Senior Project Manager (Commercial)

LG GROUP; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Compensation

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life保险

401(k) with Company Match

Bonus Opportunities

Enviable Company Culture

Exciting and Creative Project Work

Job summary

LG Group is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead multiple commercial construction projects from conception to completion. You will manage teams, budgets, contracts, procurement, and risk while guiding strategic direction and ensuring client satisfaction.

The ideal candidate will mentor project managers, drive best practices, and collaborate with field leaders to ensure safe, on-time, on-budget project delivery. This role emphasizes accountability and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and direction across multiple construction projects, aligning scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client expectations from preconstruction through closeout.
• Develop, implement, and reinforce project management best practices and standards to drive consistency and accountability.
• Oversee project plans, schedules, milestones, and critical-path activities with field leadership to keep projects on track.
• Manage budgets, financial reporting, forecasting, billing, change management, and profitability considerations.
• Provide senior oversight of estimates, scopes, reviews, and value engineering to ensure accuracy and alignment with objectives.
• Guide procurement and subcontractor buyout processes and address long-lead items proactively.
• Administer owner and subcontractor agreements, change orders, RFIs, submittals, and procurement requirements.
• Identify risks, delays, liabilities, and operational challenges and develop mitigation strategies before they impact schedule or cost.
• Mentor and develop project managers and assistants, fostering accountability and capability growth.
• Collaborate with superintendents to align office and field operations around safety, quality, and schedule management.
• Oversee subcontractor performance, invoices, change orders, and quality expectations across projects.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships through proactive communication and issue resolution throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead and facilitate productive meetings with clients and stakeholders, ensuring clear decisions and next steps.
• Review project documentation to ensure compliance with standards, contracts, safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to business development and preconstruction efforts by providing project expertise and client relationships.
• Continuously improve internal project management systems, workflows, tools, and processes for efficiency and visibility across LG Builders.

Job description

Description

Introduction

LG Builders is a full-service construction company powered by collaboration, creativity, and resourcefulness. Our portfolio is diverse but focuses on hospitality, retail, core and shell, residential and multi-family. Everything we do is powered by our people. Our culture is founded on collaborative teamwork, empowerment of our people, and an employee experience focused on growth and development making LG a best-in-industry place to work. With a deep recognition that we will only go as far as our people will take us, we are committed to investing in our talent through consistent mentorship and continuous feedback with a focus on career growth through goal setting.

At LG Group, we know a career is more than just a job, it’s the pursuit of passion.

LG GROUP IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

LG provides equal opportunity in all its employment practices to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity, and sexual orientation), color, religion, gender, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected by law. This policy applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, job assignments, training, compensation, benefits, promotion, transfer, disciplinary action, or separation of employment.

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Role Summary

The Senior Project Manager (PM) is a pivotal leader within LG Group, driving the success of our commercial construction projects. This role encompasses the oversight of multiple projects, managing team members, financials, contracts, procurement, and other essential elements required to advance a project from conception to completion. The Senior Project Manager is a master communicator, adept at engaging with diverse stakeholders, and a critical thinker who ensures tasks are completed reliably and resourcefully.

Key responsibilities include providing overall leadership and direction, developing and implementing project management strategies, and overseeing project plans, schedules, and budgets. The Senior Project Manager is responsible for mentoring and developing project managers and assistant project managers, identifying and mitigating project risks, and ensuring compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory standards.

Additionally, this role involves managing client relationships, contributing to business development efforts, and continuously looking for ways to streamline and improve internal systems and processes. The ideal candidate thrives on collaboration and accountability, excels in process improvement and system creation, and maintains a steadfast belief in seeing projects through to successful completion. This role requires keen attention to detail, a collaborative spirit, and a drive for continuous improvement, ensuring every project is executed to the highest standards from start to finish.

Essential Duties

• Provide overall leadership and direction across multiple construction projects, ensuring project teams remain aligned on scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client expectations from preconstruction through closeout.
• Develop, implement, and reinforce project management best practices, processes, and standards to drive consistency, accountability, and successful project execution across the team.
• Oversee project plans, schedules, milestones, and critical-path activities, partnering with project teams and field leadership to proactively address constraints and keep projects progressing according to plan.
• Oversee project budgets, financial reporting, forecasting, billing, change management, and overall financial performance, ensuring projects meet established profitability goals and potential financial risks are identified early.
• Provide senior-level oversight of project estimates, budgets, scope reviews, and value engineering efforts to ensure costs are complete, accurate, and aligned with project objectives.
• Guide procurement and subcontractor buyout strategies, ensuring scopes are complete, subcontractor selections support project goals, and long‑lead or critical procurement items are identified and addressed proactively.
• Oversee the administration of owner and subcontractor agreements, change orders, submittals, RFIs, procurement, and other contractual requirements to ensure obligations are clearly understood and effectively managed.
• Proactively identify project risks, potential delays, liabilities, and operational challenges; develop solutions and mitigation strategies before issues materially impact project schedule, cost, quality, or client relationships.
• Mentor, coach, and develop Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers, providing ongoing direction, feedback, and support while building accountability and strengthening the capabilities of the project management team.
• Partner closely with Superintendents and project teams to align office and field operations around safety, quality control, sequencing, logistics, schedule management, and overall project execution.
• Oversee subcontractor performance and accountability, ensuring contractual responsibilities, scheduling commitments, documentation, invoicing, change orders, and quality expectations are consistently managed.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships through proactive communication, effective expectation management, and timely resolution of concerns while serving as a trusted senior point of contact throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead and facilitate productive project, client, and stakeholder meetings, ensuring decisions, responsibilities, risks, and next steps are clearly communicated and followed through to completion.
• Review key project documentation and processes to ensure compliance with company standards, contractual requirements, safety expectations, quality standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to business development, proposal, interview, and preconstruction efforts by providing project expertise, evaluating opportunities, strengthening client relationships, and supporting successful project pursuits.
• Continuously evaluate and improve internal project management systems, workflows, tools, and processes to create greater efficiency, consistency, visibility, and accountability across LG Builders.

Total Rewards & Perks

• Competitive Compensation
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance options
• 3-weeks Paid Maternity & Paternity Leave
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Bonus Opportunities
• Enviable Company Culture
• Exciting and Creative Project Work
• *And so much more!*

** We are not accepting recruitment agency submissions for this general role. Recruiters are not authorized to submit or solicit candidate profiles for this posting. Regardless of contracts in place, any submitted profiles by recruiters to this posting or via email to LG Group employees directly will be considered unsolicited and will not be eligible for recruitment fees. **