Senior Project Manager – HVAC & Plumbing (On‑Site, Fort Worth)

Upgrade Resources; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 125,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

401(k) match

Holiday pay

Training & development

Annual incentive program

Career growth

Advancement opportunities

Job summary

Upgrade Resources seeks an on-site Project Manager / Senior Project Manager in Fort Worth, TX to lead commercial HVAC and plumbing construction projects from planning through closeout. You will own budgets, schedules, safety, quality, and client satisfaction while coordinating with owners, GCs, and field teams.

The role offers full-time employment with competitive compensation ($125k–$185k) and opportunities to mentor junior staff on a variety of complex projects in healthcare, data centers, and

Qualifications

• Authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
• 4+ years PM experience with a commercial mechanical or plumbing contractor (8+ years for Senior)
• Experience managing self-performed HVAC, plumbing, and/or mechanical piping scopes with budget and profitability accountability
• Budgeting, forecasting, billing, cost control, contract review, procurement, subcontract administration, and change order management
• Negotiation with suppliers, equipment vendors, subcontractors, and customers
• Proven ability to resolve scope gaps, design issues, commercial disputes, and schedule impacts
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and communicate credibly with owners, general contractors, executives, field teams, and trade partners
• Knowledge of applicable commercial building and mechanical/plumbing codes
• Data center, healthcare, institutional, high-rise, or other complex commercial experience is a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and closeout of commercial HVAC and plumbing construction projects
• Own project results across budget, schedule, safety, quality, contractual compliance, customer satisfaction, and profitability
• Review contracts, scopes of work, specifications, general conditions, and subcontractor obligations; identify risk and scope gaps early
• Develop and manage budgets, cost codes, forecasts, schedules of values, billings, and cost-to-complete reporting
• Prepare payment applications and review subcontractor payment requests and supporting documentation
• Identify, price, submit, negotiate, and track change orders
• Lead equipment, materials, PVF, and subcontractor buyout, procurement sequencing, and long-lead equipment planning
• Coordinate schedules, manpower forecasts, procurement milestones, RFIs, submittals, and field execution with superintendents and foremen
• Work directly with general contractors, owners, architects, engineers, vendors, subcontractors, BIM, prefabrication, and internal operations teams
• Maintain accurate logs, project records, financial reports, correspondence, and closeout documentation
• Resolve commercial, design, scope, schedule, financial, field, and customer-service issues
• Mentor and develop Project Engineers, Assistant Project Managers, and at the senior level, Project Managers
• Partner with field leadership to improve labor productivity, safety, prefabrication, installation sequencing, and commissioning readiness
• Build strong customer and trade-partner relationships; senior-level hires support business development and operational-improvement initiatives

Skills

Budgeting & forecasting

Billing & cost control

Subcontract administration

Change order management

Procurement management

Negotiation with suppliers/subcontract

Job description

Upgrade Resources seeks an on-site Project Manager / Senior Project Manager in Fort Worth, TX to lead commercial HVAC and plumbing construction projects from planning through closeout. You will own budgets, schedules, safety, quality, and client satisfaction while coordinating with owners, GCs, and field teams.

The role offers full-time employment with competitive compensation ($125k–$185k) and opportunities to mentor junior staff on a variety of complex projects in healthcare, data centers, and