Industrial Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead industrial construction projects from early client engagement and preconstruction through project completion and closeout.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, design partners, subcontractors, and internal teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Oversee design-build project delivery, including conceptual estimating, budgeting, design coordination, constructability reviews, scope development, and subcontractor and vendor buyout.
• Develop, manage, and maintain detailed project schedules using appropriate scheduling tools, ensuring projects remain on or ahead of schedule.
• Own and manage project budgets of $10M+ and ensure strong financial performance through forecasting, cost controls, and change order management.
• Lead preconstruction planning activities, including risk assessment, mitigation strategies, and construction logistics planning.
• Direct contract administration, including subcontractor management, compliance, documentation, and alignment with project objectives.
• Manage project safety and quality performance, promoting a strong safety culture and ensuring adherence to quality standards and specifications.
• Cook up multi-disciplinary project teams, including Project Managers, Project Engineers, field staff, design partners, and trade contractors.
• Plan and allocate project resources effectively to meet schedule, budget, and quality goals.
• Oversee revenue and margin management, ensuring projects meet or exceed financial targets.
• Identify project risks and develop mitigation plans to protect schedule, budget, and client satisfaction.
• Resolve project challenges proactively, make independent decisions, and keep stakeholders informed of key issues and resolutions.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships, embodying a “first call” philosophy where clients rely on you for ongoing and future projects.
• Provide mentorship, coaching, and leadership to less experienced project team members, supporting their professional growth and development.
• Engage in business development activities by leveraging industry expertise, supporting pursuits, and helping to grow the industrial business unit.
• Prepare and deliver project reports, updates, and presentations to executive-level stakeholders and clients.
• Utilize construction management software platforms for project scheduling, financial tracking, reporting, and documentation.
• Support industrial expansions, retrofits, capital expenditure projects, facility modernizations, and production line upgrades within active industrial environments.

Essential Skills

• 10+ years of progressive construction project management experience, including responsibility for industrial construction projects from preconstruction through closeout.
• Proven industrial construction project management experience, including work in manufacturing, food processing, food distribution, cold storage, chemical, or similar industrial environments.
• Strong design-build project delivery experience from concept through closeout, including early client engagement, design coordination, constructability reviews, scope development, and buyout.
• Experience managing projects valued at $10M or more with direct ownership of schedule, budget, safety, quality, and client relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex industrial projects independently with minimal executive oversight.
• Proficiency with construction scheduling tools such as Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project.
• Experience using construction management platforms such as Procore, CMiC, or similar systems.
• Strong understanding of financial forecasting, cost management, change order management, and revenue and margin management.
• Experience with contract administration, subcontractor management, risk mitigation, and schedule management.
• Proven ability to serve as the primary client-facing leader throughout the project lifecycle.
• Excellent leadership skills, including the ability to mentor Project Managers, Project Engineers, and field staff.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills, including executive-level stakeholder management.
• Ability to identify risks, solve problems, and drive project profitability while maintaining client satisfaction.
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Background in food processing facilities, food distribution facilities, and cold storage facilities.
• Experience with manufacturing facilities, chemical or process facilities, and industrial warehouse and distribution facilities.
• Experience delivering industrial expansions, retrofits, capital expenditure projects, facility modernizations, and production line upgrades.
• Owner-side or end-user project management experience within industrial environments.
• Experience leading projects from pursuit and preconstruction through final closeout.
• Comfort working as the primary client-facing leader, representing the project team and organization.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to understand industrial clients’ operational challenges and constraints.
• Credibility and familiarity when interacting with industrial clients, particularly in manufacturing and processing environments.
• Desire to help grow and develop an industrial business unit and contribute to strategic direction.
• Comfort operating in an entrepreneurial, growth-oriented environment where strong performers influence business decisions.

Work Environment

• The work environment is fast-paced and performance-driven, with high expectations for ownership, accountability, and delivering results.
• The culture is collaborative and team-oriented, emphasizing strong communication and mutual support across project teams.
• The role involves regular use of construction management technologies and tools, including Procore, CMiC, Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and other construction financial management and scheduling platforms.
• Travel is required based on project assignments, as projects are located in various industrial and manufacturing environments across the country.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of St. Louis, MO.

Pay And Benefits

The pay range for this position is $76.00 - $81.00/hr.

Requirements

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.