Senior Mechanical Construction Project Leader

rkmi; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

RK Mission Critical is seeking a Senior Project Manager to drive end-to-end mechanical construction projects, directing procurement, contracts, and scheduling. You’ll lead multidisciplinary teams, manage budgets, and ensure safety and documentation compliance across major programs.

You will partner with executives to forecast financial performance, mitigate risks, and negotiate critical contracts, shaping operations and delivering measurable value on complex projects.

Qualifications

• Masters or college/university graduate or equivalent combination of skills and experience generally required.
• Experience leading multiple programs with strategic impact.
• 15+ years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage and supervise day-to-day operations of staff teams on assigned projects.
• Coordinate required project administration and documentation to protect RK Mechanical and client interests.
• Ensure contract agreements are expeditiously secured, reviewed, processed and executed.
• Review, edit, finalize and distribute project budget.
• Conduct pre-construction turnover meetings for all assigned projects.
• Ensure required permits and/or licenses are obtained and posted.
• Initiate setup, monitoring and updating of project scheduling.
• Coordinate required procurement of materials and equipment with purchasing agent, with emphasis on buyout plan to meet, or improve on, established schedule dates and budget cost.
• Subcontract agreement negotiation, preparation, processing and execution.
• Ensure required submittal review, processing and approvals, and submittal logs are set-up and maintained.
• Develop, submit and obtain approval of billing schedule of values.
• Maintain an over billed cash position, and request retention release bill-down/payments.
• Collect payments, progress billing and retention receivables, on or before due dates.
• Price, negotiate and process change condition and change order work.
• Ensure assigned projects are properly staffed with appropriate field forces.
• Oversee tools and rental equipment use on all assigned projects.
• Responsible for overall financial performance of all assigned projects, including continual cost control, management and forecasting.
• Prepare accurately, and submit on time, all required project monthly contract valuations.
• Review, approve and process all subcontractor and supplier invoices.
• Attend monthly project management meeting and respond to any questions associated with assigned projects.
• Conduct regularly scheduled project staff meetings.

Skills

Leadership

Contract negotiation

Budgeting

Scheduling

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Safety compliance

Team management

Strategic thinking

Education

Masters or college/university graduate

Job description

RK Mission Critical is seeking a Senior Project Manager to drive end-to-end mechanical construction projects, directing procurement, contracts, and scheduling. You’ll lead multidisciplinary teams, manage budgets, and ensure safety and documentation compliance across major programs.

You will partner with executives to forecast financial performance, mitigate risks, and negotiate critical contracts, shaping operations and delivering measurable value on complex projects.