Project Manager, Operations Services

Project Manager, Operations Services

Lexington, KY

Company Description

For over seven decades investor-owned utilities, municipalities, cooperatives, and others have entrusted their electrical construction and maintenance needs to Davis H. Elliot Company, Inc. (Elliot).

Elliot is a full-service electrical contractor specializing in overhead and underground distribution, transmission, substations, lighting, traffic signaling, utility locating and industrial/commercial services.

Job Summary

The Project Manager is responsible for overseeing and managing the successful implementation of complex enterprise systems. This position will work closely with the Director of Projects to manage projects effectively, on time, and within budget.

Key Responsibilities

- Project Management:

- - Manage and oversee a variety of complex enterprise system implementations, from inception to completion.

- Develop and implement detailed project plans, task lists, and timelines.

- Document current process flows, outlining pain points and future-state deliverables.

- Document system requirements for third-party implementation partners or in-house IT developers.

- Facilitate functional and end user testing, defect identification, and resolution.

- Lead change-management efforts to effectively communicate and integrate project changes within business units.

- Track project progress, identify potential risks and issues, and develop mitigation strategies.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, testers, subject matter experts, and administrators, to ensure project deliverables are met.

- Utilize project management methodologies to monitor and report on project status.

- Oversee project completion, including final reporting and documentation.

- Team Leadership:

- - Foster a positive and collaborative work environment, promoting teamwork and knowledge sharing.

- Exemplify servant leadership as a member of Operations Services.

- Additional Considerations/Qualifications:

- - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

- Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities

- Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize work, and meet deadlines

- Experience in project management, specifically software implementations

- Strong understanding of data integrations between systems

- Experience with SQL and data analysis tools

- Must be able to pass a criminal background check and drug screening.

Benefits/Culture

Today, we are listed among Engineering News-Records Top 150 Specialty Contracting firms. Our success is based on our customer’s confidence in us; the loyalty, hard work and performance of our people, and the traditions with which Mr. Davis H. Elliot began the company in 1946. We understand that having the best team requires people being treated like family. Some of the benefits we offer our team include:

- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

- Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability Insurance

- Company Paid Life Insurance w/ additional Voluntary Life Insurance

- 401K w/ company match

- Employee Stock Ownership Program

- Paid Vacation