{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"8bb8b2fec74787a88bb8bd9d","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/8bb8b2fec74787a88bb8bd9d","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/8bb8b2fec74787a88bb8bd9d","title":"Structured Cabling Project Manager","description":"If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability, contact this employer to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process.\n\nStructured Cabling Project Manager\nRegular Full-Time Strongsville OH, Strongsville, OH, US\n\n3 days ago Requisition ID: 3601\n\nPosition Summary :\nThe Structured Cabling Project Manager is responsible for the successful financial, operational, and technical delivery of structured cabling and low-voltage infrastructure projects across a diverse customer base. Projects may range from a simple demarcation extension or small cabling refresh to complex new-construction deployments requiring coordination across general contractors, electrical contractors, architects, engineers, vendors, subcontractors, field technicians, and customer stakeholders. The Project Manager must combine strong project management discipline with meaningful low-voltage cabling knowledge and business acumen. Success is measured not only by completing projects on time and meeting customer requirements, but also by controlling costs, protecting target margins, managing scope, and delivering predictable financial performance. This position may support customers and programs across retail, commercial, government, defense, enterprise, and other environments. The Project Manager is expected to understand the differences between environments and adjust project execution accordingly, including security requirements, construction sequencing, access restrictions, customer standards, documentation requirements, and stakeholder complexity. The successful candidate is a hands-on leader who understands structured cabling from design and takeoff through installation, testing, certification, closeout, and financial reconciliation. RCDD, BICSI certifications, and other recognized industry credentials are highly preferred.\n\nCore Project Management Responsibilities :\nOwn structured cabling projects from opportunity handoff/kickoff through final acceptance, closeout, and financial reconciliation.\nDevelop and maintain project schedules, milestones, dependencies, resource plans, risk registers, action items, and customer commitments.\nManage projects ranging from demarc extensions, MAC work, and cabling additions to multi-floor, multi-building, and new-construction low-voltage deployments.\nEstablish project scope, assumptions, exclusions, deliverables, acceptance criteria, and responsibilities across all parties.\nLead customer kickoff meetings, construction coordination meetings, progress meetings, and project closeout meetings.\nCoordinate with general contractors, construction managers, electrical contractors, low-voltage subcontractors, architects, engineers, vendors, distributors, and customer representatives.\nManage project communication and provide clear, timely status reporting regarding schedule, budget, risks, issues, change orders, and overall project health.\nIdentify project risks early and develop mitigation and recovery plans.\nManage scope changes and ensure change orders are properly documented, priced, approved, and incorporated into the project plan.\nEnsure projects meet customer requirements, contractual commitments, applicable standards, and internal quality expectations.\nDirect and mentor Structured Cabling Project Coordinators and provide clear accountability for project deliverables.\n\nLow-Voltage / Structured Cabling Expertise :\nDemonstrated knowledge of structured cabling systems, including Category 5e, Category 6, Category 6A, fiber optic, coaxial, and other low-voltage infrastructure.\nStrong understanding of copper and fiber pathways, cable tray, conduit, sleeves, J-hooks, raceway, innerduct, ladder rack, racks, cabinets, patch panels, cable management, and telecommunications spaces.\nUnderstanding of MDF/IDF design concepts, equipment rooms, telecommunications rooms, demarcation points, intermediate distribution areas, and horizontal/vertical cabling architectures.\nAbility to review and interpret construction drawings, low-voltage plans, riser diagrams, floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, specifications, details, and cabling schematics.\nAbility to perform or validate material takeoffs and develop accurate Bills of Materials for structured cabling projects.\nAbility to evaluate labor, material, equipment, subcontractor, and logistical requirements when developing project plans and budgets.\nUnderstanding of cable labeling, testing, certification, test-result documentation, as-built requirements, and closeout standards.\nWorking knowledge of TIA/EIA standards, BICSI practices, NEC requirements, customer specifications, and applicable construction standards.\nUnderstanding of construction sequencing and the dependencies between low-voltage cabling, electrical, ceilings, walls, pathways, firestopping, security, AV, network equipment, and other trades.\nAbility to distinguish and manage interfaces between carrier demarcation, electrical, general construction, customer IT/network, and structured cabling scopes.\nExperience coordinating fiber optic installation, splicing, termination, testing, and certification is highly preferred.\nAbility to recognize constructability issues and work with field and engineering resources to develop practical solutions.\n\nBusiness & Financial Management :\nOwn project financial performance and manage projects to established revenue, cost, and target margin objectives.\nBuild, validate, and maintain project budgets based on labor, material, subcontractor, equipment, travel, logistics, and other project costs.\nTrack committed costs, actual costs, forecast-to-complete, projected margin, and margin variance throughout the project lifecycle.\nReview vendor and subcontractor proposals and negotiate or challenge scope, pricing, assumptions, exclusions, and lead times as appropriate.\nManage purchase orders and subcontractor commitments to ensure costs remain aligned with approved project budgets.\nReview invoices against purchase orders, completed work, approved scope, and contractual requirements.\nIdentify potential margin erosion early and take corrective action rather than waiting until project closeout.\nManage change orders with a focus on recovering incremental cost and protecting project margin.\nProvide accurate financial forecasting and communicate material financial risks to leadership.\nBalance customer satisfaction with commercial discipline and understand when a requested change has financial or schedule implications.\n\nProject Types & Customer Environments :\nDemarcation extensions and carrier handoff work.\nNew construction structured cabling deployments.\nTenant improvements and building renovations.\nMoves, adds, changes, and remediation projects.\nMulti-floor and multi-building campus deployments.\nRetail rollouts and multi-site programs.\nGovernment and public-sector facilities with heightened documentation, access, security, or compliance requirements.\nDefense-related environments with controlled access, security requirements, and complex stakeholder coordination.\nEnterprise environments requiring coordination with IT, network, facilities, construction, and security organizations.\nSelect, coordinate, and manage qualified vendors and low-voltage subcontractors.\nEstablish expectations for schedule, quality, safety, documentation, testing, staffing, and communication.\nMonitor subcontractor productivity and performance against project commitments.\nResolve vendor and subcontractor performance issues and elevate when required.\nCoordinate material procurement and confirm availability before field work is scheduled.\nManage long-lead materials and identify substitutions or recovery options when supply issues threaten the schedule.\nCoordinate with general contractors and construction managers to ensure low-voltage work is sequenced correctly with other trades.\nParticipate in pre-construction walkthroughs and site surveys to validate constructability, access, pathways, spaces, and installation requirements.\n\nRequired Qualifications :\n5+ years of project management experience in structured cabling, low-voltage construction, telecommunications infrastructure, or a closely related field.\nStrong hands-on knowledge of structured cabling systems and low-voltage construction.\nDemonstrated experience managing project budgets, costs, change orders, and project margins.\nProven ability to manage projects from small service work through complex construction deployments.\nExperience working with general contractors, construction managers, vendors, subcontractors, and field installation teams.\nExperience reading and interpreting construction drawings, specifications, floor plans, and low-voltage design documentation.\nExperience with material takeoffs, BOM development, procurement, and project financial management.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills with customers and executive/internal stakeholders.\nAdvanced organization, scheduling, risk management, and problem-solving capabilities.\nProficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel; experience with project management, estimating, procurement, or construction management platforms preferred.\nAbility to travel to active project sites as required.\n\nHighly Preferred Qualifications & Certifications :\nRCDD (Registered Communications Distribution Designer).\nBICSI certification or active participation in BICSI training/programs.\nBICSI Installer 1-3 or Technician (TECH).\nCNCI or comparable structured cabling credential.\nFiber optic certification or documented fiber design/testing experience.\nExperience with CAD, Visio, takeoff/estimating software, or construction management platforms.\nPMP certification or formal project management training.\nExperience managing national or multi-site structured cabling programs.\n\nSuccess Metrics :\nProjects delivered on or ahead of committed schedule.\nProjects delivered within approved scope and target margin.\nAccurate forecasting of revenue, cost, and projected margin.\nEffective change-order management and protection of project profitability.\nVendor and subcontractor performance against schedule, quality, and cost expectations.\nCustomer satisfaction and successful project acceptance.\nAccurate and timely project documentation and financial closeout.\nEarly identification and resolution of project risks and issues.\nConsistent adherence to structured cabling standards, customer requirements, safety expectations, and quality controls.\n\nSuccess Profile :\nBusiness-minded project leader who understands that project management is both an operational and financial responsibility.\nTechnically credible with field technicians, vendors, general contractors, engineers, and customers.\nComfortable challenging assumptions when scope, pricing, schedule, or margin is at risk.\nStrong negotiator and communicator who can maintain customer relationships while protecting company interests.\nProactive rather than reactive; identifies problems early and develops actionable recovery plans.\nHighly accountable for results, deadlines, project financials, and customer commitments.\nUnderstands low-voltage construction well enough to make sound decisions without relying exclusively on others to interpret the work.\nCapable of moving between detailed field-level issues and executive-level business discussions.\n\nRole Differentiation :\nThe Structured Cabling Project Coordinator is primarily responsible for supporting project execution, procurement, documentation, vendor coordination, takeoffs, BOMs, and financial administration while working under the direction of a Project Manager. The Project Manager owns the project outcome, customer relationship, schedule, scope, risk, financial performance, and target margin. 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Projects may range from a simple demarcation extension or small cabling refresh to complex new-construction deployments requiring coordination across general contractors, electrical contractors, architects, engineers, vendors, subcontractors, field technicians, and customer stakeholders. The Project Manager must combine strong project management discipline with meaningful low-voltage cabling knowledge and business acumen. Success is measured not only by completing projects on time and meeting customer requirements, but also by controlling costs, protecting target margins, managing scope, and delivering predictable financial performance. This position may support customers and programs across retail, commercial, government, defense, enterprise, and other environments. 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RCDD, BICSI certifications, and other recognized industry credentials are highly preferred.\n\nCore Project Management Responsibilities :\nOwn structured cabling projects from opportunity handoff/kickoff through final acceptance, closeout, and financial reconciliation.\nDevelop and maintain project schedules, milestones, dependencies, resource plans, risk registers, action items, and customer commitments.\nManage projects ranging from demarc extensions, MAC work, and cabling additions to multi-floor, multi-building, and new-construction low-voltage deployments.\nEstablish project scope, assumptions, exclusions, deliverables, acceptance criteria, and responsibilities across all parties.\nLead customer kickoff meetings, construction coordination meetings, progress meetings, and project closeout meetings.\nCoordinate with general contractors, construction managers, electrical contractors, low-voltage subcontractors, architects, engineers, vendors, distributors, and customer representatives.\nManage project communication and provide clear, timely status reporting regarding schedule, budget, risks, issues, change orders, and overall project health.\nIdentify project risks early and develop mitigation and recovery plans.\nManage scope changes and ensure change orders are properly documented, priced, approved, and incorporated into the project plan.\nEnsure projects meet customer requirements, contractual commitments, applicable standards, and internal quality expectations.\nDirect and mentor Structured Cabling Project Coordinators and provide clear accountability for project deliverables.\n\nLow-Voltage / Structured Cabling Expertise :\nDemonstrated knowledge of structured cabling systems, including Category 5e, Category 6, Category 6A, fiber optic, coaxial, and other low-voltage infrastructure.\nStrong understanding of copper and fiber pathways, cable tray, conduit, sleeves, J-hooks, raceway, innerduct, ladder rack, racks, cabinets, patch panels, cable management, and telecommunications spaces.\nUnderstanding of MDF/IDF design concepts, equipment rooms, telecommunications rooms, demarcation points, intermediate distribution areas, and horizontal/vertical cabling architectures.\nAbility to review and interpret construction drawings, low-voltage plans, riser diagrams, floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, specifications, details, and cabling schematics.\nAbility to perform or validate material takeoffs and develop accurate Bills of Materials for structured cabling projects.\nAbility to evaluate labor, material, equipment, subcontractor, and logistical requirements when developing project plans and budgets.\nUnderstanding of cable labeling, testing, certification, test-result documentation, as-built requirements, and closeout standards.\nWorking knowledge of TIA/EIA standards, BICSI practices, NEC requirements, customer specifications, and applicable construction standards.\nUnderstanding of construction sequencing and the dependencies 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proposals and negotiate or challenge scope, pricing, assumptions, exclusions, and lead times as appropriate.\nManage purchase orders and subcontractor commitments to ensure costs remain aligned with approved project budgets.\nReview invoices against purchase orders, completed work, approved scope, and contractual requirements.\nIdentify potential margin erosion early and take corrective action rather than waiting until project closeout.\nManage change orders with a focus on recovering incremental cost and protecting project margin.\nProvide accurate financial forecasting and communicate material financial risks to leadership.\nBalance customer satisfaction with commercial discipline and understand when a requested change has financial or schedule implications.\n\nProject Types & Customer Environments :\nDemarcation extensions and carrier handoff work.\nNew construction structured cabling deployments.\nTenant improvements and building renovations.\nMoves, adds, changes, and remediation projects.\nMulti-floor and multi-building campus deployments.\nRetail rollouts and multi-site programs.\nGovernment and public-sector facilities with heightened documentation, access, security, or compliance requirements.\nDefense-related environments with controlled access, security requirements, and complex stakeholder coordination.\nEnterprise environments requiring coordination with IT, network, facilities, construction, and security organizations.\nSelect, coordinate, and manage qualified vendors and low-voltage subcontractors.\nEstablish expectations for schedule, quality, safety, documentation, testing, staffing, and communication.\nMonitor subcontractor productivity and performance against project commitments.\nResolve vendor and subcontractor performance issues and elevate when required.\nCoordinate material procurement and confirm availability before field work is scheduled.\nManage long-lead materials and identify substitutions or recovery options when supply issues threaten the schedule.\nCoordinate with general contractors and construction managers to ensure low-voltage work is sequenced correctly with other trades.\nParticipate in pre-construction walkthroughs and site surveys to validate constructability, access, pathways, spaces, and installation requirements.\n\nRequired Qualifications :\n5+ years of project management experience in structured cabling, low-voltage construction, telecommunications infrastructure, or a closely related field.\nStrong hands-on knowledge of structured cabling systems and low-voltage construction.\nDemonstrated experience managing project budgets, costs, change orders, and project margins.\nProven ability to manage projects from small service work through complex construction deployments.\nExperience working with general contractors, construction managers, vendors, subcontractors, and field installation teams.\nExperience reading and interpreting construction drawings, specifications, floor plans, and low-voltage design documentation.\nExperience with material takeoffs, BOM development, procurement, and project financial management.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills with customers and executive/internal stakeholders.\nAdvanced organization, scheduling, risk management, and problem-solving capabilities.\nProficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel; experience with project management, estimating, procurement, or construction management platforms preferred.\nAbility to travel to active project sites as required.\n\nHighly Preferred Qualifications & Certifications :\nRCDD (Registered Communications Distribution Designer).\nBICSI certification or active participation in BICSI training/programs.\nBICSI Installer 1-3 or Technician (TECH).\nCNCI or comparable structured cabling credential.\nFiber optic certification or documented fiber design/testing experience.\nExperience with CAD, Visio, takeoff/estimating software, or construction management platforms.\nPMP certification or formal project management training.\nExperience managing national or multi-site structured cabling programs.\n\nSuccess Metrics :\nProjects delivered on or ahead of committed schedule.\nProjects delivered within approved scope and target margin.\nAccurate forecasting of revenue, cost, and projected margin.\nEffective change-order management and protection of project profitability.\nVendor and subcontractor performance against schedule, quality, and cost expectations.\nCustomer satisfaction and successful project acceptance.\nAccurate and timely project documentation and financial closeout.\nEarly identification and resolution of project risks and issues.\nConsistent adherence to structured cabling standards, customer requirements, safety expectations, and quality controls.\n\nSuccess Profile :\nBusiness-minded project leader who understands that project management is both an operational and financial responsibility.\nTechnically credible with field technicians, vendors, general contractors, engineers, and customers.\nComfortable challenging assumptions when scope, pricing, schedule, or margin is at risk.\nStrong negotiator and communicator who can maintain customer relationships while protecting company interests.\nProactive rather than reactive; identifies problems early and develops actionable recovery plans.\nHighly accountable for results, deadlines, project financials, and customer commitments.\nUnderstands low-voltage construction well enough to make sound decisions without relying exclusively on others to interpret the work.\nCapable of moving between detailed field-level issues and executive-level business discussions.\n\nRole Differentiation :\nThe Structured Cabling Project Coordinator is primarily responsible for supporting project execution, procurement, documentation, vendor coordination, takeoffs, BOMs, and financial administration while working under the direction of a Project Manager. 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