Lead Industrial Project Manager

Mid-State Industrial Maintenance; Lakeland (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid-State Industrial Maintenance in Lakeland, FL is seeking a Project Manager to lead industrial construction, maintenance, and capital projects from preconstruction through closeout. You will plan, direct execution, and coordinate labor, equipment, materials, and subcontractors onsite.

The role emphasizes safety, schedule, cost control, and quality, with accountability for profitable and compliant delivery in active facilities.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in project management.
• PMP certification preferred.
• Experience managing industrial construction or maintenance projects is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Review estimates, proposals, contracts, drawings, specifications, schedules, and customer requirements during project handoff to confirm scope, assumptions, exclusions, deliverables, commercial terms, and execution risks.
• Lead project kickoff activities and develop a comprehensive execution plan that establishes project objectives, milestones, staffing, site logistics, communication protocols, document controls, and performance expectations.
• Develop, maintain, and manage detailed project schedules, cost-loaded budgets, manpower plans, procurement requirements, equipment needs, and short-interval look-ahead plans.
• Direct and coordinate project teams, including superintendents, foremen, field personnel, administrative support, vendors, and subcontractors; establish priorities, delegate responsibilities, and hold team members accountable for results.
• Coordinate with operations, estimating, engineering, safety, quality, purchasing, accounting, and other internal departments to ensure project requirements and resources are aligned throughout execution.
• Interpret and administer contract documents, drawings, specifications, codes, and customer standards; initiate requests for information and obtain technical clarification when field conditions or documents conflict.
• Coordinate site access, mobilization, laydown areas, temporary facilities, permits, outages, shutdowns, tie-ins, equipment isolation, and other site-specific requirements with the client and field leadership.
• Champion the company's safety culture and partner with Safety personnel to ensure work planning and execution comply with company policies, client rules, regulatory requirements, job hazard analyses, and site-specific safety plans.
• Ensure project work meets approved drawings, specifications, procedures, codes, inspection requirements, and quality standards; coordinate testing, inspections, nonconformance resolution, and turnover documentation.
• Purchase or coordinate the purchase of project materials, equipment rentals, and services within assigned authority; verify requirements, monitor commitments, and follow up to support on-time delivery and schedule performance.
• Monitor daily field reports, installed quantities, labor productivity, equipment utilization, material usage, subcontractor performance, and schedule status to identify trends and take timely corrective action.
• Maintain accurate cost controls and forecasts by reviewing labor, material, equipment purchase orders, subcontracts, invoices, commitments, billings, and projected cost-to-complete against the approved budget.

Skills

Leadership

Organization

Time management

Problem solving

Decision making

PM methodologies

MS Project

Asana

Communication

Education

PMP certification preferred

Tools

Microsoft Project

Asana

Job description

Mid-State Industrial Maintenance in Lakeland, FL is seeking a Project Manager to lead industrial construction, maintenance, and capital projects from preconstruction through closeout. You will plan, direct execution, and coordinate labor, equipment, materials, and subcontractors onsite.

The role emphasizes safety, schedule, cost control, and quality, with accountability for profitable and compliant delivery in active facilities.