Project Manager

**Job Title**: Project Manager

**Job purpose**:Manage the full cycle of multiple irrigation projects including planning, design, construction, and project review.

**Key Result Areas**
- Customer expectations are exceeded
- Projects are executed, effective and efficient
- All team members are actively growing and being developed
- Completed projects meet or exceed labour and material margin goals
- Project review process is effective Personal growth and training goals are achieved
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**Job Duties and Responsibilities**
- Critical information is available and communicated to sales, projects, and installation teams
- Track and report metrics for efficiency, team capacity, and profitability
- Add or adjust processes to ensure efficiency and accountability
- Supervise all team members: keep teams united, motivated, and accountable to goals and deadlines
- Troubleshoot issues to determine the best solution for each customer (weather related delays, material sourcing issues, other problems as they arise)
- Ensures the smooth execution and delivery of projects as promised to clients
- Keep and maintain open communication with client
- Keep a good relationship with sub contractors and supervisors, with clear communication and expectations
- Ensure all required parts for installation are on site when needed
- Commission and proper hand-off to clients
- Meet deadlines
- Progress and final billing are completed according to agreed payment terms
- Frequent communication with Outside Sales guys
- Ensure timely maintenance of equipment as needed
- Training on the job and as needed; attend company training and engage in skill upgrading programs for personal development
- Expected hours required: April to September (60hrs per week) and October to March (40hrs per week)

**Competencies**
- Minimum 2 years project management experience
- Civil Construction, Engineering, Agricultural or irrigation experience is an asset
- Effective communicator of critical and timely information (written, digital, verbal)
- Customer focus: understand customer drivers, goals, ROI
- Effective team leader: able to motivate team members, gain their respect, and develop their careers
- Adaptable: able to flex to new circumstances and still achieve goals

**Skills**
- Proven ability to manage teams and people
- A good sense of logic (practical)
- Organization and time management
- Familiar with or motivated to become familiar with:

- All types of irrigation systems (pivots, laterals, hose reels, drip, greenhouse, market garden)
- Variable frequency drives - calibration/troubleshooting
- Pumps - installation/priming/troubleshooting
- Plumbing - cutting/gluing/assembling manifolds
- Controls (become familiar with all types of irrigation controllers (Rainbird/Hunter/HIT/TWIG/Ranch/Fieldnet/Ocmis)
- Principles of Irrigation - basic understanding of irrigation systems or willing to train on irrigation systems
- Low voltage electrical (24VAC and 24VDC) knowledge
- High voltage electrical (motor voltage, phases, amperage, etc.)

**Core Values**
- **Work** ethic; be punctual, intelligent and efficient
- **Win** as a team; care for your coworkers professionally and personally
- **Wow** our customers; be respectful, intuitive, personal and efficient

As a provider of intelligent water solutions, Southern Irrigation strives to be best in the industry, and in return we provide amazing opportunities for our people.

Southern Irrigation offers impressive employee benefits such as 100% employer-paid health benefits plan, RRSP matching, culture and community events, and opportunities for employee bonuses.

At Southern Irrigation we know our success is based on having all “A” players rowing in the same direction. Our Work (hard), Win (as a team), and Wow (our customers) attitude makes the environment at Southern Irrigation both challenging and fun.