Project Manager

About the role

The Project Manager will manage customer projects once awarded, focusing on safety, schedule, profit, and customer satisfaction. The role involves working closely with the project team to develop and maintain an overall project schedule, highlighting critical path items and anticipating potential issues.

The Project Manager ensures the safety plan is effectively communicated to the Superintendent and provides oversight, evaluation, and improvement of the project management team's efficiency, adhering to management principles established by the Senior Leadership Team.

Responsibilities

• Participate in customer site visits, proposal development, and contract development/reviews to ensure a complete understanding of scope, contractual obligations, and project risks.
• Work with the Project Sales Representative from project development through execution, maintaining communication and documenting changes that affect job scope, schedule, or budget.
• Interact with customers, engineers, vendors, suppliers, and others during the design and planning phase of the project.
• Develop and maintain an overall project schedule, identifying critical path items and anticipating problematic issues.
• Foresee typical issues that historically challenge schedules, construction, and project costs, and work with the project team to develop solutions.
• Regularly and accurately communicate project status, including schedule, financial status, risk assessment, quality, safety, and other key areas.
• Coordinate work crews and schedule required equipment.
• Travel as needed and manage field leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or sufficient experience to meet the essential duties listed.
• Experience in project management, particularly in heavy construction or industrial projects.

Skills

• Working knowledge and understanding of engineering plans and specifications.
• Mechanically inclined with a basic understanding of machinery, heavy construction, and industrial project flow.
• Proficiency in basic math and geometry.
• Strong planning and leadership skills.
• Understanding of construction contracts and Windows-based software applications.
• Good time management skills.

Qualifications

PMP certification is preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Bonus program that pays for performance.
• $1 for $1 match on 401(k), capped at 10% of pay.
• Company vehicle or vehicle allowance.
• Medical, paid time off, and holiday benefits.
• Disability and life insurance.
• Additional personal and professional benefits.
• Barnhart CARES family care and community service opportunities.

About the Company

Barnhart is built on a strong foundation of serving others. The company specializes in lifting, heavy-rigging, and heavy transport of major components used in American industry, with a nationwide reputation for solving problems. Barnhart operates over 60 branch locations across the U.S. and values a strong team culture, emphasizing safety, servant leadership, quality service, innovation, continuous improvement, fairness, and profit with a purpose.