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Senior Project Manager

Role overview

Qualifications

  • BS/BA in a related discipline
  • 5-8 years of experience in a related field OR
  • MS/MA and generally 3-5 years of experience in a related field
  • Certification is required in some areas

Responsibilities

  • Oversees and delivers projects within defined scopes, schedules, and budgets
  • Assembles project teams, assigns individual responsibilities, develops project schedules
  • Provides project status reports and communications to internal stakeholders
  • Measures project performance and risks using systems, tools, and other techniques

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Problem Solving
  • Decision Making
  • Team Leadership

About the company

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White Cap

  • Building Materials
  • 5,001–10,000
White Cap is a one-stop-shop providing concrete accessories and chemicals, tools and equipment, building materials and fasteners, erosion and waterproofing and safety products to professional contractors. From hard-to-find products to technical expertise to jobsite training, White Cap supports professional contractors in non-residential, residential and infrastructure end markets with everything they need to keep their projects moving on time, on budget, and as safely as possible. As the leading North American distributor for professional contractors, the White Cap family consists of multiple brands in the U.S. and Canada. White Cap operates approximately 450 branches across North America with more than 9,500 employees supporting approximately 200,000 customers across 15 construction trades. For more information, visit about.whitecap.com.

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Job description

A position at White Cap isn’t your ordinary job. You’ll work in an exciting and diverse environment, meet interesting people, and have a variety of career opportunities.

The White Cap family is committed to Building Trust on Every Job. We do this by being deeply knowledgeable, fully capable, and always dependable, and our associates are the driving force behind this commitment.

Job Summary

Oversees and delivers projects within defined scopes, schedules, and budgets. Assembles project teams, assigns individual responsibilities, develops project schedules, and determines and acquires needed resources.

Major Tasks, Responsibilities, and Key Accountabilities

  • Owns and drives multiple projects from inception through completion. Reviews and manages project business cases to identify cost and labor needs and presents projects to senior management for approval.
  • Defines integration needs with other projects, systems, and business processes.
  • Provides project status reports and communications to internal stakeholders. Interfaces with senior management on statuses and related issues.
  • Reviews functional project plans and schedules for compliance with master project schedules. Resolves scheduling and inter-functional conflicts.
  • Leads daily, weekly, or monthly project status meetings. Reviews, tracks, and reports on project tasks and identifies deviations or adverse trends.
  • Creates and maintains comprehensive project documentation.
  • Measures project performance and risks using systems, tools, and other techniques.

Nature and Scope

  • Identifies key barriers/core problems and applies problem solving skills in order to deal creatively with complex situations. Troubleshoots and resolves complex problems. Makes decisions under conditions of uncertainty, sometimes with incomplete information, that produce effective end results.
  • Independently performs assignments with instruction limited to the expected results. Determines and develops an approach to solutions. Receives technical guidance only on unusual or complex problems or issues.
  • May oversee the completion of projects and assignments, including planning, assigning, monitoring and reviewing progress and accuracy of work, evaluating results, etc. Contributes to employees' professional development but does not have hiring or firing authority.

Work Environment

  • Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
  • Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
  • Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Education and Experience

  • Typically requires BS/BA in a related discipline. Generally 5-8 years of experience in a related field OR MS/MA and generally 3-5 years of experience in a related field. Certification is required in some areas.

Preferred Qualifications

If you’re looking to play a role in building America, consider one of our open opportunities. We can’t wait to meet you.

For Maine job seekers:

Pay Range


$83,600.00-$131,300.00 Annual

Maine law requires the posting of the salary range for advertised jobs.  This range is determined based on market data and internal pay practices to establish a minimum and maximum value for a job. Individual base pay is determined based on a variety of elements including experience, skills, internal equity and other factors. For additional details on benefits, please review the full job description on White Cap Jobs

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