurance, payment submissions, delivery instructions)
Create a Critical Milestone List(Highlighting Green, Yellow, Red)
Identifies essential purchases and prepayments with purchasing agent
Identify critical dependencies
Identify areas for long lead times (materials, drawings, etc.)communicated by the purchasing agent.
Creating a sample schedule
Review the architectural designs with the Engineering Manager to ensure accuracy and completeness of project scope (all elements and fixtures are covered).
Identifying field measurements and constraints that would impact the design and delivery of the project.
Billing schedule: working with accounting to ensure progress billing is done on a timely basis
Review and enter work orders as necessary.
Shipping:
Prepare and review ship tickets with Hardware and final assembly.
Line up (ship ticket) and prioritize all work orders for customer deliveries
Responsible for the profitability and success of the projects; monitors costs and purchases to ensure the project is under budget.
Effectively communicate information, both written and verbal, issues, requests, & other pertinent items to internal and external parties to ensure projects stay on time, on budget, and within the scope of committed deliverables
Ensure the timely and quality fulfillment of customer orders through communication, coordination, and teamwork with other functional areas of the company
Communicate and update on project scope changes, and identify and communicate project changes that impact the customers- Provide Excellent Customer Service and Experience
Manage assigned projects to ensure optimal profitability through effective planning and monitoring of projects
Review customer specifications with estimators for accuracy
Determine production timing/prioritization through planning with Engineering/Production and work with these teams on establishing project milestones
Enter pertinent data into companyShopPakas needed and forecast accurately
Closeout lost jobs in a timely matter
Provide and manage finish samples and forward to the customer for approval
Attend production meetings as required
Monitor job costs
Other duties may be assigned based on department or company business needs
Education and Experience:
A Bachelor's degree in building construction, civil engineering or architecture, or certification in project management from an accredited higher education institution and/or at least three (3) years experience of project management within the construction field
Comfortable reading and understanding blueprints and drawing
Ability to work and communicate effectively with a wide range of co-workers in a polite, courteous, and cooperative manner
Proficient in Microsoft Office and general computer software
Demonstrated knowledge of construction, engineering, and architecture principles
Ability to budget, schedule, negotiate, and control costs
A high degree of familiarity with contract and subcontract documents, terms, and conditions
Demonstrate excellence in customer service skills
Excellent analytical skills
Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
Ability to think strategically and execute tactically
Ability to work both independently and within a team environment
Ability to deal with conflict in a constructive manner
Demonstrate strong building relations skills
Physical Demands of Job:
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 frequently required to sit and talk or hear, use hands to finger, grasp, handle, feel or operate computer keyboards, cell phones, and other office tools. The employee is occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach with hands and arms, walk, lift, push or pull objects up to 20 pounds. Hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate computers and various pieces of office equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package that includes:
Employee 401k with a company match
Health, dental, and vision benefit packages
Life insurance plan
Paid time off
Profit-sharing program