ACARA Jobs
External Project Manager - Hybrid
Apply- ID: 556399
- Posted: 1/8/2026
- Location: Raleigh, NC
- Category: IT - Project Management/IS
- Job Type: Temporary
- Duration: 3 - 6 Months
Are you an External Project Manager looking to join one of the top companies in the Manufacturing industry?
Are you looking to further your career and grow?
Do you have scheduling experience in engineering or construction project management with full project life cycle ownership within substation construction?
If you answered yes to those three questions, then apply today!
Acara Solutions seeks highly qualified candidates to work hybrid with our client in Raleigh, NC. Interested?
Here's what you'd do:
- Create, maintain, and present all project Primavera schedules.
- Consistently work with various project team members, subcontractors, and clients to ensure schedules are accurate and properly maintained.
- Promote a culture where schedules are not just pictures; they are effective tools to manage Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) work.
- Understand the schedule logic and the supporting reasoning behind it.
- Act as a project team's reviewer and work to help the team identify and rectify forgotten activity errors in logic.
- Perform detailed time impact analysis in coordination with the project manager.
- Assist in supporting schedule information and narrative for official correspondence and change order management.
- Ensure delay and change orders are accurately inserted and maintained in the schedule.
- Generate monthly schedule reporting metrics as necessary.
- Communicate, coordinate, and manage cross-organizational departments (sales, procurement, engineering, construction, commissioning) to complete the schedule as needed.
- Review project contract for milestones and ensure they are activities within the schedule.
- Document project events that impact the schedule, scope of work, and project efficiency.
Here's what you'll get:
Pay: $80.00/hr.
Hours: 40 hours/week (1st Shift).
Length: Temp (6 months).
Sounds like a good fit?
APPLY TODAY - Email resume to: kruzickia@acarasolutions.com
About Acara Solutions
Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Minimum of 5 years of scheduling experience in engineering or construction project management with full project life cycle ownership within substation construction.
- Knowledge of Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) project delivery methods, including expert working knowledge and understanding of all project management control systems (scheduling, estimating, cost control, procurement, and business development) with knowledge of high voltage substations.
- Must have the ability to utilize the latest Primavera scheduling software at an expert level.
- Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment, demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence.
- Good ability to communicate with various team members, such as project managers, site superintendents, subcontractors, engineers, and procurement, to ensure accurate data is being entered into the project schedule.
- Solid organizational skills, including attention to detail, multi-tasking skills, advanced time management, and analytical skills.
- Self-motivated, decisive, and adaptable with the ability to motivate and build strong working relationships in cross-functional project teams to develop technical solutions is a must.
Additional Information:
- Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
- In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be needed to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the necessary employment eligibility verification form upon hire.