Life Safety Systems, with headquarters in Manassas, VA, has an opening for a Project Manager for the Virginia office.  LSS is a solutions provider of low-voltage electronics and life safety systems for education, healthcare, and government in the Greater Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and Maryland areas.  Since 1978, LSS has been engineering, installing and maintaining fire alarms, intercoms, security systems, nurse call systems, and much more.

LSS is seeking a Project Manager to manage large or multiple projects from design acceptance to customer acceptance.  The Project Manager will participate in pre-installation meetings and sales-to-engineering turnover meetings to evaluate accuracy of estimating and project layout/requirements.  This person will:

Manage the development of project plans in advance of project activity to maximize effective execution by installation department;

Monitor progress to assure compliance with predetermined execution plan;

Identify risk and take aggressive action to mitigate issues;

Create and maintain project documentation containing status, project plans, timelines, statements of work, change orders, and other project deliverables and communicate information to sales office;

Assist in the allocation of resources within the project;

First line excalation point for project managers for direction on resolving project related issues;

Project and resource planning for new targeted/forecasted project opportunities;

Organize, manage, and lead multiple project implementations in the healthcare/education/federal environment;

Coordinate installation, certification, and end-use training for all systems;

Facilitate project meetings to help increase project efficiency and goal completion;

Act as liaison between sales and installation department.

Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree required, preferably in a technical field

Minimum of fire (5) years experience installing/managing low voltage systems within the healthcare/education/federal industry preferred

Minimum of five (5) years project management experience

Certification in Project Management preferred

Ability to develop and maintain project documentation

30% travel required in the Northern Virginia area

A background check and drug test is required

LSS offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package including tuition reimbursement, health and dental plans, life insurance, 401k plan and more.  For more information about the company, visit us online at www.LifeSafetySystems-LSS.com.

LSS is a Drug Free EEO Employer