Mechanical Project Manager

Diversified Construction & Design; El Dorado (AR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental and Vision insurance

Company vehicle and fuel card

401(k) Retirement Plan with a 4% match

Twelve holidays per year

PTO allotment

Bonus program

Job summary

Diversified Construction & Design in El Dorado, AR, seeks a Mechanical Project Manager to lead day-to-day execution of heavy industrial projects, ensuring safety, quality, schedule, and budget adherence.

You will coordinate with executives, field leadership, preconstruction, procurement, and subcontractors to deliver on plan, managing risks and change orders across the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Seven or more years of heavy industrial construction experience with 3+ years in leadership.
• Experience managing mechanical or multi-discipline industrial projects.
• Ability to read drawings/specs, schedule, cost control, and manage change orders.
• Proficiency with Office apps; Autodesk Construction Cloud or Build preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in construction management or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead project kickoff and establish project controls.
• Coordinate daily field activities to keep operations productive.
• Manage master schedule with field leadership and progress updates.
• Control budgets, forecasting, and change orders.
• Ensure safety, quality, and client commitments throughout.

Skills

Project leadership

Reading drawings

Scheduling & cost control

Microsoft Office

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management or related field

Tools

Autodesk Build

Job description

About the Role

The Mechanical Project Manager is accountable for the day-to-day execution and control of heavy industrial mechanical and multi-discipline construction projects. The role begins with a structured handofffrom Preconstruction and continues through mobilization, field execution, commissioning support, closeout, and final financial reconciliation. The Project Manager converts the contract, estimate, execution plan, and project schedule into coordinated action while ensuring safety, quality, schedule, cost, and client commitments are met.

This position works in close partnership with Executive Project Managers, Operations Manager, field leadership, Preconstruction, Safety, Quality, Procurement, Accounting, subcontractors, suppliers, owners, engineers, and other project stakeholders.

What You Will Own

Project Leadership and Execution. Lead project kickoff, establish project controls, and align the project team around the approved execution plan. Direct and coordinate the daily activities required to keep field operations productive, resolve issues quickly, and maintain clear accountability across office and field teams. Anticipate risk, identify emerging constraints, and elevate material issues to the Operations Manager and Executive Project Manager with recommended solutions.

Schedule and Resource Performance. Manage all project phases using the master schedule developed during Preconstruction. Coordinate with field leadership to update progress, evaluate production performance, and recover schedule when work begins to fall behind. Work with Operations, Procurement, Equipment, subcontractors, and suppliers to ensure labor, equipment, materials, information, and specialty services are available when required and do not delay field progress.

Cost Management. Maintain disciplined control of budgets, commitments, billing, forecasting, and change orders. Identify scope gaps and potential changes early; document impacts; obtain pricing and supporting records; and process potential change orders efficiently from identification through final resolution. Monitor project profitability, cash flow, cost-to-complete, owner pay applications, subcontractor commitments, and financial risk throughout the project lifecycle.

Safety and Quality Integration. Reinforce Diversified's safety culture and ensure work is planned and executed in accordance with company programs, client requirements, applicable regulations, approved drawings, specifications, inspection plans, and quality standards. Coordinate closely with Safety and Quality personnel, support required inspections and documentation, and ensure deficiencies are assigned, tracked, corrected, and closed in a timely manner.

Subcontractor and Supplier Management. Define and communicate subcontractor and supplier requirements; participate in solicitation, evaluation, selection, and scope alignment; and manage performance after award. Confirm that subcontracts, purchase commitments, submittals, material deliveries, invoices, and closeout requirements remain aligned with the project schedule, budget, and contract obligations.

Preconstruction and Business Support. Participate in constructability reviews, planning sessions, proposal development, material takeoffs, procurement pricing, subcontractor scoping, and client presentations when requested. Provide field-informed feedback to improve future estimates, execution plans, production assumptions, and project delivery practices.

Project Controls and Documentation. Use and maintain Autodesk as the project system of record and ensure project information is current, complete, accurate, and fully accessible to all authorized stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Seven or more years of progressive experience in heavy industrial construction, including at least three years in project management, construction management, or a comparable project leadership role.
• Demonstrated experience managing mechanical or multi-discipline construction projects in industrial
• Working knowledge of project contracts, drawings and specifications, scheduling, cost control, forecasting, change management, subcontract administration, procurement, and progress billing.
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, technical specifications, vendor information, and project schedules and translate them into executable field plans.
• Experience coordinating owners, engineers, field teams, subcontractors, and suppliers to resolve technical roadblocks and financial scope changes.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications. Experience with Autodesk Construction Cloud or Autodesk Build is strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in construction management, business, or a related field is preferred; an equivalent combination of education and relevant construction experience will be considered.

Core Competencies:

• Ownership and accountability for project outcomes.
• Strong planning, prioritization, problem solving and decision-making skills in fast-moving field environments.
• Financial awareness, including the ability to identify risk and protect project profitability.
• Clear, timely, and professional communication and relationship-management skills.
• Consistent follow-through, accurate documentation, and disciplined use of established project workflows.
• Ability to represent Diversified Construction & Design positively and professionally with clients, business partners, subcontractors, and vendors.

Compensation

Final agreed upon compensation is based upon individual qualifications and experience.

Benefits

• Health, Dental and Vision insurance.
• Health insurance for employee only is 100% company-sponsored.
• Voluntary benefits are also available through Mutual of Omaha.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with a 4% company match.
• Company vehicle and fuel card for business-related travel.
• Twelve company-paid holidays per calendar year: Two days per holiday (New Year’s, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas).
• PTO allotment.
• Bonus program based on company profitability and assigned KPIs.