Learning Environment Project Manager II (Hybrid- Downers Grove IL)

LE Project Manager II - Are you ready to make a difference?

We're firm believers that schools should be the most incredible spaces on earth, designed to inspire students to reach, dream, and find success. Our workplace mirrors this philosophy, fostering a similar atmosphere for growth. Here, we not only encourage creativity and collaboration but also empower employees to determine their unique path towards success. Ready to be a part of this transformative journey?

Job Summary:

The Learning Environment Project Manager II is responsible for managing complex furniture installation projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and with minimal margin erosion. This role works closely with the operations team, sales team, clients, vendors, carriers, and installation partners to develop timelines, create schedules, monitor progress, and address delays or risks as they arise. The Project Manager II balances oversight of day-to-day details with broader project issues, while also providing timely updates on strategic accounts to the Sr. Learning Environment Project Manager.

Work Location: This is a hybrid position, reporting out of the Downers Grove IL office

Compensation Information:

• Annual salary range of $65,000.00-$75,000.00 with a defined annual incentive plan.

What you'll do:

• Schedules, manages, and oversees multiple projects at various stages, ensuring deadlines, budgets, and priorities are balanced.
• Serves as the main point of contact for all internal and external project communications, maintaining transparency and alignment with stakeholders
• Communicates effectively with internal teams, clients, and vendors, ensuring clarity, collaboration, and timely updates.
• Proactively identifies potential risks and implements solutions to mitigate issues, ensuring projects stay on track.
• Coordinates deliveries and installations of furniture and equipment with vendors, carriers, installation teams, customers, and Senior Project Managers.
• Resolves customer service issues, including punch lists and warranty concerns, with a focus on customer satisfaction and effective collaboration.
• Ensures timely release of departmental revenue billing, maintaining accountability and accuracy.
• Participate as an onsite resource when needed during the installation of a project.
• Drives results through action-oriented planning, prioritization, and problem-solving in complex project environments
• Demonstrates resilience under pressure, adapting to changing priorities and evolving project requirements.
• Fosters a collaborative team environment, encouraging knowledge sharing, innovation, and continuous improvement
• Identifies and passes along potential Leads or Opportunities to the appropriate sales team for follow-up.
• Supports job-sharing responsibilities, ensuring coverage and assisting LE Operations, Sales, and other related departments as needed.

What we expect you to bring to the table:

• Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the fields of project management and construction.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, with the ability to interact face-to-face with customers.
• Strong computer skills and proficient in all Microsoft Office applications.
• Must be able to work independently, and with limited supervision.
• Ability to flex responsibilities in response to business needs.
• Must be detail-oriented, highly organized, and able to handle multiple tasks.
• OSHA 30-hour certification
• Ability to read architectural blueprints.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 1-3 years of experience in field construction management or related area.
• Experience, and/or ability to read architectural blueprints preferred.

Education and/or Certifications Required:

• Associates degree or equivalent work experience

Benefits Package: We offer a comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental & Vision (effective day 1) basic life insurance, disability coverage, PAID parental leave, wellness programs, Health Savings Accounts, Flexible Spending Accounts, 401k, Educational Reimbursement, UNLIMITED paid time off and so much more!

We're determined to positively impact the future, one child at a time.

If you share our passion, we need to talk.

Just imagine what we could do together.

Physical and Mental Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, hear, use hands to type data, use a personal computer and telephone. This employee may occasionally have to operate business machines. Specific vision abilities required in this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Mental demands include multi-tasking, decision making, problem solving, comparing, copying, computing, compiling, analyzing, coordinating, and synthesizing data.

Additional Information

• The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
• School Specialty, Inc. is a Drug-Free Workplace. All applicants are subject to a drug screen and background check as a condition of employment.
• EEO/AA including Vets and Disabled
• If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at Opportunities@SchoolSpecialty.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

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