About the Position
The Project Manager I is an entry-level role on TEECOM’s internal Project Management path, reporting to Team Leads. You keep the team’s delivery machinery running — tracking, documentation, coordination, and reporting — so that Team Leads can focus on client relationships and strategic leadership.
This role is a common entry point from the Designer path. Designers build engineering, production, and project management capability before participating in a TEECOM Grow career development discussion to determine long-term path alignment. Project Manager I is one of those next-step options.
You provide operational support that strengthens visibility into scope, schedule, staffing, documentation, quality, and execution tracking across the team’s portfolio. Rather than independently leading complex engagements or managing client relationships, you reinforce the delivery systems that enable consistent execution and clear reporting.
You partner closely with Team Leads, Group Leads, Project Supervisors, and Subtask PMs to maintain clarity, reinforce established workflows, and improve coordination and quality across the team’s portfolio. Your impact is measured by the stability and transparency you bring to team operations — and the confidence Team Leads have in the accuracy, organization, and reliability of project data and reporting.
Project Managers at this level are internally focused, supporting team-level operations, delivery execution, and reporting in close partnership with Team Leads. This is an operational PM role, with advancement continuing toward Project Manager II and Project Manager III within the internal project management path.
As a Project Manager I, your impact is reflected in how consistently you support team operations, strengthen delivery visibility, improve quality, and improve documentation quality.
- Delivery Execution & Coordination
- You support clear coordination across scope, schedule, milestones, and action items.
- You help Team Leads, Group Leads, Project Supervisors, and Subtask PMs maintain visibility into project status, risks, and coordination needs.
- You reinforce consistent project organization that supports predictable delivery.
- You help make workload and capacity constraints visible for Team Lead review.
- Operational Discipline & Tracking
- You maintain accurate project tracking data and current reporting.
- You reinforce consistent project setup, closeout, and documentation practices.
- You improve team visibility through disciplined tracking and follow-through.
- Improve the TEECOM System
- You follow established workflows and documentation standards consistently.
- You keep client documentation organized and aligned with project status.
- You capture and make visible lessons learned and process updates.
- You contribute Pull Requests that improve documentation clarity, workflow consistency, or project visibility. (TEECOM uses GitHub as its internal knowledge and documentation platform; Pull Requests are how documentation improvements are proposed, reviewed, and published.)
- You identify and elevate documentation inconsistencies for improvement.
- You reduce rework and support team coordination through clear documentation.
- You strengthen your project management knowledge and contribute to PMO discipline initiatives by sharing lessons learned, staying current on PM documentation, and supporting process development efforts.
- AEC Technology Domain Awareness
- You develop foundational familiarity with the technology systems TEECOM designs and implements, including telecommunications infrastructure, structured cabling, audiovisual, security, acoustics, and wired and wireless networks.
- You apply this awareness to improve the accuracy and relevance of your project tracking, documentation, and coordination support.
These physical demands represent what is required to perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be provided as needed.
- Prolonged desk work using a computer, keyboard, mouse, and telephone.
- Regular reading, writing, and communication in virtual and in-person settings.
- Occasional travel to client sites for meetings, surveys, or inspections.
- Site walks may require standing or walking for extended periods, climbing stairs, and navigating construction or utility areas.
- Field activities may involve bending, kneeling, or maneuvering in confined spaces.
- May occasionally lift or move equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
These work environment characteristics represent the conditions encountered while performing essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations will be provided as needed.
- Approximately 90% of work is performed in a remote or office environment using standard office equipment.
- Approximately 10% occurs at client sites, including construction environments and existing facilities.
- Construction sites may include exposure to elevated noise levels, dust, uneven or unfinished walking surfaces, variable lighting conditions, and active construction operations.
- Utility rooms and similar spaces may have restricted access or may not fully comply with ADA accessibility standards. When access limitations exist, TEECOM will support coordinating reasonable accommodations with site-controlling contractor or alternative means to perform essential job functions.
- All accidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions must be reported immediately to the site superintendent and internally to People Operations.