Project Manager

RC Talent; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

RC Talent seeks a seasoned Project Manager to lead laboratory equipment installation projects across the full lifecycle. You will collaborate with customers, engineers, and subcontractors to ensure install success, on time and within budget.

You will own planning, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and stakeholder communications while building strong customer relationships and driving growth in a dynamic science-focused environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of project management, construction management, engineering project coordination, equipment installation, or related experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
• PMP or similar certification helpful but not required.
• Experience managing multi-stakeholder projects with timelines, budgets, and deliverables.
• Ability to travel onsite to oversee installations to completion.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Own laboratory equipment and installation projects across full lifecycle.
• Develop and manage project plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, and deliverables.
• Coordinate with customers to understand expectations, timelines, site conditions, and requirements.
• Serve as primary customer contact during planning, delivery, installation, and completion.
• Coordinate installers, subcontractors, manufacturers, architects, contractors, customers, and other stakeholders.
• Spend time onsite to verify field conditions, coordinate work, and ensure on-schedule delivery to spec.
• Manage equipment logistics, manufacturing timelines, delivery coordination, and installation readiness.
• Review specifications, drawings, site conditions, and project requirements to identify potential issues.
• Estimate and track costs throughout each stage and maintain alignment with budgets.
• Identify risks and develop mitigation plans; communicate changes to leadership.
• Maintain multiple active projects with clear priorities and consistent communication.
• Keep customers informed with regular updates on schedules, progress, changes, and risks.
• Maintain project documentation and status in internal systems.
• Utilize CRM tools and QuickBooks Online for planning, tracking, budgeting, and administration.
• Develop technical expertise around lab equipment, installations, and safety considerations.
• Support sales with technical and project-execution insight for new opportunities.

Skills

Project management

Construction management

Communication

Travel coordination

Stakeholder management

Lab equipment knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

CRM tools

QuickBooks Online

Job description

Travel: Regional travel in the Midwest / Occasional national travel based on project needs

Compensation: Competitive base salary & bonus potential

This is a unique opportunity to apply your project management experience within a culture-oriented startup and take ownership of highly impactful laboratory installations, from planning through delivery to completion. As a part of a small company with high impact, you will work closely with biotech companies, pharmaceutical organizations, laboratories, research facilities, universities, and other highly technical environments to help create safer and more effective scientific workspaces.

At the intersection of science, engineering, laboratory equipment, construction, and project execution, the organization has a strong market position and is a top-five global scientific equipment dealer. The next stage of growth requires a skilled and personable Project Manager who will be closely involved in customer conversations, project planning, equipment logistics, contractor coordination, field conditions, installations, budgeting and scheduling, and executing complex projects, all to meaningfully advance science.

You will work directly alongside the CEO, sales team, technical experts, manufacturers, subcontractors, and customers to ensure that what was designed and sold is ultimately delivered and installed successfully. Your success will be achieved through clear communication, organization amid simultaneous projects, and staying a steady driver in a field of changing conditions. Your confidence in owning projects and managing stakeholder expectations, balanced with your natural humility and curiosity, will enable you to thrive in the organization's exciting growth stage. If you enjoy building from the ground up, seeing tangible results from your work, and want the autonomy to fully own projects, we would love to speak with you.

This position will give you the opportunity to:

• Own laboratory equipment and installation projects throughout the full project lifecycle.


• Develop and manage comprehensive project plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, and deliverables.


• Work directly with customers to understand project expectations, timelines, site conditions, and implementation requirements.


• Serve as a primary customer contact throughout project planning, delivery, installation, and completion.


• Coordinate installers, subcontractors, manufacturers, architects, contractors, customers, and other stakeholders involved in project execution.


• Spend time onsite verifying field conditions, coordinating work, directing subcontractors, and ensuring projects remain on schedule and to specification.


• Manage equipment logistics, manufacturing timelines, delivery coordination, and installation readiness.


• Review specifications, drawings, site conditions, and project requirements to identify potential issues before they impact the customer or schedule.


• Estimate and track costs throughout each stage of a project and maintain alignment with overall project budgets.


• Proactively identify risks, constraints, and project challenges and develop solutions.


• Manage multiple active projects simultaneously while maintaining clear priorities and consistent communication.


• Keep customers informed through regular updates regarding schedules, progress, changes, and potential risks.


• Maintain accurate project activity, documentation, milestones, and status information within internal systems.


• Utilize CRM tools and QuickBooks Online to support project planning, tracking, budgeting, and administration.


• Prepare project status updates and communicate important developments to leadership.


• Develop technical expertise around laboratory equipment, installations, facility requirements, safety considerations, and customer applications.


• Support the sales team with technical and project-execution insight when evaluating new opportunities.


• Help improve internal project-management processes, quality controls, documentation, and operational systems as the company continues to grow.


• Build customer relationships that drive repeat projects, referrals, and long-term partnerships.


• Gain increasing responsibility and leadership opportunity as the company's project volume and team continue to expand.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Minimum 2+ years of project management, construction management, engineering project coordination, equipment installation, or related project execution experience.


• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or a related field/work in lieu of.


• PMP or similar project management certification is helpful but not required.


• Experience successfully managing projects involving multiple stakeholders, timelines, budgets, and deliverables.


• Ability to travel onsite to oversee installation projects through completion.


• Comfortable coordinating contractors, installers, subcontractors, vendors, customers, and other project stakeholders.


• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, deadlines, and follow-up items.


• Ability to proactively identify project risks and resolve problems that may impact schedules or customers.


• Strong written and verbal communication skills.


• Confidence communicating directly with customers and setting clear expectations regarding timelines, responsibilities, and project requirements.


• Comfortable operating in a small, entrepreneurial environment where processes and systems will continue to evolve.


• Ability and desire to learn technical equipment, specifications, applications, and installation requirements.


• Experience within laboratory, scientific equipment, biotech, pharmaceutical, construction, mechanical systems, manufacturing, engineering, facilities, or other technical environments is highly valued.


• Experience interpreting specifications, construction documents, drawings, codes, or equipment requirements would be particularly valuable.


• Valid driver's license.

What Naturally Makes You a Good Fit:

• You are a genuine person who cares about the culture and the people you work with.


• You have grit and are willing to work through the early stages of building something awesome.


• You are naturally organized and gain satisfaction from bringing order to complicated projects.


• You stay composed when plans change or event details evolve.


• You like rolling up your sleeves to accomplish projects and tasks contributing to larger initiatives.


• You enjoy a fast-moving environment where your contributions are visible and highly valued.


• You are confident enough to walk into a room without knowing everything and secure enough to ask questions when you do not.

Position Keywords

Business Development Representative, Account Development, Pharmaceutical Sales, Technical Sales, Laboratory Equipment, Scientific Equipment, Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Laboratory Design, Environmental Health & Safety, Facilities, Construction Specifications, Equipment Sales, Manufacturing, Project Sales, Consultative Sales, New Business Development, Customer Relationships, Customer Success, Medical Equipment