Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage steel scope projects from inception to completion, ensuring adherence to project scope, budget, and schedule.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets for multiple concurrent projects.
• Cook up and coordinate closely with internal departments such as purchasing, engineering, and fabrication to optimize project execution and resolve issues quickly.
• Monitor and control project performance, tracking progress against milestones and identifying issues before they impact cost, schedule, or quality.
• Proactively identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure smooth execution and successful outcomes.
• Ensure compliance with all contractual requirements, customer specifications, industry standards, and company procedures throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop and track project budgets, ensuring accurate financial reporting and effective cost control.
• Analyze financial performance of projects and implement corrective actions when necessary to protect margins and schedules.
• Own and manage project change orders, ensuring scope and budgets remain aligned and accurately reflected in contracts.
• Collaborate with the estimating team to develop accurate change order estimates and incorporate them into project documentation.
• Negotiate contracts and manage vendor relationships to optimize cost-effectiveness and ensure terms and conditions, flow-down requirements, and receiving requirements are clearly documented.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of project management processes and best practices within the organization.
• Enforce strict adherence to company safety policies, OSHA regulations, and environmental and regulatory requirements on all projects.
• Promote and support a strong culture of safety in both office and shop environments.
• Act as the primary point of contact for clients and subcontractors, ensuring clear and timely communication.
• Provide regular project status updates and reports to internal and external stakeholders, including schedule, cost, and risk information.
• Address and resolve project-related issues efficiently to maintain client satisfaction and project momentum.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key clients to support ongoing and future business development efforts.
• Manage the accuracy of project timeline tracking and reporting in the company’s project management software.
• Support design and engineering activities by leveraging a strong technical and mechanical experience, especially on NQA-1 or complex fabrication projects.
• Work closely with shop production teams, regularly interacting with the fabrication environment to ensure plans and drawings are executed correctly.
• Review and interpret fabrication drawings and plans, ensuring the work aligns with customer specifications and project requirements.
• Review and evaluate customer specifications and requirements to ensure all projects meet or exceed expectations.
• Apply earned value management principles to track project performance and forecast outcomes.
• Use Microsoft Project and/or Smartsheet, along with MS Office tools, to plan, track, and report on project activities and deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 10+ years of proven experience in project management, quality, and/or design-build project management within steel scope industries.
• Experience working in a steel fabrication environment, preferably in job-shop or general contract settings.
• Strong fabrication and builder mentality with a fundamental understanding of how to build complex steel projects.
• Mechanical engineering experience or equivalent technical experience, with strong technical aptitude.
• Demonstrated experience managing design/build projects where production progresses while design work continues.
• Proven ability to keep teams and projects on track, delivering on time and within budget.
• Experience working in a steel fabrication environment, including coordination with shop production.
• Ability to read and understand fabrication drawings and plans.
• Experience supporting or working under NQA-1 or other complex fabrication standards (highly preferred).
• Strong analytical and planning skills, including the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining high quality standards.
• Detail-oriented approach to reviewing and evaluating customer specifications and requirements.
• Excellent problem-solving, negotiation, and leadership skills.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with craft personnel, customers, government regulators, and inspectors.
• Understanding and practical application of earned value management principles.
• Proficiency with MS Office, including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project and/or Smartsheet (Smartsheet preferred).