Project Manager

Barnhart Group Inc; North East (Erie County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive bonus program

Holiday pay

PTO

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Group life insurance ($20k) toll paid

Voluntary life insurance

Short term disability

Long term disability

Hospital indemnity insurance

Critical illness insurance

FSA

HRA

Job summary

Barnhart Group Inc. in North East, PA is seeking a strategic Project Manager to develop, plan, and oversee transportation projects from initial customer discussions through completion. You will coordinate with Sales, Operations, and Pricing to deliver on scope, timelines, and budgets.

The role requires strong communication, knowledge of open-deck and warehousing, and the ability to travel for site visits. A Bachelor’s degree is preferred, with five+ years in transportation or project management,

Qualifications

• Five or more years of transportation, logistics, or project management experience preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• Knowledge of domestic transportation, open-deck and specialized freight, warehousing, project costing, and execution.
• Strong customer communication, commercial judgment, Excel skills; McLeod experience preferred.
• Ability to travel for customer meetings and site visits as required.

Responsibilities

• Meet with customers to establish scope, freight characteristics, timelines, budgets, and service expectations.
• Assess project fit with Barnhart's transportation, specialized hauling, warehousing, and partner capabilities.
• Coordinate customer meetings, site visits, and project discovery with Sales.
• Develop executable scopes of work, estimates, quotations, assumptions, and exclusions.
• Coordinate routing, equipment, permits, escorts, transloading, storage, and third-party costs with Operations and Pricing.
• Evaluate risk, contingencies, and expected margins before customer commitments.
• Lead project kickoff and handoff discussions with Operations and customers.
• Document responsibilities, execution plans, schedules, milestones, and customer expectations.
• Track progress, manage commercial scope changes, and communicate exceptions and resolutions.
• Track budgets, actual revenue and costs, margin, milestones, and project performance.
• Document changes and accessorial services to support accurate billing.
• Conduct post-project reviews and recommend process improvements.
• Identify follow-on business and opportunities across Barnhart services.
• Maintain customer relationships and coordinate commercial reporting to leadership.

Skills

Customer communication

Excel

McLeod experience

Domestic transportation knowledge

Open-deck freight

Warehousing

Project costing

Execution

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Equivalent experience considered

Tools

McLeod

Excel

Job description

• Location 9251 West Main Street,North East, PA, 16428,United States

Description

Our team at Barnhart is looking for a strategic, detail-oriented Project Manager to develop, plan, and oversee transportation projects from initial customer discussions through completion, bringing together our resources, expertise, and partnerships to deliver successful outcomes.

Responsibilities

Customer Discovery and Project Development -

• Meet with customers to establish scope, freight characteristics, timelines, budgets, and service expectations
• Assess project fit with Barnhart's transportation, specialized hauling, warehousing, and partner capabilities
• Coordinate customer meetings, site visits, and project discovery with Sales

Solution Design and Quoting -

• Develop executable scopes of work, estimates, quotations, assumptions, and exclusions
• Coordinate routing, equipment, permits, escorts, transloading, storage, and third-party costs with Operations and Pricing
• Evaluate risk, contingencies, and expected margins before customer commitments

Operational Planning and Coordination -

• Lead project kickoff and handoff discussions with Operations and customers
• Document responsibilities, execution plans, schedules, milestones, and customer expectations
• Track progress, manage commercial scope changes, and communicate exceptions and resolutions

Financial and Project Controls -

• Track budgets, actual revenue and costs, margin, milestones, and project performance
• Document changes and accessorial services to support accurate billing
• Conduct post-project reviews and recommend process improvements

Relationship Growth -

• Identify follow-on business and opportunities across Barnhart services
• Maintain customer relationships and coordinate commercial reporting to leadership

Qualifications and Skills

• Five or more years of transportation, logistics, or project management experience preferred
• Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred; equivalent experience considered
• Knowledge of domestic transportation, open-deck and specialized freight, warehousing, project costing, and execution
• Strong customer communication, commercial judgment, Excel skills; McLeod experience preferred
• Ability to travel for customer meetings and site visits as required

Industry Leading Benefits

• Compensation Plan with Incentive Bonus Program
• Holiday Pay (New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas)
• PTO (paid time off)
• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Group Life Insurance ($20k coverage fully paid by employer)
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Flex Spending Account (FSA)
• HRA

Working Conditions

Normal office setting. Requires use of a computer, reading, typing, sitting, standing, walking, bending, reaching, and lifting up to 25 lbs