Project Manager – Doors, Frames & Hardware (ESOP)

Orion Placement; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life

Disability coverage

401(k) match

ESOP participation

Bonus opportunity

PTO and paid holidays

Company events

Professional development

HRA support

Job summary

Confidential Employer in the Southeast is seeking an experienced Project Manager for Division 8 doors, frames, and hardware. This on-site role requires coordinating with owners, general contractors, and vendors to drive project success from kickoff to closeout.

You will manage procurement, schedules, and submittals, while maintaining strong client relationships and field coordination. The position emphasizes accuracy, organization, and accountability in a fast-paced commercial environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of commercial Division 8 project management experience involving doors, frames, and architectural hardware.
• Experience managing commercial construction projects for a specialty subcontractor, door and hardware distributor, manufacturer, or related building-products company.
• Strong knowledge of hollow-metal frames, commercial wood doors, architectural hardware, hardware schedules, and Division 8 specifications.
• Ability to read and interpret architectural plans, specifications, contracts, door schedules, hardware sets, submittals, and change orders.
• Experience managing procurement, material lead times, vendor relationships, field coordination, project documentation, and project financials.
• Understanding of job costing, purchase orders, billing, forecasting, change-order management, and cost control.
• Strong organizational, analytical, communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced construction environment.
• Experience with project-management, estimating, takeoff, or cost-management software is preferred.
• Ability to work on-site in Charlotte or Raleigh, North Carolina.
• U.S. work authorization without current or future sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Manage commercial Division 8 doors, frames, and hardware projects from initial setup through completion.
• Lead, organize, and coordinate project teams to keep work progressing efficiently and on schedule.
• Maintain strong relationships with clients, general contractors, architects, vendors, manufacturers, subcontractors, and field teams.
• Review and interpret contracts, architectural plans, specifications, door schedules, hardware sets, submittals, and other project documents.
• Coordinate hollow-metal frames, commercial wood doors, architectural hardware, access-control components, and related materials.
• Prepare and manage submittals, RFIs, change-order pricing, project folders, field packages, and closeout documentation.
• Monitor project schedules, procurement timelines, production, job performance, cost control, and outstanding project issues.
• Coordinate material purchasing, vendor communication, fabrication schedules, delivery dates, stocking plans, and installation requirements.
• Communicate regularly with field teams to track progress, resolve challenges, and confirm installations meet project requirements.
• Visit active job sites as needed to support field operations, verify site conditions, and address coordination issues.
• Review invoices, purchase orders, requisitions, projections, billing, and month-end project reporting.
• Identify discrepancies between plans, specifications, hardware schedules, and field conditions before they affect project performance.
• Represent the company professionally during client meetings, project discussions, job-site visits, and coordination meetings.
• Support estimating procedures, technical policies, project-management systems, and field processes.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining accuracy, organization, urgency, and strong client communication.

Skills

Project management

Procurement

Field coordination

Client communication

Scheduling

Tools

Project-management software

Estimating software

Takeoff software

Cost-management software

Job description

Confidential Employer in the Southeast is seeking an experienced Project Manager for Division 8 doors, frames, and hardware. This on-site role requires coordinating with owners, general contractors, and vendors to drive project success from kickoff to closeout.

You will manage procurement, schedules, and submittals, while maintaining strong client relationships and field coordination. The position emphasizes accuracy, organization, and accountability in a fast-paced commercial environment.