Senior Construction Project Manager (Remote)

Mcgrath Rent Corp; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Mcgrath Rent Corp is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee projects from pre-bid through closeout, owning scope, schedule, cost, quality, safety and customer satisfaction. You will drive execution strategies, staffing, and subcontractor alignment.

You will use BuilderTrend to track progress, manage documentation, and coordinate across teams. The role requires delivering on-time, on-budget outcomes while mentoring project teams and ensuring contractual obligations and safety standards are

Qualifications

• 5-8 years construction-related experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of people leadership experience.
• Extensive understanding of project and program management principles.
• Proven experience developing Project Managers and Superintendents.
• Experience in preconstruction activities and bid planning.
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects across jurisdictions.
• Strong knowledge of subcontracted trades (civil, electrical).

Responsibilities

• Own and manage project P&L including forecasting and margins.
• Provide people leadership for PMs and Site Superintendents.
• Oversee multiple projects and teams, ensuring regional alignment.
• Serve as senior escalation point for scope, schedule, permitting, and budget.
• Lead pre-bid review of plans and risk identification.
• Collaborate with estimating and operations on pricing and bid strategy.
• Ensure safety requirements and OSHA compliance.
• Travel up to 50% to active job sites.
• Report project milestones and metrics to regional leadership.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Estimating

Bid strategies

Preconstruction

Risk management

Safety compliance

Scheduling

Client management

Budgeting

Tools

BuilderTrend

Job description

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Full Time Regular First/Mid Level Mgrs Remote Idaho, ID, US

30+ days ago Requisition ID: 2810

Salary Range: $113,400.00 To $169,900.00 Annually

The specific pay rate and level will depend on the successful candidate’s qualifications, prior experience and location.

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**This position is eligible for remote. Candidate must be located in Washington, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, or Oregon**

“A Day in the Life”

As a Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing projects from pre-bid through Contract to Completion, with full ownership for scope, schedule, cost, quality, safety, and customer satisfaction. This role owns project outcomes from Notice-to-Proceed through closeout. Acts as the primary decision-maker for execution strategies, staffing, sequencing, and subcontractor alignment.

You will utilize BuilderTrend to track project progress, manage documentation, and facilitate communication across teams and stakeholders. The Senior Project Manager proactively manages risks, issues, and project change requests to ensure successful, on‑time, and on‑budget delivery. In addition to running projects day‑to‑day, this role serves as a senior escalation point, providing guidance, mentorship, and strategic direction to project teams while ensuring projects meet quality standards, contractual obligations, and deliver the highest level of customer satisfaction.

“What You’ll Do”

• Own and manage project P&L performance including forecasting, cost-to-complete, contingency usage, and margin protection.
• Provide direct people leadership and performance management for Project Managers and Site Superintendents, including hiring, coaching, development, and accountability.
• Oversee multiple projects and project teams simultaneously, ensuring alignment with regional goals, standards, and best practices.
• Serve as a senior escalation point and decision authority for complex project issues regarding scope, schedule impacts, permitting, inspections, jurisdictional constraints, budget, staffing, and client expectations.
• Be directly involved in the pre-bid phase of projects, including review of plans and specifications, constructability input, scheduling strategies, and risk identification.
• Partner with estimating and operations leadership to support project pricing, bid strategy, and competitive positioning during the estimating process.
• Participate in go/no-go discussions and recommend bid strategies based on constructability and risk profile.
• Oversee site readiness including permitting, AHJ coordination, utilities, crane/set planning, access, and inspections.
• Lead identification of scope gaps, exclusions, assumptions, and clarifications during pre-bid and contract review phases.
• Review and validate project budgets, schedules, and scopes prior to contract execution to ensure feasibility and margin expectations.
• Provide strategic guidance to project teams to optimize cost control, schedule performance, and subcontractor management across the project lifecycle.
• Lead customer-facing discussions regarding scope clarifications, change orders, delays, and risk mitigation strategies, particularly with public-sector and school district clients.
• Collaborate with regional and executive leadership to support workload planning, staffing strategies, and operational improvements.
• Establish and enforce safety requirements to ensure compliance with industry and company standards.
• Lead/Assist with the development of Scopes of Work, Delineation of Responsibilities and Proposals for larger projects.
• Track and report on project results and metrics.
• Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence.
• Utilizing available project management software (Builder Trend), provide status reporting to regional leadership regarding project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks and issues.
• Demonstrate a functional and financial acumen to support how solutions will address client goals while maintaining alignment with industry best practices and company risk thresholds.
• Ensure compliance with contract requirements and manage changes as required.
• Manage project issues and risks to mitigate impact to baseline budgets.
• Lead safety tailgate meetings at the start of each project phase or shift to communicate site-specific hazards, review safety protocols, and promote a culture of safety.
• Ensure all job site activities comply with OSHA and company safety standards to maintain a safe working environment for all.
• This role supports projects across a Region with frequent travel to active job sites during critical phases. Regional travel to job sites will be required (approximately 50%)
• Perform other duties as assigned

“Must Haves”

• 5- 8 years construction related experience
• Minimum of 3 years of people leadership experience, including direct management, coaching, and development of Project Managers and/or Superintendents.
• Extensive understanding of project and program management principles, methods and techniques.
• Proven experience managing and developing Project Managers and/or Superintendents.
• Demonstrated experience supporting preconstruction activities, including estimating, bidding, or pre-bid planning.
• Proven ability to lead projects through inspections, closeout, and owner turnover.
• Experience leading multiple concurrent projects across multiple jurisdictions and ADJs with high levels of complexity.
• Strong working knowledge of subcontracted trades including civil, electrical, plumbing, crane/set crews, and modular installation activities.