Project Manager 1

PCL Constructors Inc.; Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

PCL Construction Services, Inc. in Glendale, CA, is seeking a Project Manager 1 for the California Buildings office. You will provide contract administration, technical leadership, and safety program oversight on a medium-sized project, ensuring design, budget, resources, quality, and schedule alignment.

You will engage with clients, manage subcontracts and payments, monitor progress, and drive risk management and design-quality processes while maintaining strong stakeholder communications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or related field.
• 8–10 years of progressive construction experience with leadership.
• Demonstrated experience implementing a strong safety culture by application of health, safety, and environment principles and legislation.
• In-depth knowledge of construction industry including building materials, construction specifications, methods and procedures, construction law and building codes, and safety and quality management practices.
• Strong planning, organizational, and time management skills including the ability to manage project budgets and schedules.
• Ability to identify and manage risk and opportunities on construction projects.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders and decision makers.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, project management and scheduling software, with a strong aptitude for adopting new technology.

Responsibilities

• Provides overall contract administration, technical expertise, and support to a medium size construction project.
• Develops and implements the project safety plan and leads by example for health and safety practices and procedures.
• Ensures the project is constructed as per design, budget, resources, quality, and schedule.
• Understands client drivers and offers value engineering proposals for functionality, cost, and schedule benefit.
• Manages project performance and providing performance status reports for safety, cost forecast, and schedule.
• Negotiates and issues subcontracts, major purchase orders and progress payments and monitors their progress and schedule.
• Understands, communicates, and enforces the contract and contract documents.
• Develops and coordinates overall project closeout.
• Identifies and manages risk and opportunities on construction projects.
• Monitors progress of the design, including compliance issues, quality, general coordination, constructability, and timing of deliverables.
• Assists the project team lead obtain a comprehensive design-management and design-quality plan and conduct periodic quality audits to ensure compliance.
• Keeps all parties informed of potential opportunities and challenges and manages stakeholders’ expectations through appropriate forms of communication.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Project management

Planning

Stakeholder management

Safety culture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Project management software

Scheduling software

Job description

Requisition ID14531-Posted10/13/2026-Operations-California Buildings-Glendale, California

At PCL, we build the places where life happens and find camaraderie in the process. We're a community of builders committed to building better communities. That's why we're always looking ahead, and not just to the next project or what's next in our industry.

We're also looking at what's next for you and how we can help you build a career you're proud of.

Here's how a Project Manager 1for our California Buildings office contributes to our team:

Responsibilities

• Provides overall contract administration, technical expertise, and support to a medium size construction project.
• Develops and implements the project safety plan and leads by example for health and safety practices and procedures.
• Ensures the project is constructed as per design, budget, resources, quality, and schedule.
• Understands client drivers and offers value engineering proposals for functionality, cost, and schedule benefit.
• Manages project performance and providing performance status reports for safety, cost forecast, and schedule.
• Negotiates and issues subcontracts, major purchase orders and progress payments and monitors their progress and schedule.
• Understands, communicates, and enforces the contract and contract documents.
• Develops and coordinates overall project closeout.
• Identifies and manages risk and opportunities on construction projects.
• Monitors progress of the design, including compliance issues, quality, general coordination, constructability, and timing of deliverables.
• Assists the project team lead obtain a comprehensive design-management and design-quality plan and conduct periodic quality audits to ensure compliance.
• Keeps all parties informed of potential opportunities and challenges and manages stakeholders’ expectations through appropriate forms of communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in engineering, construction management, or a related field.
• 8–10 years of progressive construction experience with leadership and mentoring preferred.
• Demonstrated experience implementing a strong safety culture by application of health, safety, and environment principles and legislation.
• In-depth knowledge of construction industry including building materials, construction specifications, methods and procedures, construction law and building codes, and safety and quality management practices.
• Strong planning, organizational, and time management skills including the ability to manage project budgets and schedules.
• Ability to identify and manage risk and opportunities on construction projects.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders and decision makers.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, project management and scheduling software, with a strong aptitude for adopting new technology.

PCL is an innovative, employee-owned company comprised of people who find passion in their profession and take pride in doing great work every day. Our work powers the infrastructure and utilities that are essential to daily life and our projects are the scene of vacations, careers, education and healing. We are consistently ranked among the best companies to work for because we are committed to supporting and developing our teams.
The PCL Companies celebrate diversity and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating equitable opportunities and an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. We make employment-related decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability or veteran status.
PCL combines numerous pay and benefit strategies to provide a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package. Any salary range displayed by a job board is an estimate. Your salary, which considers your unique qualifications and experience, is just one component of the robust total rewards you'll enjoy at PCL. This may include an employee share purchase offering, discretionary annual performance bonus, comprehensive benefits and wellness programs, retirement plan plus matching, and career development programs.

The salary range for this position is between $130,000 and $180,000 per annum, based on experience and qualifications.

Should you require an accommodation during the application process, please contact us at [e-mail] with the position and location you are interested in.
Together, we can build success and a better future. Let’s get started!

Employee Status:Regular Full-Time

Company:PCL Construction Services, Inc.