Senior Mechanical Project Manager — Growth & Autonomy

RK Mechanical, Inc.; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

RK Industries in Colorado seeks a lead for complex mechanical construction projects from kickoff to closeout. You’ll plan, direct, and coordinate mechanical, miscellaneous metals, or structural steel work, manage budgets and schedules, and oversee subcontractors while maintaining strong client relationships.

Join an experienced team on large commercial and industrial builds. This role offers autonomy, career growth, and the opportunity to deliver safe, high-quality solutions that make a real

Qualifications

• Independent decision making.
• Responsible for a single department or functional area either as a manager or functional expert.
• Initiates and maintains relationships with key staff and other departments.
• Makes authoritative decisions and recommendations having important impact on activities of the company.
• Demonstrates a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in anticipating and solving unprecedented complexities.
• Determines program objectives and requirements, organizing programs and projects and developing standards and guidelines for diverse activities.
• Proven specialist expertise, typically 10+ years of experience, including fiscal responsibilities.
• College/university graduate or equivalent combination of skills or equivalent combination and experience generally expected for specified technical roles.

Responsibilities

• Manage and supervise day-to-day operations of staff teams on assigned projects.
• Initiate, review, and oversee required project administration and documentation to avoid claims and protect the best interest of RK Mechanical, Inc. and our client.
• 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. This includes: 1) review, updating and approval of labor resource loading; and 2) labor productivity.
• Oversee tools and rental equipment use on all assigned projects. Ensure that any tools and rental equipment returned and not being utilized, are returned immediately.
• 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.

Job description

RK Industries in Colorado seeks a lead for complex mechanical construction projects from kickoff to closeout. You’ll plan, direct, and coordinate mechanical, miscellaneous metals, or structural steel work, manage budgets and schedules, and oversee subcontractors while maintaining strong client relationships.

Join an experienced team on large commercial and industrial builds. This role offers autonomy, career growth, and the opportunity to deliver safe, high-quality solutions that make a real