Project Manager

Design Hire LLC; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Design Hire LLC in Lexington, KY seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead commercial fire protection projects from award through closeout. You will ensure safety, schedule, budget, and quality while acting as the primary contact for customers, field teams, vendors, and internal staff.

The ideal candidate has strong financial and operational leadership, understands complex construction, and can drive profitability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CM, Engineering, or related field preferred.
• 5+ years PM experience in commercial construction.
• Strong financial acumen with budgets and forecasting.
• Experience overseeing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings and specs.
• Estimating experience required.
• Excellent scheduling, planning, and leadership.
• Experience with fire protection, sprinkler systems, MEP projects preferred.
• Experience with Patabid is highly desirable, Acumatica preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple commercial construction projects from kickoff to completion.
• Own project budgets, forecasting, billing, cost tracking, profitability, and reporting.
• Build and maintain detailed project schedules with milestones.
• Coordinate engineering, design, fabrication, procurement, field ops, subcontractors, and customers.
• Review drawings and specs to ensure successful execution.
• Lead meetings and communicate progress, risks, and financials to leadership and customers.
• Identify and address schedule, labor, or budget issues early with corrective actions.
• Hold field teams accountable for productivity, quality, safety, and schedule.
• Manage RFIs, submittals, change orders, closeout docs, and customer communications.
• Ensure compliance with NFPA standards, OSHA, local codes, and customer specs.

Skills

Budget management

Forecasting

Schedule management

Leadership

Communication

Reading drawings

Estimating

NFPA compliance

MEP familiarity

Project oversight

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management/Engineering

Tools

Patabid

Acumatica

Job description

Lexington, United States | Posted on 08/06/2026

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead commercial fire protection projects from award through closeout. This role is responsible for delivering projects safely, on schedule, within budget, and to the highest quality standards while serving as the primary point of contact for customers, field leadership, vendors, and internal teams.

The ideal candidate understands how complex commercial construction projects come together, possesses strong financial and operational leadership skills, and has the confidence to hold project teams accountable for production, schedules, and profitability. Experience within fire suppression, mechanical construction, plumbing or MEP environments is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple commercial construction projects simultaneously from kickoff through completion.
• Own project budgets, forecasting, billing, cost tracking, profitability, and financial reporting.
• Build and maintain detailed project schedules while ensuring milestones are achieved.
• Coordinate engineering, design, fabrication, procurement, field operations, subcontractors, and customers throughout the project lifecycle.
• Review construction drawings, fire protection plans, blueprints, schematics, and specifications to ensure successful execution.
• Lead project meetings and communicate progress, risks, and financial performance with leadership and customers.
• Identify schedule, labor, or budget issues early and implement corrective action.
• Hold field teams accountable for productivity, quality, safety, and schedule performance.
• Manage RFIs, submittals, change orders, closeout documentation, and customer communication.
• Ensure projects comply with NFPA standards, OSHA regulations, local codes, and customer specifications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field preferred.
• 5+ years of Project Management experience within commercial construction.
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing project budgets and forecasting.
• Experience overseeing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, mechanical plans, and technical specifications.
• Estimating experience required.
• Strong scheduling and planning experience.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills.
• Experience with fire suppression, sprinkler systems, mechanical contracting, plumbing, HVAC, or MEP projects preferred.
• Experience with Patabid is highly desirable.
• Experience with Accumatica is preferred
• Mechanical, plumbing, or related industry certifications are a plus.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Design Hire is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. It is our policy to consider for employment all individuals regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Employment Eligibility: If hired, a Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification must be completed at the start of employment. Temporary work authorization or the need for sponsorship may disqualify you from employment.