Construction Project Manager

Barnhart Crane & Rigging; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus program

401(k) match

Company vehicle or vehicle allowance

Medical benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Barnhart Crane & Rigging in Chicago seeks a Project Manager to lead diverse customer projects from award to closeout. This hands-on, field-driven role requires spending significant time on job sites, ensuring safety, schedule, profit and customer satisfaction.

You will coordinate with sales, engineers and vendors, develop and maintain schedules, communicate status, manage budgets, and foresee and solve problems on site. Travel to client sites and plants is required.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing complex projects, especially in a field-heavy setting.
• Strong leadership and team coordination capabilities.
• Ability to plan, track progress and adjust to changing site conditions.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight and improvement of project management efficiency in alignment with senior leadership principles.
• Participate in site visits, proposals, and contract reviews to clarify scope, obligations and risk.
• Lead projects from sales through development into execution and document scope changes affecting schedule or budget.
• Interact with customers, engineers, vendors, and other stakeholders during design and planning.
• Develop and maintain overall project schedule with focus on critical path and cost control.
• Communicate project status including schedule, financials, risk, quality and safety to stakeholders.
• Coordinate work crews and scheduling of equipment; travel as needed; work with field leadership.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Field work

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Windows-based software

Job description

About the Job: As a Project Manager, you’ll take the lead on customer projects of a wide variety, including nuclear power sites, from award through closeout, ensuring safety, schedule, profit, and customer satisfaction are always top priorities. You’ll drive the project forward, keeping it on track, on budget, and within scope. This is a hands-on, field-driven role—you will spend significant time on job sites working alongside crews, solving problems in real time, and staying close to the work. Candidates should expect to be actively engaged in the field, not just managing from an office.

Description

• Provide oversight, evaluation and improvement of the efficiency of the project management team. The team is to adhere to the management principles as established by the Senior Leadership Team.
• Participate in customer site visits, proposal development and contract development/reviews to ensure complete understanding of scope, contractual obligations and risk of jobs.
• Work with Project Sales Representative before project development; take the project from sales through development into execution; maintain communication with Project Sales Representative over the course of the project, and document changes that affect the job scope, schedule, or budget agreement.
• Interact with customers, engineers, vendors, suppliers, and others throughout the design and planning phase of the project.
• Work closely with project team to develop and maintain an overall project schedule. Show critical path items and anticipate problematic issues. Responsible to foresee typical issues that historically challenge schedules, construction, and impact project costs. Identify these issues and work with project team to develop solutions to overcome potential problem areas.
• Responsible to regularly and accurately communicate the project status, including schedule, financial status, risk assessment, quality, safety and other key areas.
• Responsible for coordinating work crews and scheduling required equipment.
• Must be willing to travel as needed and be able to work with and manage field leadership.
• Role requires the ability to obtain plant access at nuclear and government sites.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or sufficient experience

Experience

Must have experience enough to meet or exceed the essential duties listed above.

Technical Aptitude

• A working knowledge and understanding of engineering plans and specifications.
• Must be mechanically inclined with basic understanding of machinery, heavy construction and basic principles of industrial project flow.
• Basic math and geometry are necessary.
• Must demonstrate planning and leadership skills.

Administrative Skills

An understanding of construction contracts, Windows based software applications, and good time management skills.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

PMP is preferred.

Barnhart Offers

• 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, Disability, Life Insurance, and other additional personal and professional benefits are available
• Barnhart CARES family care and community service opportunities

PURPOSE

- Barnhart is built on a strong foundation of serving others. The fruit of our labor is used to grow the company, care for our employees, and serve those in our communities and around the world.

MINDS OVER MATTER

- Barnhart has built a nationwide reputation for solving problems.

NETWORK

- Barnhart has built teams that form one of our industry’s strongest networks of talent and resources with over 55 branch locations across the U.S. working together to serve our customers. This growing network offers our team members constant opportunity for career growth and professional development.

CULTURE

- Barnhart has a strong team culture -- the "One TEAM." We are looking for smart, hard-working people who strive for excellence in their work and appreciate collaboration. Join a team that values Safety, Servant Leadership, Quality Service, Innovation, Continuous Improvement, Fairness, and Profit with a Purpose.

EOE/AA Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran