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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Project IT Manager I - **Company:** Strategic Staffing Solutions - **Location:** St. Petersburg, FL, United States - **Experience:** Starter - **Salary:** $87,360.0 - $108,160.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** JIRA, Microsoft Outlook, Computer Networks, Microsoft Office, Primavera, Sap Business Objects, Routing & Switching - **Published:** September 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/5b7c4506-772d-41a2-80c0-ddd78a73e1b5 ## About the Role * Substantial project management experience supporting infrastructure, utility, telecommunications, construction, facilities, generation, transmission, solar, renewable energy, or related projects. * Demonstrated ability to manage a high volume of concurrent projects with competing priorities. * Ability to work independently with minimal supervision. * Experience managing project scope, schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies, milestones, and action items. * Proficiency in tracking and reporting project budgets, forecasts, estimates, invoices, purchase requests, and cost variances. * Experience planning, facilitating, and documenting project meetings, including decisions, risks, action items, and follow-up activities. * Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to provide clear and concise updates to leadership, engineering teams, field personnel, product owners, and internal customers. * Strong organizational, prioritization, documentation, and follow-through skills. * Ability to coordinate field work, site visits, construction activities, outages, or technician assignments. * Valid driver s license and ability to travel occasionally within Florida. * Ability to work onsite three days per week, with Tuesday and Wednesday required onsite days. * Ability to attend in-office staff meetings every Tuesday morning in St. Petersburg, FL. * Ability to perform physical duties associated with field visits, including lifting and climbing ladders. * Ability to wear required personal protective equipment while working in field environments. Preferred Qualifications * Project management experience within the telecommunications or IT industry. * Experience supporting telecommunications service delivery in utility, field, construction, or enterprise environments. * Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Outlook, Microsoft Teams, JIRA, Primavera P6, and Business Objects. * Familiarity with data networking technologies, including switches and routers. * Familiarity with transport equipment such as Ciena or SEL ICON. * Familiarity with radio-frequency technologies, including Cambium equipment or point-to-point microwave. * Familiarity with DC power systems, including -48VDC and 130VDC. * Familiarity with fiber-optic construction and single-mode fiber terminations. ## Description * Manage and coordinate telecommunications and infrastructure projects supporting generation, transmission, solar, facilities, real estate, and regional enterprise IT initiatives. * Oversee approximately 60 active, primarily smaller-scope projects simultaneously, ensuring work progresses efficiently and deadlines are met. * Coordinate project scope, schedules, milestones, risks, dependencies, decisions, action items, and follow-up activities. * Maintain accurate and timely documentation of project communications, decisions, updates, and action items in JIRA. * Collaborate with telecommunications, engineering, field, implementation, and business teams to schedule and execute work within established timelines. * Provide concise weekly stakeholder updates summarizing project status, upcoming work, risks, dependencies, and anticipated activities for the next two to four weeks. * Partner with product owners to answer questions, remove obstacles, and support successful project delivery. * Plan, facilitate, and document customer kickoff meetings and project-planning discussions. * Coordinate field work, site visits, construction windows, outage windows, and technician activities when required. * Develop a working understanding of the client s operating environment and the telecommunications products and services provided to internal business customers. * Track and report project budgets, forecasts, estimates, purchase requests, invoices, and cost variances. * Identify project risks, delays, and dependencies early and escalate concerns to the appropriate stakeholders. * Support projects throughout the client s Florida service territory based on business needs. * Attend occasional customer meetings, field visits, and project sites within Florida. ## Related Videos - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [What makes Cybersecurity different for critical infrastructure?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/571-what-makes-cybersecurity-different-for-critical-infrastructure) - [Collaboration Quantified: Lessons from Open Source Developer Networks](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1422-collaboration-quantified-lessons-from-open-source-developer-networks) - [Migrating half a million users to a new payment service provider](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/730-migrating-half-a-million-users-to-a-new-payment-service-provider) - [Integrate your Cognitive Assistant with 3rd-party DBs and software](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/249-integrate-your-cognitive-assistant-with-3rd-party-dbs-and-software) - [Unlocking the potential of Digital & IT at Vodafone](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/602-unlocking-the-potential-of-digital-it-at-vodafone) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [How should you format your IT resume?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/68-how-should-you-format-your-it-resume) - [A Guide to Green Tech and Green IT Careers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/374-a-guide-to-green-tech-and-green-it-careers) - [From developer to manager – what does it take to become an engineering manager?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/42-from-developer-to-manager-what-does-it-take-to-become-an-engineering-manager) - [System change: restart as developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/39-system-change-restart-as-developer) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated)