Wounded Warrior Program

APi NSG offers a Wounded Warrior Development Program. This program was created to help wounded veterans prepare for a civilian career as a specialty construction project manager and ease the transition into civilian employment. The program is structured, but is designed to be flexible to meet the needs of the participants. The duration of the program may be altered by an accepted employment offer from the company during the rotation process and career preferences (designer, sales, etc.) identified during the rotation process may be added to a modified development program to support the preference of the applicant.

The best qualified wounded veteran applicants will be selected to participate in this Wounded Warrior Development Program. Formal educational and certification opportunities will be made available to accepted applicants to further their knowledge of the specialty construction industry. During the process, applicants will learn fundamental skills that will prepare them to perform as a specialty construction project manager for APi Group.

Applicants will then complete a developmental rotation program experiencing diverse specialty construction industries in up to three different APi Group locations. This developmental rotation program lasts for 12 months. Once the entire program has been completed, qualified applicants will received employment placement at one of APi Group's United States operating facilities.

It is likely that applicants will not be required to perform in a full project manager's role immediately upon completion of the program. Additional experience in the field will be needed before complete project management responsibility is offered to most program participants. Rotations will be conducted in the Minneapolis / St, Paul, MN area. Relocation to the MSP area for the duration of the development program is a requirement. Veterans will have input as to their permanent employment placement at the completion of the program.

Project Manager (PM)

PMs have direct P&L project responsibility. Responsibilities include total delivery of the project in accordance with established criteria; accepting bid packages; assist in the creation of bid proposals; project scheduling; planning; project progress review; expediting; inspection, project safety and quality control. PMs are also responsible for tracking, forecasting, and communicating costs, profits, and financial measures. PMs organize and manage all elements of construction, including safety; labor; temporary / permanent materials; equipment; utilities; and time.

Essential Functions:

• Long range project planning & scheduling
• Compliance with safety, productivity, profitability, and quality requirements
• Employee hours & crew mix rate tracking
• Maximizing productivity with proper project staffing
• Identifying elements that impact cost, labor, or schedule
• Completing estimates in timely manner
• Project billing accuracy
• Positive cash flow maintenance
• Future manpower forecasting
• Overseeing subcontractors
• Code & permit compliance
• Approve quality of work and payment requests, administer contracts for construction
• Relaying progress reports and modification requests
• Project evaluation
• Maintain historical records
• Improvement recommendations for project management procedures and company business practices.
• Customer relations
• Estimating & design functions

Requirements:

• Strong desire to excel in the position by developing the necessary knowledge and skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Aptitude for mechanics
• Strong logic & reasoning abilities
• Deadline sensitivity
• Strong organizational skills and elevated attention to detail
• Ability to multitask and delegate responsibilities
• Hard working, self motivated, flexible and results oriented.
• High level of ethics and integrity

Developmental rotations focus on the fundamentals of project management, including:

• Scheduling
• Design
• Project Planning
• Project Finance
• Estimating / Bidding
• Codes
• Quality Control
• Risk / Safety / Contracts
• Basic industry knowledge

For more information about our Wounded Warrior Development Program, contact us.