Senior Project Manager - Industrial & Energy Portfolio Lead

PTS Advance; Signal Hill (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

PTS Advance in Southern California seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead a $12M+ annual book of business across oil refineries, heavy industrial facilities and renewable energy projects. You will own client relationships and drive profitable delivery.

You will supervise PMs and APMs, mentor teams, and spearhead AI adoption to improve project outcomes; this role offers a clear path to Project Executive.

Qualifications

• :10+ years as a Project Manager on industrial, energy or heavy civil work.

Responsibilities

• Manage portfolio execution and financial results.
• Deliver multiple complex projects at 30%+ margin on lump sum and 25%+ on T&M.
• Own portfolio profitability, forecasting and risk; explain margin performance clearly.
• Ensure every project meets the company's standards for pre-job setup, weekly cost and schedule updates, monthly billing and closeout.
• Spot systemic issues across jobs and put repeatable fixes in place.
• Own strategic client relationships and generate repeat business.
• Represent the company at a senior level with owners, GCs and partner contractors.
• Support proposal strategy and bring in new work.
• Bid review and preconstruction.
• Review bids before handoff to identify scope gaps and pricing risk.
• Give estimating feedback on what we can staff and execute.
• Ensure a clean estimate-to-execution handoff for your PMs.
• Develop APMs into validated PMs and coach PMs toward Senior PM.
• Hold regular 1:1s, delegate for growth and hold the team accountable.
• Lead AI adoption on your projects and teach your PMs and APMs to use AI tools well.
• Work across estimating, accounting, safety and field operations to raise team performance.

Skills

Leadership

Client relations

Risk management

Team mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management or engineering

Tools

Excel

Bluebeam

Sage

Ramp

Job description

PTS Advance in Southern California seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead a $12M+ annual book of business across oil refineries, heavy industrial facilities and renewable energy projects. You will own client relationships and drive profitable delivery.

You will supervise PMs and APMs, mentor teams, and spearhead AI adoption to improve project outcomes; this role offers a clear path to Project Executive.