Senior Project Manager | Large Projects

Hiring a Senior Project Manager with 10+ years of experience in managing large GC projects, ideally in industrial and heavy commercial. Manages projects from $1M to $50M, using Self-Perform, GC, or CM methods. Role involves one large project or multiple smaller ones at a time, with potential travel.

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Client Details

This Detroit-based, full-service construction management and general contracting firm has over 40 years of experience delivering high-quality projects across the commercial, industrial, and institutional sectors. The company specializes in both large-scale and complex projects, including office buildings, retail spaces, manufacturing facilities, and educational institutions.

Description

• Commitment to a people-based safety culture, adhering to the corporate safety manual and leadership training requirements.
• Compliance with all standard operating procedures (ISO) for estimating, purchasing, and project control.
• Work closely with client's project management team, project executives, project engineers, site safety managers, trade subcontractors, local authorities, and designers/engineers to ensure successful projects.
• Responsible for project finances, including profit/loss, cost overruns, negotiating change orders, and financial reporting.
• Document control using project management programs (pre-construction documents, submittals, RFIs/DCRs, punch lists, and closeout).
• Participate with estimating team in project buyout.
• Assist with estimating (budgets, bulletins, change request/field order quotations).
• Manage self-perform and subcontractor scope coordination with field supervision.
• Maintain positive, open relationships with customers.
• Establish construction budget and job setup.
• Oversee project planning, scheduling, logistics, engineering, and safety plans as required by the project.
• Responsible for project schedule baseline or direct involvement using tools like Microsoft Project / Primavera.
• Draft letters of intent, POs, and master sub-agreements as needed.
• Manage project submittal process, or work with assigned project engineer to draft submittal log for review, process submittals from vendors/subcontractors, and maintain submittal log, verify shop drawings, and manage submittal status.
• Assist in assembling drawings & specs for field distribution.
• Assist with new hire processes for field staff.
• During construction: maintain record drawing set, manage ongoing submittal process, manage RFI log, labor budgeting and forecasting (GC and/or self-perform projects), input change order requests/extra work pricing, purchasing and expediting materials & equipment, project scheduling updates & monitoring.
• During project closeout: review closeout binder, provide to owner for record purposes, procure closeout documentation from vendors & subs, manage project punch list, and oversee closeout procedures.

Profile

• College Degree - Bachelor's in Construction Management, Engineering or equivalent.
• 10-20 years related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
• Thorough knowledge of construction cost, scheduling, estimating, purchasing, technology, equipment, methods, accounting principles, and engineering principles/techniques.
• Knowledge of Sage 300, ProCore, Prolog and/or Contract Manager is preferred.
• Excellent communication, planning, organizational and supervisory skills are required.
• Design/Build, General Contractor, Construction Management project delivery experience.

Job Offer

• Salary starting at $135,000
• ESOP Program
• Health, Vision, and Dental
• PTO, Paid Holidays
• Personal time
• 401K Program
• Car Allowance or Company Car
• Gas Card
• Per Diem
• Mileage Reimbursement

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