Project Manager I, Heavy Industrial Construction

About the role

As a Project Manager with Graycor Industrial Constructors’ Heavy Industrial division, you will have the authority to drive successful project results, moving your projects from preconstruction through final closeout in the safest manner possible while maintaining the highest quality standards. At Graycor, you will have the opportunity to ensure all safety compliance and quality programs are being executed on the project site. Safety is one of our core values.

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in bidding and pre‑construction services.
• Represent Graycor as the client’s contact.
• Openly and confidently communicate with all other parties involved with the project, establishing trust and rapport with owners, engineers, subcontractors, and local union officials.
• Manage the performance of the professional support personnel on the project site (Project Engineers, Field Superintendents, administrative staff).
• Maintain strict control over the budget and keep project on schedule, ensuring ongoing profitability.
• Execute subcontracts and purchase orders, and approve subcontractor invoices and change requests.
• Negotiate contract changes with the client.
• Complete close‑out requirements for projects.
• Mentor and train Project Engineers to ensure their ongoing career growth and development.
• Implement new ideas.
• Be an active member and leader within Graycor Industrial Constructors, actively participating in committees, making recommendations for new initiatives, and embracing new policies related to Safety, Quality, Continuous Improvement Programs, and Lean Construction.

Requirements

• Minimum of seven (7) years of relevant heavy industrial construction operations experience within the steel and metal producing industries.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred but not required.

Skills

• Strong leadership skills with the desire to succeed.
• Self‑starter who drives excellence and meets high standards.
• Ability to inspire commitment, monitor performance, coach and develop people, negotiate positive outcomes, create a collaborative environment, reduce liability, solve problems and issues.
• Effective communication skills to motivate the team, delegate tasks, and present proposals to clients with competence and confidence.
• Ability to communicate with highly technical individuals.
• Fortitude to juggle competing priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Multi‑tasking with a sense of urgency while maintaining strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Familiarity with a “self‑perform” project environment and experience working in a unionized labor environment.
• Familiarity with lump sum, competitive bid environments.