Senior Federal & Military Construction Project Manager

ETHOS - Talent & Advisory; Washington; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ETHOS - Talent & Advisory is seeking a Construction Project Manager to lead full life-cycle delivery of federal and military construction projects, from award through closeout. You will own scope, schedule, budget, safety, quality, change orders, subcontractors, and customer communication on mission-critical installations.

Reporting to the Director of Operations, you will build controls, manage logs (submittals, RFIs, procurement, COs), coordinate with engineering, estimating, procurement, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of construction PM experience on federal/military work.
• Manage subcontractors, schedules, budgets, change orders, owner communication, and documentation.
• Experience on active federal installations or mission-critical facilities, preferably military construction.
• Strong understanding of contracts, submittals, RFIs, procurement, safety, QA/QC, closeout.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6, RMS, and Real Property transfer processes.
• Federal security/badging, Davis-Bacon, certified payroll, or site-specific access experience.

Responsibilities

• Own project execution end to end: scope, schedule, budget, safety coordination, quality, change orders.
• Lead subcontractor coordination, field planning, look-ahead schedules, and owner meetings.
• Maintain project controls: cost-loaded schedule, submittal log, RFI log, procurement log, change log, meeting minutes, forecast updates.
• Coordinate across engineering, estimating, procurement, finance, and leadership to protect margin.
• Support monthly WIP forecasting with cost-to-complete, revenue recognition support, and change order assumptions.

Skills

Federal construction PM

Subcontractor management

Schedule management

Budget management

Owner communication

Documentation

Contract understanding

Safety QA/QC

Closeout

Procore proficiency

MS Project

Excel

Teams/SharePoint

Project reporting

Payroll compliance (Davis-Bacon)

Tools

Primavera P6

RMS

Real Property transfer

Procore

MS Project

Excel

Teams/SharePoint

Job description

ETHOS - Talent & Advisory is seeking a Construction Project Manager to lead full life-cycle delivery of federal and military construction projects, from award through closeout. You will own scope, schedule, budget, safety, quality, change orders, subcontractors, and customer communication on mission-critical installations.

Reporting to the Director of Operations, you will build controls, manage logs (submittals, RFIs, procurement, COs), coordinate with engineering, estimating, procurement, and