{"id":1182192,"url":"https://alion.io/job/borderstates-project-manager","title":"Project Manager","company":{"id":14128,"name":"Border States","domain":"borderstates.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/borderstates","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SuccessFactors","truth_index":null},"role":"Management","role_family":"Management","seniority":null,"employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Saint George, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":73000,"max_usd":172000,"period":"year","method":"role_country_seniority_unknown","sample_n":4486},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":true,"technologies":[{"name":"Microsoft Office","optional":false},{"name":"Windows","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-24T14:26:31Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-24","last_verified_at":"2026-09-24T18:41:32Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"Be part of a growing, successful company in an exciting and challenging field. Border States is 100% employee-owned, which means you’re empowered to make decisions, find solutions and receive rewards for your hard work.\nThis position will be located in: Saint George, UT\nApplication Deadline:\nPlease note that the position may be filled before or after the listed application deadline. Applications will only be accepted while the posting remains active.\nPay Range:\n*Individual compensation is determined based on several factors, including job-related skills and qualifications, education, relevant experience, work location, internal equity considerations, and the overall responsibilities of the position.\nJob Summary\nThe Project Manager leads the strategic planning, coordination, and execution of complex customer projects, exercising independent judgement in interpreting specifications, determining material strategies, and resolving project-critical issues. Serves as the primary decision-maker for project scope, vendor alignment, pricing recommendations within established guidelines, and risk mitigation. Partners with internal and external stakeholders to ensure project profitability, compliance, and successful delivery. Actively participates in coordinating, analyzing, and acting upon information and feedback of customer needs, pricing, products, competition, and procedures.\nResponsibilities\nEssential Functions\nCollaborates with Account Managers, Business Development Managers, Demand Gen & Distribution Leaders, and sales staff to develop project execution strategies, establish priorities, and ensure alignment with sales and profitability objectives.\nProjects may deal with substations, power transmission, wind and solar energy, data Telco, HV industrial, commercial, or residential construction and industrial.\nOversees customer support activities and provides direction on issue resolution, ensuring alignment with project requirements and business objectives such as expediting, pricing, follow-up, returns, and other services.\nProvides customers with timely follow-up on technical inquiries and requests.\nDevelops and manages project schedules, ensuring adherence to specifications and proactively adjusting plans based on evolving risks and customer needs.\nMaintains a high level of teamwork and communication in ensuring a balanced workload within the team.\nCompletes project group job form with customer information for each project handled.\nActively participates in coordinating, analyzing, and acting upon information and feedback of customer needs, pricing, products, competition, and procedures.\nEvaluates product options, recommends sourcing strategies, and provides pricing guidance within established authority levels.\nInterprets bid requirements, resolves specification conflicts, material strategies, and determines project timelines that will meet customer’s required deadlines. After bid date, follows up on quotations to clarify product specifications, assure outstanding issues are resolved, and develop schedules that will meet customer’s required deadlines.\nResponsible for the completion of each assigned project.\nObtains orders and provides order entry, expediting, pricing, follow-up, and other value-added services, as required.\nCoordinates with the Customer Financial Services staff to resolve customer-billing problems resulting from errors in the quotations process, pricing, shipping, delivery, or other customer service/credit areas.\nIn partnership with Demand Generation, organizes, plans, and schedules the start-up and completion of assigned projects.\nEvaluates vendor performance, negotiates pricing and delivery terms within established guidelines, and escalates risks requiring leadership intervention.\nIn partnership with Demand Generation, maintains job control to ensure cost and sell prices remain aligned with customer and vendor expectations.\nIn partnership with Demand Generation, establishes goals and priorities for project execution.\nManages all financials related to the project, ensuring alignment with profit margin goals.\nMonitors vendor performance and alerts appropriate stakeholders of potential problems.\nWorks to gain cooperation from all project stakeholders.\nResponsible for planning, ordering, and managing high dollar, made to order products, ensuring accuracy and alignment with project specifications, timelines, and customer requirements.\nNon - Essential Functions\nMay develop quotations for customers within the company profit objectives and guidelines.\nResponsibilities may include overseeing all or some of the following: product application and support, estimating, procurement, material management, staging, kitting, storage, job site delivery, back hauling and project close out.\nMay assist with negotiating with vendors for best pricing and best delivery of products to customers and/or jobsites.\nMay be required to consult with engineers and developers on given projects.\nPerforms other duties as assigned by supervisor or designate.\nQualifications\nAssociates degree preferred or the equivalent in work experience. \n3+ years of prior customer service, quotation or sales experience with strong knowledge of electrical products and utility systems preferred. \nDemonstrated ability to exercise independent judgement and make decisions on complex project and technical issues. \nExperience managing project financials, pricing strategies, and vendor negotiations. \nProven ability to interpret technical specifications and develop project execution strategies. \nComprehensive knowledge of product lines and applications, alternate product substitutes, and supplier pricing policies preferred. \nStrong working knowledge of PC for Windows, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint), internet, email, and SAP software preferred.\nSkills and Abilities\nTechnical ability to understand electrical systems and product applications with prior electrical distribution experience preferred. \nTechnical ability to read specifications and drawings highly preferred. \nExcellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication, reading, and customer service skills are preferred with the ability to effectively plan and organize and work well on a team. \nExcellent customer service skills include being competent, accurate, responsive and engaged.\nPhysical Requirements\nLift and carry requirements (weight and frequency):\nOccasionally 0 - 33% Frequently 34 - 66% Continuously: 67 - 100%\nLift from Floor to Waist:< than 10 lbs. - Occasionally\n10 to 25 lbs. - Occasionally\n26 to 50 lbs. - Occasionally\n51 to 75 lbs. - Occasionally\n76 to 100 lbs. - Not at all\n101 + lbs. - Not at all\n\nAbove Waist Lift:< than 10 lbs. - Occasionally\n10 to 25 lbs. - Occasionally\n26 to 50 lbs. - Occasionally\n51 to 75 lbs. - Occasionally\n76 to 100 lbs. - Not at all\n101+ lbs. - Not at all\n\nUnilateral Carry:< than 10 lbs. - Not at all\n10 to 25 lbs. - Not at all\n26 to 50 lbs. - Not at all\n51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all\n76 to 100 lbs. - Not at all\n101+ lbs. - Not at all\n\nBilateral Carry:< than 10 lbs. - Not at all\n10 to 25 lbs. - Not at all\n26 to 50 lbs. - Not at all\n51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all\n76 to 100 lbs. - Not at all\n101+ lbs. - Not at all\n\nPhysical Activity\nFrequency at which you would do the following in a typical day:\n Sitting (a continuous period of being seated) - Continuously\n Standing (for sustained periods of time) - Frequently\n Walking (moving about on foot to accomplish tasks) - Frequently\n Bending/Stooping (downward and forward) - Occasionally\n Crawling (moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet) - Not at all\n Climbing/Walking Stairs (ascending or descending) - Frequently\n Reaching (extending arms in any direction) - Frequently\n Crouching/Squatting (bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine) - Occasionally\n Kneeling (bending legs at knee to come to rest on knee(s)) - Occasionally\n Balancing (maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling) - Occasionally\n Repetitive Motion (substantial movement (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers) - Continuously\n Trunk Rotation (movement in any direction, whether standing or sitting, with at least one foot stationary and in contact with the floor) - Occasionally\n Pushing/Pulling (using upper extremities to press against or draw or tug) - Occasionally\n Handling (applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm) - Continuously\n Fingering (picking, pinching, typing; working primarily with fingers and not whole hand) - Continuously\n Talking (expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word) - Continuously\n Driving (the control and operation of a fork lift) - Occcasionally\n Desk Work (tasks generally performed at a desk, including use of a computer, printer, fax machine, telephone and other office equipment) - Continually\nUse of Computer -Continuously\nUse of Telephone -Continuously\n Hearing (perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels) - Continuously\n Exposure (to adverse weather & temperature conditions) - Continuously\n Travel (travel needed to perform job duties) - Occasionally\nAdditional Information\nThis job description is a summary of the job duties and responsibilities and is not intended to cover all possible job duties and is subject to change at the employer’s discretion. Employees must be able to perform the essential job duties and satisfy job requirements either with or without a reasonable accommodation.\nOur History\nBorder States is a leader in the electrical supply distribution industry with approximately 130 locations in 31 states. Our employee-owners are second to none in delivering top-notch customer service and in demonstrating extra-ordinary people skills. We are one of the largest independent electrical distributors in the United States providing products and services to the construction, industrial and utility industries. Border States has a competitive benefit package and is a 100 percent employee-owned company. Employee-ownership is a significant part of our culture and our success stems from the dedication of our employee-owners. We practice open-book management and our employee-owners are empowered with clearly defined levels of authority to be innovative and decisive, allowing us to respond quickly to the needs of customers. Employee-owners understand their roles in the success of the company and care about customers’ needs, which drives our focus on adding value to everything we do. We recognize that not all customers are the same and each has specific requirements. Our employee-owners understand these diverse needs and have the commitment, resourcefulness and flexibility to outperform all others.\nValues\nAs a Border States employee-owner, you’re responsible for living our mission, service philosophy and service standards.\nOur Purpose\nWe believe unstoppable businesses shouldn't go it alone. We are owners - of relationships, of outcomes, of every moment these unstoppable businesses need to deliver.\nService Philosophy\nWe earn customer loyalty and confidence by caring about their needs and adding value to everything we do.\nService Standards\nBorder States employee-owners are competent, accurate, responsive, and engaged .\nYour career\nJoin an experienced team at one of the largest electrical distributors in the United States. What are you waiting for?\nBorder States has a competitive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:\nHealth, Dental and Vision Benefits\nAccident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity\nFSA & HSA\nEmployee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)\nDisability Benefits\n401(k) Retirement Plan\nLife Insurance\nEmployee Assistance Program\nPaid Holidays\nPaid Volunteer Time\nPersonal Leave time and more!\nBorder States provides bonuses to their employee-owners upon the achievement of branch and company goals.\nEqual Opportunity For All\nIt’s not just the law. It’s something we’ve believed in since our founding. 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