Project Manager

Zsg; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Zsg is seeking a project leader to own commercial projects from buyout through closeout in Birmingham. You will work with estimators, superintendents, and project engineers to keep quality, schedule, and cost aligned across diverse client types, including retail, storage, veterinary, and medical facilities.

Reporting to senior project leadership, you will drive planning, coordination, and cost control, ensuring safety and quality standards are met while maintaining clear client communication and

Qualifications

• Proven delivery of commercial construction projects from buyout through closeout, including schedule and cost ownership.
• Experience coordinating owners, design teams, and subcontractors on occupied or phased sites.
• Ability to read drawings, build a logic-based schedule, and manage a budget with change-order discipline.
• A record of safe jobsites and subcontractors who meet quality standards without constant rework.
• Clear written and verbal communication with clients who expect direct answers.
• Willingness to manage work across multiple markets and project types, including retail, storage, veterinary, and medical.

Responsibilities

• Deliver assigned commercial projects on the agreed schedule and within the approved budget, with change orders documented before work proceeds.
• Turn awarded work into a clear plan: scope, schedule, buyout, and subcontractor commitments locked before mobilization.
• Run weekly coordination so design questions, inspections, and field conflicts are closed before they hit the critical path.
• Protect margin by tracking costs against the estimate and resolving overruns with the owner and operations before they become surprises.
• Keep clients informed with plain updates they can act on, and close each project with a complete punch, warranties, and as-builts.
• Hold the job to the company's safety and quality standards, stopping work that does not meet them.
• Hand the next project a cleaner start by capturing lessons, vendor performance, and open issues at closeout.

Job description

Commercial projects succeed when someone owns the outcome from first estimate to final punch. This role puts that ownership in your hands: retail, self-storage, veterinary, medical, and other commercial work delivered with the care of a long-term client relationship, not a one-off job. You will be the person owners, architects, and field teams trust to keep quality, schedule, and cost moving together.

Performance Objectives

• Deliver assigned commercial projects on the agreed schedule and within the approved budget, with change orders documented before work proceeds.
• Turn awarded work into a clear plan: scope, schedule, buyout, and subcontractor commitments locked before mobilization.
• Run weekly coordination so design questions, inspections, and field conflicts are closed before they hit the critical path.
• Protect margin by tracking costs against the estimate and resolving overruns with the owner and operations before they become surprises.
• Keep clients informed with plain updates they can act on, and close each project with a complete punch, warranties, and as-builts.
• Hold the job to the company's safety and quality standards, stopping work that does not meet them.
• Hand the next project a cleaner start by capturing lessons, vendor performance, and open issues at closeout.

You will work with estimators, superintendents, and project engineers inside a mid-size general contractor focused on commercial construction. Reporting is to senior project leadership. You will have standard scheduling, cost-tracking, and document-control tools, authority to direct subcontractors within the contract, and support from operations on staffing and major buyout decisions. Travel to active jobs is part of the work.

Essential Qualifications

• Proven delivery of commercial construction projects from buyout through closeout, including schedule and cost ownership.
• Experience coordinating owners, design teams, and subcontractors on occupied or phased sites.
• Ability to read drawings, build a logic-based schedule, and manage a budget with change-order discipline.
• A record of safe jobsites and subcontractors who meet quality standards without constant rework.
• Clear written and verbal communication with clients who expect direct answers.
• Willingness to manage work across multiple markets and project types, including retail, storage, veterinary, and medical.

Role Selling Points

• Real project ownership, not a narrow slice of a mega-project org chart.
• A mix of building types so the work stays varied and the client relationships last beyond a single job.
• A service culture that measures success by how the owner feels at turnover, not only by the bid spread.
• Room to influence how jobs are planned, bought out, and closed-not just how they are reported.