Project Manager- Utility Construction

PUSH Inc. is a leading utility contractor providing quality infrastructure solutions across the United States for more than 50 years. The Project Manager owns the financial, contractual, and customer‑facing success of assigned utility construction projects, ensuring scope, schedule, costs, change orders, and communication are managed with discipline and clarity while maintaining proactive risk visibility, accurate forecasting, and dependable execution.

Responsibilities

• Financial and Cost Management: Own project financial performance, protect margin, control costs, monitor cash flow, track costs, identify variances, maintain accurate cost‑to‑complete forecasting and revenue projections, ensure accurate and timely billing, and monitor WIP, percent‑complete, forecasting inputs, and production quantities.
• Contract Administration: Understand project scope and contract requirements, capture, price, and submit scope changes early, ensure compliance with contract terms and documentation standards, protect entitlement through accurate documentation and proactive communication, and identify field‑driven inefficiencies, delays, customer impacts, and scope gaps.
• Project Planning and Scheduling: Develop, maintain, and actively manage project schedules aligned with field execution plans, coordinate with Superintendents for clear direction, ensure materials, permits, locates, subcontractors, and inspections are coordinated, identify risks and develop mitigation and contingency plans, and review upcoming work to maintain readiness and milestone recovery.
• Customer Communication: Serve as primary customer contact for updates, coordination, and issue resolution; maintain consistent communication on status, risks, and schedule expectations; provide professional, timely responses and proactive updates on schedule, risks, change items, and recovery actions.
• Field Coordination: Partner with Superintendents and the Operations Manager to align schedule, production, and resources; stay aware of field conditions, risks, production performance, and readiness barriers; support field leadership in removing progress‑impacting barriers.
• Documentation and Reporting: Keep project documentation organized, accurate, and complete (RFIs, change orders, as‑builts, permits, closeout packages); review and validate reports, WIP, percent‑complete, and forecasting inputs against actual production; ensure records are audit‑ready.
• Team Leadership: Lead and support Project Coordinators and administrative staff, provide direction, coaching, and accountability for documentation, billing support, forecasting, and reporting standards; foster collaboration between office and field teams; delegate workload while maintaining accuracy and timeliness.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required; Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field preferred.
• Valid driver’s license.
• 5+ years of Project Manager or comparable field‑heavy construction management experience.
• Strong understanding of construction project management and utility construction execution workflows.
• Proven planning, scheduling, and milestone‑control capabilities.
• Financial knowledge of budgets, cost tracking, cost‑to‑complete, WIP, revenue recognition, margin management, and billing conversion.
• Ability to interpret contracts, project plans, technical specifications, and field production data.
• Skill in early risk identification and development of effective mitigation and contingency plans.
• Ability to prepare clear and accurate change orders, RFIs, scopes, schedules, and customer communications.
• Working understanding of field construction methods, production rates, and crew workflows.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects or scopes in a utility construction environment.
• Effective coordination across field teams, customers, subcontractors, and internal departments.
• Experience managing construction projects, project teams, or utility construction scopes in a fast‑paced environment preferred.
• Ability to work extended hours and travel to project sites as required.
• Working knowledge of broadband OSP and/or power distribution construction preferred.

Physical and Environmental Factors

• Ability to work indoors, outdoors, and in all weather and ground conditions.
• Ability to walk, sit, stand, bend, twist, stoop, push, pull, carry, and lift as needed.
• Ability to coordinate eyes, hands, feet, and limbs while performing skilled movements.
• Ability to travel and be away from home as required by project needs.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability Insurance
• Free Teladoc and No‑Cost Care Options
• Competitive pay with weekly paychecks
• 401(k) with company match up to 3%
• Paid PTO and holidays
• Bonus potential
• Training and advancement opportunities
• Apprenticeship opportunities
• In‑house CDL program
• Referral bonus program