CHICAGO OR NEW YORK AREAS
McCann Systems is seeking an experienced, detail-oriented Project Manager to join our nationwide team.
McCann Systems is a leading audiovisual integrator based in Edison, NJ. Specializing in creating innovative and immersive solutions for corporate, educational, and entertainment environments. With a strong emphasis on exceptional customer service, McCann Systems delivers cutting-edge technology solutions that enhance communication, collaboration, and engagement.
Position Summary
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Project Leadership & Client Management
- Lead multiple projects from turnover through completion, acceptance, and closeout; establish execution plans, schedules, deliverables, and communication pathways.
- Serve as the primary operational client contact; lead kickoff and status meetings, manage expectations, communicate decisions, and resolve concerns proactively.
- Identify project risks, constraints, dependencies, and required decisions; develop mitigation or recovery plans and escalate critical issues with clear recommendations.
Financial & Commercial Management
- Own project budgets, forecasts, cost-to-complete, labor utilization, cash flow, and profitability; maintain accurate financial reporting throughout the project lifecycle.
- Identify scope changes and commercial impacts; prepare pricing and supporting documentation, secure approval, maintain a change log, and manage authorized work.
- Review vendor and subcontractor commitments, invoices, and project expenditures within assigned authorization levels.
Schedule, Procurement & Logistics
- Develop and maintain detailed project schedules aligned with contract milestones, design releases, procurement, installation, commissioning, and turnover.
- Coordinate schedules with owners, general contractors, consultants, trade partners, and internal resources; implement recovery plans when performance deviates.
- Plan equipment releases, long-lead procurement, vendor deliveries, warehousing, staging, shipping, and site logistics to support required milestones.
Engineering, Construction & Field Coordination
- Coordinate engineering deliverables, shop drawings, submittals, technical reviews, design changes, and value-engineering opportunities against spec, scope and budget.
- Partner with Site Superintendents and field leadership on staffing, access, sequencing, site logistics, installation readiness, progress, productivity, and issue resolution.
- Review drawings, specifications, RFIs, field conditions, and project documentation to identify conflicts and maintain alignment with design intent.
Quality, Commissioning, Safety & Closeout
- Ensure compliance with company quality and installation standards; coordinate testing, programming, commissioning, demonstrations, punch list completion, and client acceptance.
- Promote safe execution and coordinate company, client, general contractor, subcontractor, and site-specific safety requirements.
- Drive complete turnover packages, as-built documentation, O&M materials, warranties, training records, lessons learned, and administrative closeout.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
- This is a position with prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Ability to travel to job sites across regional or out-of-state locations when necessary, including occasional overnight stays.
Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)
Required
- 5+ years of project management experience in AV integration, experiential technology, low-voltage systems, specialty contracting, or commercial construction.
- Demonstrated experience managing project budgets, schedules, procurement, subcontractors, vendors, change orders, client relationships, and closeout.
- Ability to read and interpret contracts, AV drawings, specifications, shop drawings, submittals, RFIs, schedules, and field directives.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, MS Project/ Gannt style scheduling and project-management platforms, SharePoint, and Bluebeam, ability to travel to active project sites.
- Working knowledge of integrated AV systems, control systems, digital signage, videoconferencing, structured cabling, AV-over-IP, networking, and commissioning workflows.
Preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Technology Management, or related field; equivalent industry experience considered.
- CTS, PMP, or comparable AV, technology, or project-management credential; experience in corporate, museum, retail, hospitality, entertainment, or branded environments.
Qualified candidates interested in joining a challenging, growing organization are encouraged to upload a resume via the “APPLY NOW” button below.
Pay range is $105,000-$135,000 per year based on experience. McCann Systems offers a comprehensive benefits package, including family health benefits, matching retirement contributions, paid time off, and more.
It is the policy of McCann Systems to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, military or veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, religion, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic status, domestic abuse status, or AIDS and HIV status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, lay-off and termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.cluding but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, lay-off, and termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.
