Project Lead

Oldcastle Infrastructure; Auburn (WA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation: 2 weeks per year

Sick leave: 56 hours per year

401k plan

Disability benefits

11 paid holidays per year

Volunteer paid day

Job summary

Oldcastle Infrastructure in Auburn, WA seeks a Project Lead to act as the voice of the customer from sale to on-site delivery. You will coordinate with engineering, production scheduling, and transportation to meet the customer ship date in AX.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and 3+ years of project management experience. MS Office proficiency and strong communication are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required.
• 3+ years Project Management experience.
• Demonstrated ability to manage several large to small, complex projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Be the voice of the customer in OI facilities.
• Manage multiple sales orders concurrently.
• Lead kickoff meetings and align scope, schedule and paperwork.
• Serve as main contact for customer and vendors on orders.
• Provide direction to the project team: engineering, planning, procurement, transportation, accounting.
• Prepare change order proposals promptly.
• Monitor progress and proactively solve issues to meet deadlines.

Skills

Project management

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Career Opportunities: Project Lead (530509)

Requisition ID530509-Posted11/05/2026-Infrastructure Products Group-Oldcastle Infrastructure-Full Time-Project Manager-United States-Washington

Oldcastle, a CRH company, is reinventing what's possible in building solutions. We are the leading provider of innovative outdoor living products and utility infrastructure solutions for the water, energy, and communications markets throughout North America. We're a trusted and strategic partner to engineers, contractors, distributors, specifiers, retailers, and homeowners alike as the manufacturer of precast concrete, polymer concrete, and plastic infrastructure products. Our portfolio of brands includes Oldcastle APG, Oldcastle Infrastructure, Belgard® hardscape, Echelon® Masonry, RDI® railing, Catalyst™ Fence Solutions, Sakrete® packaged concrete, Amerimix® mortar, Pebble Technology International® pool finishes, and Techniseal® sands and sealant technologies.

The Project Lead is the “voice of the customer” in our Oldcastle Infrastructure (OI) facilities. The Project Lead is responsible for the customer experience from the point of sale to on‑site delivery. To achieve OI’s goal to enhance “ease of doing business,” a role to represent the customer’s voice in our facilities has been developed to ensure 100% customer satisfaction on ALL sales orders. Once an opportunity becomes a sales order, the Project Lead drives all activities from the point of sale to on‑site delivery including coordinating with engineering, approval of submittals, scheduling with production and on‑site delivery with the customer and transportation. The Project Lead acts as the main point of contact for customers and vendors on assigned sales orders and is directly responsible for monitoring the project costs and compliance with contract documents, attending job meetings and balancing the customer and OI interests throughout the entire process.

Job Location

This position will be located at our plant in Auburn, WA.

Job Responsibilities

• Primary responsibility is being the “voice of the customer” in OI facilities
• Responsible for managing multiple sales orders concurrently
• Upon sales order assignment by the C.O.M, share responsibility with the O.S.R and Est. to hold a Turnover/Kick Off meeting at the point of sale to ensure all needed information and paperwork are complete; that the scope of work is clear; review the estimate and confirm values for all items; and begins the process of scheduling the project with production to align with “Customer Ship Date” in AX
• From point of sales order assignment, the P.L. becomes the point of contact for the customer. They must ensure the customer is kept up‑to‑date from production schedule to on‑site delivery
• Provide direction and oversight to all aspects of the project team; engineering, production planning, transportation, procurement and accounting
• Prepare any applicable change order proposals in a timely manner, whether owner/ client/ engineer request or by generation from OI
• Monitors the progress and status from the point of sales as it moves through the process, and acts to problem solve proactively, offers technical advice, and assists other staff to expedite assigned projects, removes obstacles which may cause a project to fall behind schedule
• Ensures a mentality of continuous improvement of processes and systems
• If needed, coordinate site visits and work with the customer to ensure that all issues that arise from the point of sale to completion of the project are resolved promptly, including but not limited to change orders, adjustments to schedule and collect information as appropriate to each assigned project. Identify and requisition special purchase items as required
• Managing the required submittals/approvals with customer as required
• Communicate with the Transportation department on the initial delivery needs of the customer and follow up when required
• Working with other project managers and the plant manager to manage the long‑term schedule to minimize conflicts with operational restrictions
• Key Performance Measurement - Meet “Requested Ship Date” determined when Sales Order is created in AX

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required.
• 3+ years Project Management experience
• Demonstrated ability to manage several large to small, complex projects simultaneously
• 2+ years of knowledge usingMS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
• Ability to review and work from production schematics and engineering drawings
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Experience within the construction or precast concrete industry (preferred)

Compensation

• Base salary range of $75,000 - $85,000 per year
• Bonus opportunity of 10% base pay
• Vacation hours of two weeks per year
• Sick leave benefits up to 56 hours per annum
• 401k plan
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability benefits
• Eleven paid holidays per year
• Annual Community Volunteer paid day

What CRH Offers You

• Highly competitive base pay
• Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs
• Group retirement savings program
• Health and wellness programs
• Aninclusive culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion

About CRH

CRH has a long and proud heritage. We are a collection of hundreds of family businesses, regional companies and large enterprises that together form the CRH family. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of a large international organization.

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