Senior Project Manager

LeChase Construction; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

LeChase Construction in New York is seeking a senior construction leader to oversee large-scale, multi-project portfolios. You will manage project managers, superintendents, and engineers, fostering teamwork while ensuring profitability and client satisfaction.

The role emphasizes mentorship, cross-functional collaboration, and a strong commitment to safety and quality across all project phases.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of construction experience with strong project lifecycle leadership.
• College degree in construction management, civil engineering, or related field preferred.
• OSHA 30-hour training required; safety is a core expectation.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven ability to mentor and develop less experienced team members.
• Demonstrated ability to manage teams to meet schedules and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct, and oversee assigned construction projects and personnel to meet schedule and budget goals.
• Lead project meetings, assess conditions affecting profitability and operations, and drive decisions.
• Mentor and develop team members, promoting professional conduct and urgency.
• Resolve project conflicts, manage customer relations, and address lifecycle challenges.
• Monitor billings, cash flow, cost-to-complete reports, change orders, and project status.
• Promote safety and quality across project teams and site activities.
• Collaborate with preconstruction and estimators on prospective projects.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Safety compliance

Stakeholder management

Education

High school diploma

Construction management / civil engineering degree preferred

OSHA 30-hour training

Tools

Project management software

Job description

Responsible for leading and managing large-scale projects, multiple concurrent projects, and/or core client relationships. Manages project managers, project teams, superintendents, and project engineers. Responsible for the development of project teams.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plan, direct, manage, and provide oversight of assigned construction projects and personnel to ensure that goals and objectives are accomplished within prescribed schedule and budget parameters.
• Attend all project meetings and assess conditions that will impact profitability and operations. Take a leadership role in meetings and always remain engaged.
• Provide mentorship for new or less experienced personnel. Show the team how to professionally conduct themselves and how to respond to different situations. Develop a sense of the team’s strengths and weaknesses and instill a sense of urgency in the project team members.
• Take the lead role in mediating project conflict and resolution, customer relations, and other challenges that may arise over the lifespan of projects. Maintain a professional appearance and demeanor.
• Monitor project billings and cash flow through meetings with project teams to discuss job cost reports, schedule status, monthly cost-to-complete statements, change orders, and job status reports.
• Promote safety and quality with project teams. Attain the highest possible safety performance.
• Take the lead role with the preconstruction team or estimator on prospective projects.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Experience:

• High school diploma required. Vocational and/or college degree preferred in construction management, civil engineering, or related field strongly preferred.
• 30 Hour OSHA training required
• Minimum 10 years of construction experience and minimum 3 years working directly with a specific account or market segment strongly preferred.
• Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively internally and externally.
• Proven ability to mentor and provide continual development for new or less experienced team members.
• Strong understanding of safety policies and procedures.
• Demonstrated ability to lead project teams through the full lifecycle of a project while ensuring deliverables are on time and within budget.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Performance of the required duties will require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders, and negotiate work areas under construction. Specific vision and balance abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performing this job requires use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, sit, talk, and hear, stand, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

About LeChase:

Established in 1944, LeChase prides itself on offering the capabilities of a large firm while maintaining the personalized service of a small firm. Today, the company ranks among the nation’s top contractors – providing general construction and construction management services in a wide range of industries and on projects of all sizes. With a dedicated team of professionals striving to deliver excellence, the firm has earned a reputation for quality, safety and integrity. In addition to serving customers from its operations across the East Coast, LeChase can provide resources to meet the unique needs of clients no matter where they are located.

EEO Statement:

LeChase is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination of any kind during the hiring process, including but not limited to discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, disability, protected Veteran status, nationality, religion, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other non‑merit‐based factor.

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