WARE is one of the nation’s largest and most expansive boiler rental, service, education, and training companies. A family-owned business founded in 1952, WARE has experienced continual growth for over 70 years. The company culture strongly rooted in service, growth and generosity sets it apart, with these core values serving as the foundation of the company’s success.

Steam power plays a significant role in the daily operations of many large economic sectors, such as health care, education, food and petrochemical among others, poising WARE for expansive growth for years to come. 

WARE is seeking a Project Manager for our Chattanooga regional location. The successful candidate will be a servant-leader with exceptional leadership, organization, and communication abilities who can pivot and adapt quickly to unforeseen changes with positivity, patience, and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and manage multiple projects from start to finish, ensuring projects are completed in a safe, orderly, professional, and clean manner
• Go above and beyond to ensure customer satisfaction on all projects, adhering to WARE standards of excellence, acting and communicating with a proactive sense of urgency
• Build and maintain relationships with local contractors and vendors, managing schedules, staffing and scopes of work
• Establish, manage, and communicate project schedules, adhering to critical path completion milestones, adjusting, and communicating necessary changes as they occur to ensure projects maintain profitability standards and timely completion
• Provide leadership in contract negotiations and subcontract agreements, ensuring scope of work is clearly communicated and agreed upon by all parties
• Work closely with other WARE departments such as safety, procurement, accounting, scheduling, and operations to ensure everyone is working in tandem with clear communication and expectations set forth
• Exercise foresightful contingency planning by developing and implementing recovery plans as needed in the event surprises or potential delays occur
• Inspect on site work to ensure agreed upon deliverables and standards of excellence are achieved
• Manage administrative procedures and maintain all necessary records for projects
• Manage and ensure all punch-list and project close out tasks area completed
• Prepare inspection plans, requests for quotes, job plans, material requisitions, work orders forservices, cost tracking, budgeting, monthly forecasting, and accruals
• Review, validate and approve invoices within delegated authority limits
• Prepare weekly and monthly project progress reports
• Conduct project site visits to ensure compliance with company policies

Details

• Full-time, salary position
• Travel required
• Company vehicle
• Christmas bonus
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Health, dental, vision, and disability insurance
• Opportunity for profit sharing
• 401(k) with company match

•  5+ years full-time construction or similar industry project manager experience
• Knowledge of skilled trades including carpentry, masonry, concrete, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, fire protection, etc.
• Technical expertise with practical hands-on working experience in areas such as construction, operation, maintenance, and repair
• Ability to read and interpret detailed blueprints and shop drawings
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to build relationships internally and externally
• Superb organizational skills that reflect proven ability to multi-task and own the details
• Tech-savvy, adaptable to new software and programs
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Proficient in working online