Lead Project Manager – Secure Construction Environments

Socket.dev; Washington; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Nooks is hiring to lead end-to-end delivery of physical, classified spaces. You’ll own scope, schedule, and budget, coordinating across design, construction, and operations, with up to 50% travel to project sites. Work across SD, DD, and CD phases to drive repeatable delivery.

This builder role requires translating product standards into buildable solutions, collaborating with architects, engineers, and GC teams, and delivering handoff-ready spaces in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of project management in construction and architecture.
• Experience coordinating drawing sets across SD, DD, and CD phases.
• Experience managing contractors and vendors, including RFIs, submittals, and change orders.
• Working knowledge of permitting and approvals processes.
• Ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proficiency with project management platforms (e.g., Procore) and Google Workspace.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the full drawing process across SD, DD, and CD phases.
• Oversee general contractors and vendors, tracking schedule and resolving issues.
• Lead permitting and approvals, managing submissions and comment responses to protect the schedule.
• Own each project from early design through turnover, holding scope, schedule, and budget at every stage.
• Track milestones and surface risks early, driving mitigation before they affect delivery.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

SD/DD/CD coordination

Contractor/vendor management

Communication

Tools

Procore

Google Workspace

Drawing-review software

Job description

Nooks is hiring to lead end-to-end delivery of physical, classified spaces. You’ll own scope, schedule, and budget, coordinating across design, construction, and operations, with up to 50% travel to project sites. Work across SD, DD, and CD phases to drive repeatable delivery.

This builder role requires translating product standards into buildable solutions, collaborating with architects, engineers, and GC teams, and delivering handoff-ready spaces in a fast-moving environment.