Mission-Critical Construction Project Lead

Saulsbury; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Saulsbury Industries seeks a seasoned Project Manager to lead mission critical construction projects in Texas. You will plan, organize, and control execution, coordinating owners, design partners, subcontractors, vendors, field teams, and internal support to deliver safe, high-quality projects on schedule and within budget.

Responsibilities include developing execution plans, managing staff, tracking costs, and ensuring compliance with safety standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing commercial, industrial, data center, or mission critical construction projects.
• Demonstrated success managing project safety, cost, schedule, quality, subcontractors, procurement, and client relationships.
• Experience with mission critical, data center, electrical, mechanical, structural, civil, or building systems projects preferred.
• Ability to travel up to 75% based on project location and business needs.
• Working knowledge of project plans, specifications, contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders, schedules, daily correspondence, drawings, submittals, RFIs, change orders, and other project-related documents.

Responsibilities

• Assume overall responsibility for safe, profitable, well-executed mission critical construction projects completed in accordance with contract requirements, schedule, quality standards, and client expectations.
• Review project proposals, contracts, drawings, specifications, scopes of work, schedules, budgets, and other project documents with leadership and the project team.
• Develop and manage project execution plans, including staffing, procurement, subcontracting, logistics, quality, safety, schedule, cost control, and closeout strategies.
• Determine the most cost-effective use of personnel, materials, equipment, vendors, and subcontractors while maintaining required quality and safety standards.
• Coordinate daily and long-range project activities with owners, developers, design teams, general contractors, subcontractors, vendors, inspectors, and company personnel.
• Promote, enforce, and model a safety-first culture consistent with company policies, client requirements, and mission critical site expectations.
• Manage assigned project staff, including superintendents, project engineers, coordinators, field leadership, administrative support, and subcontractor teams.
• Monitor project costs against budgets and forecasts through labor reports, cost reports, change logs, procurement tracking, and monthly financial reviews.
• Coordinate estimating, purchasing, engineering, accounting, cost control, quality, commissioning support, and installation functions as they relate to successful project delivery.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients, engineers, suppliers, general contractors, subcontractors, authorities having jurisdiction, and internal stakeholders.
• Organize, lead, and represent the company in project coordination meetings, owner meetings, subcontractor meetings, schedule reviews, and internal project updates.
• Review and approve subcontractor selections, vendor commitments, payment applications, invoices, and related project documentation.
• Negotiate, prepare, issue, track, and execute change orders, claims, revisions, and budget adjustments resulting from changes in scope, schedule, or project conditions.
• Ensure timely and accurate billings, cash flow management, accounts receivable follow-up, and contract administration.
• Drive timely project completion through schedule management, constraint tracking, material expediting, submittal management, request for information coordination, and field issue resolution.
• Support commissioning, turnover, punch list completion, documentation, and owner acceptance for mission critical facilities.
• Lead and participate in regularly scheduled project staff meetings and promote clear communication across all project stakeholders.
• Manage the project closeout process, including final documentation, as-built information, warranties, lessons learned, and financial reconciliation.
• Enforce and adhere to all company policies, procedures, standards, and processes applicable to this position.
• Actively participate in internal teams focused on continuous improvement, operational excellence, and client satisfaction.

Skills

Project leadership

Safety management

Cost control

Contract management

Stakeholder coordination

Travel flexibility

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Saulsbury Industries seeks a seasoned Project Manager to lead mission critical construction projects in Texas. You will plan, organize, and control execution, coordinating owners, design partners, subcontractors, vendors, field teams, and internal support to deliver safe, high-quality projects on schedule and within budget.

Responsibilities include developing execution plans, managing staff, tracking costs, and ensuring compliance with safety standards.