Field Service Project Manager

Company Description

Working at Knobelsdorff (KE) 

Along with building state-of-the-art projects, we build meaningful careers, lasting opportunities, and teams of dedicated individuals who truly own their work. As a leading turnkey specialty contractor specializing in Automation, Electric, Energy, and Power Services, we tackle challenging projects across industrial electrical, advanced automation, renewable energy, and power systems. Since our founding as a family-owned company in 1988, we have grown while staying true to our core values. 

Job Description

Job Purpose 

The Electrical Field Services Project Manager manages industrial and commercial electrical field service and project-based work from RFP through closeout. This role owns project scope, schedule, budget, customer communication, field coordination, and financial performance. You’ll also support estimating, customer site walks, proposal development, change-order pricing, and other Solutions Team priorities. The position primarily supports customers and projects in Minnesota, with occasional needs across the Midwest or continental United States. 

What You’ll Do 

• Manage assigned electrical projects from initial opportunity and preconstruction through final closeout, with accountability for safety, scope, schedule, budget, customer expectations, and financial results. 
• Partner with Business Development and customers to qualify opportunities, understand project drivers, define technical needs, and establish practical pursuit strategies. 
• Lead customer discovery meetings, site walks, field investigations, and constructability reviews to develop clear scopes and identify risks, assumptions, exclusions, and schedule constraints. 
• Coordinate with customers, engineers, vendors, and field leadership on conceptual layouts, design criteria, equipment selections, installation approaches, and value-engineering options. 
• Create complete electrical estimates using drawings, specifications, site conditions, historical data, and customer requirements. 
• Validate quantity takeoffs, labor calculations, material and equipment pricing, subcontractor scope, vendor quotations, indirect costs, contingencies, escalation, and project risk allowances. 
• Develop proposal packages, clarifications, alternates, allowances, qualifications, and pricing narratives that clearly communicate KE’s scope and value. 
• Review estimates, contracts, purchase orders, drawings, specifications, and customer requirements, then lead handoff and kickoff activities. 
• Develop project schedules, manpower plans, sequencing, procurement plans, shutdown requirements, material needs, and key milestones. 
• Monitor labor productivity, material, equipment, subcontractors, billing, cost to complete, purchase commitments, and forecasted margin. 
• Identify scope changes, develop change-order pricing, submit and track changes, and communicate approved work to the field and project team. 
• Serve as a primary KE contact, communicate project status and risks, strengthen customer relationships, and identify follow-on opportunities. 
• Conduct regular site visits, collaborate with field leadership, and remove roadblocks affecting safe and efficient execution. 
• Maintain project documentation, including RFIs, submittals, schedules, correspondence, photographs, cost information, and as-built requirements. 
• Lead punch-list completion, closeout, final financial review, estimate-versus-actual analysis, and lessons-learned activities. 
• Support Project Coordinators and developing team members by sharing estimating, preconstruction, project-controls, and customer-management practices. 

Qualifications

What You Bring

The requirements below are guidelines, not fixed rules. If you believe your experience makes you an excellent candidate, we encourage you to apply.

• Previous electrical construction project-management experience strongly preferred; industrial electrical or Field Services experience is a plus.
• Associate or bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Electrical Technology, Engineering Technology, Business, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience will be considered.
• Working knowledge of electrical construction methods, materials, equipment, project sequencing, and jobsite execution.
• Understanding of project scope, scheduling, budgeting, forecasting, job-cost management, and change orders.
• Electrical estimating and/or project-management experience preferred.
• Strong customer communication, relationship-management, organization, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities while collaborating with field and office teams.
• Experience with Procore, Microsoft Project, Dynamics, estimating platforms, or similar systems preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel to customer and project locations.
• Ability to support occasional shutdown, evening, or weekend activities when project needs require.

Location and Travel

This position is based in Illinois and requires up to 20% travel to customers and project sites, including potential travel across the Midwest and the United States.

Pay Range

We believe in paying for the value you bring to the team, and we aim to be competitive in every market we hire in.

Pay Range: $90,000–$120,000 per year

Total Rewards Statement

As a full-time employee at KE, you'll have access to a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, wellbeing, and future.

• 100% employer-paid health and dental coverage for employees
• HSA contributions, company-paid life insurance, and disability coverage
• 401(k) with competitive company match
• Profit sharing and performance-based incentives
• Weekly pay, PTO, six paid holidays, and education reimbursement
• Exclusive employee discounts through Working Advantage
• Yearly performance bonus

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those required to perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be provided for individuals with disabilities.

• Ability to sit, stand, kneel, stoop, and walk for extended periods.
• Ability to lift or carry up to 25 pounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO)

KE is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics under applicable federal, state, or local law.

• EEO is the Law (English/Spanish)

KE E-Verify

KE participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with Form I-9 information to confirm work authorization.