Project Lead

Oldcastle Infrastructure; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental and disability benefits

Retirement savings program

Health and wellness programs

Inclusive culture and growth

Job summary

Oldcastle Infrastructure is seeking a Project Lead in Lexington, KY to serve as the customer advocate from sale through on-site delivery. You will coordinate with engineering, approve submittals, and schedule with production to meet the customer ship date while balancing project costs and contract requirements.

The role acts as the primary contact for customers and vendors for assigned orders, monitoring progress, resolving issues, and ensuring 100% customer satisfaction across all sales

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required. Civil Engineering preferred.
• 5+ years Project Management experience.
• Demonstrated ability to manage several large to small, complex projects simultaneously.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of MS 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 is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Voice of the customer in OI facilities and main point of contact for customers and vendors on assigned sales orders.
• Manage multiple sales orders concurrently from sale to on-site delivery.
• Coordinate with C.O.M, O.S.R and Est. to hold a turnover/kick-off meeting; confirm scope, values, and schedule with production.
• Ensure customer is kept up-to-date from production schedule to on-site delivery.
• Provide direction to engineering, production planning, transportation, procurement and accounting teams.
• Prepare change order proposals when requested by owner/client/engineer or internal needs.
• Monitor progress and resolve issues to keep projects on schedule; offer technical advice.
• Drive continuous improvement of processes and systems.

Skills

Project management

MS Office

Communication

Organization

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Civil Engineering preferred

Job description

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.

Job Summary

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 job is located in our office/plant in Lexington, KY.

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

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required. *Civil Engineering preferred
• 5+ years Project Management experience
• Demonstrated ability to manage several large to small, complex projects simultaneously
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of MS 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 is a plus

What CRH Offers You

• Highly competitive base pay
• Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs
• Group retirement savings program
• Health and wellness programs
• An inclusive 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.

Oldcastle Infrastructure, a CRH Company, is an Affir

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