Construction Project Manager

Position Overview

The Project Manager will lead multidisciplinary industrial construction and capital projects from planning through execution, startup, and commissioning. This person will be responsible for managing project scope, schedule, budget, contractors, vendors, documentation, and field coordination.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and manage the full project life cycle for industrial capital projects, including planning, scope development, budgeting, scheduling, execution, startup, and commissioning.
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, cost control, reporting, project documentation, and project controls in coordination with internal team members.
• Cookordination with engineers, contractors, vendors, operations, maintenance, and internal stakeholders to keep projects moving forward.
• Lead project execution in the field, resolving construction, sequencing, design, and contractor issues in real time.
• Review engineering drawings, project schedules, budgets, change orders, contractor deliverables, and technical documentation.
• Support procurement and vendor selection by helping evaluate bids, clarify scopes, negotiate with contractors, and select project partners.
• Cookordinate with operations and maintenance teams to ensure safety, functionality, maintainability, and downtime requirements are incorporated into project plans.
• Lead multidisciplinary field activities through construction, startup, and commissioning while maintaining quality and safety standards.
• Prepare and present regular project status reports, including progress updates, risks, budget status, schedule updates, and key action items.
• Mentor and guide project engineers or junior team members as the project team continues to grow.
• Serve as a trusted project leader who can represent the company professionally with contractors, vendors, engineering partners, and internal leadership.

Must-Have Qualifications

• Direct project management experience in industrial construction, heavy industrial facilities, or capital projects.
• Experience in cement, aggregates, mining, material handling, mineral processing, powdered bulk solids, terminals, or similar industrial environments is strongly preferred.
• Candidates from oil and gas, refining, chemical, or other heavy industrial environments may be considered if they have broad project exposure and strong engineering aptitude.
• A strong understanding of scope management, scheduling, budgeting, cost control, project controls, contractor coordination, reporting, and documentation.
• Ability to understand project sequencing and how engineering, procurement, construction, startup, and commissioning fit together.
• An engineering background or strong engineering intuition is highly preferred.
• Prior experience managing contractors, engineers, vendors, field teams, or cross-functional project stakeholders.
• Ability to lead, mentor, and support younger team members while also working effectively with highly experienced field personnel.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to manage difficult personalities, hold contractors accountable, and maintain composure under pressure.
• A self-starter mentality with the ability to make decisions, take ownership, and operate without needing constant direction.
• A willingness to work in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment where the team may need to work beyond a traditional 9-to-5 schedule to get the job done.
• A high attention to detail, strong follow-through, and comfort working in a smaller, rapidly growing team environment.
• A low-ego leadership style with the ability to take direction while also bringing experience, autonomy, and confidence to the role.