Senior Project Manager (Steel or Mechanical Piping)

RK Industries, LLC; Colorado; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

RK University training

Job summary

RK Industries is seeking a Senior Project Manager for steel and mechanical piping projects. Lead complex structural steel builds, skidded systems, and integrated fabrications from concept to completion. Strong field experience, budget acumen, and collaborative leadership are essential.

You will supervise staff, manage contracts and budgets, and drive project performance across multiple disciplines, ensuring safety, quality, and on-time delivery in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in construction, manufacturing, or fabrications.
• Proven leadership of multi-discipline teams.
• Strong budget, cost control, and forecasting capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations on assigned projects.
• Manage project budgeting, invoicing, and schedule updates.
• Coordinate procurement and subcontractor activities to meet scope, time, and cost goals.
• Lead project teams and ensure safety, quality, and client satisfaction.

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Project scheduling

Contract management

Field experience

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Viewpoint

Bluebeam

CAD/VDC

Job description

Senior Project Manager (Steel or Mechanical Piping)

Steel · Henderson · Full-Time · Steel Operations · Salary: USD 120,000 - 150,000 Annually

Sr. Project Manager

$120,000 to $150,000/year + Annual Incentive Bonus Eligibility

Looking to lead high-impact projects with a top-tier Steel team? We’re hiring a Senior Project Manager to drive complex structural steel builds, sophisticated skidded systems, modular assemblies, equipment supports, multi-trade racks and integrated fabricated solutions from concept to completion. If you’re a proven leader with strong field experience, budget savvy, and a passion for collaboration, this is your chance to shape the future of construction. Join a team that values innovation, safety, and growth.

RK Company Overview

RK Industries is a second-generation family-owned company led by brothers Rick and Jon Kinning. With seven specialized business units working together, we deliver construction, fabrication, manufacturing, and building services with a focus on safety, quality, and craftsmanship.

People join RK for the craftsmanship, complexity, and the ability to make a real impact. Our in-house capabilities mean employees see their ideas become real solutions, creating meaningful collaboration and clear visibility into how work gets built. Growth happens through challenging projects, mentorship from experienced builders, and opportunities that stretch your skill set.

With RK University, accredited apprenticeships, competitive benefits, and deep community investment, RK offers the stability of a family-owned company with the opportunity and momentum of an industry leader.

Position Summary

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 not required, or 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.

Attend monthly project management meeting and respond to any questions associated with assigned projects.

Conduct regularly scheduled project staff meetings.

Role Responsibilities

Train and develop a high-performance Operations team.

Provides leadership for safety and team culture of operations team.

Provide the direction to create operations processes and procedures.

Implement project management programs including policies, practices, procedures, systems, and documentation.

Provides management of project accounting, project cost and trend reports, work-in-progress, productivity reporting, and monthly forecasts in conjunction with the business unit leadership.

Review and monitor the project management team preparation and setup of budgets, billings and change orders.

Manages and coordinates with subcontractors and suppliers.

Coordinate timely completion of procurement procedures in conjunction with the purchasing team.

Coordinate ordering, processing, and delivery of materials and equipment with vendors and central procurement personnel.

Responsible for initiating, overseeing, and verifying billings to maintain over-billed and over-cash positions.

Ensure turnover and pre-production planning meetings are conducted.

Ensure prompt review and processing of purchase orders, contracts and subcontract agreements.

Maintain exceptional owner, customer, engineer and vendor relationships.

Continuously improve procedures, productivity and efficiency utilizing input from the team members.

Support Account Executives with technical support and budget review.

Work with CAD/VDC personnel for project needs.

Manage projects through multi-discipline shop fabrication process.

Support Account Executives with technical support and budget review.

Coordinate production strategies with operations management and production teams.

Has deep multi- disciplined experience in Project Management, Product Management, and Integration.

Leader with exceptional attention to detail, communication, administrative skills and work ethic.

Results orientated with ability to plan and deliver against deadlines

Experience in a fast-paced hands-on business environment with responsibility for a team

Ability to negotiate critical and controversial issues with Company leadership

Ability to make authoritative decisions and recommendations having significant impact on the Company

Demonstrates a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing and guiding extensive programs and activities of importance

Experience with ERP and project management systems; including Viewpoint, Bluebeam and CAD/VDC systems

Qualifications

Responsible for one or more programs/functions of such diversity and scope to be of critical importance to overall company objectives.

Negotiates critical and controversial issues with top-level employees and officers.

Plays a role in company business strategy development and execution.

Makes authoritative decisions and recommendations having significant impact on extensive and related activities of the company.

Demonstrates a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning,organizingand guiding extensive programs and activities of importance.

Manages autonomous individuals, managers and diverse groups giving broader direction.

Expert in field, extensive relevant experience, 15+ years.

Masters or college/university graduate or equivalent combination of skills and experiencegenerally required.

Awards

Whether in Construction, Manufacturing, Fabrication, or Service, RK Industries is highly recognized and accredited throughout the industry: Accreditations & Recognition

Benefits

RK Industries offers competitive benefits to support your growth and well-being: Benefits & Rewards

Philanthropy

RK Industries not only builds our community through our projects, but also invests in it by supporting local services for over a decade through the RK Foundation: RK Foundation

Development

Through RK University, we provide hands-on training and development opportunities that empower employees to advance their careers and grow within the company, to include leadership and technical learning opportunities, we well as our accredited apprentice program: RK University & RK Apprenticeship Program

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.