Structural Steel Senior Project Manager

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc.; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc. is seeking a Project Manager with extensive structural steel fabrication and erection experience to lead fabrication and erection packages for critical infrastructure projects across the Central and Eastern US.

The role covers engineering review through detailing, fabrication, delivery, erection and closeout with a focus on schedule and cost control.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of project management experience in structural steel fabrication and erection within commercial, industrial, or infrastructure construction.
• Demonstrated experience delivering steel packages for complex facilities such as power plants, water/wastewater treatment plants, data centers, or similar heavy infrastructure projects.
• Strong ability to read and interpret architectural and structural construction documents.
• Proven record managing scope, contracts, cost controls, and schedule performance under production-driven environments.
• Experience coordinating fabrication shops and field erection crews across active job sites.
• Competence in project documentation, budgeting, and financial controls.

Responsibilities

• Manage structural steel fabrication and erection projects supporting power generation, water/wastewater treatment, data center, and heavy industrial facilities
• Lead projects from contract award through closeout, directing engineering review, detailing, shop fabrication, logistics, and field installation
• Interpret architectural and structural drawings and translate design intent into coordinated fabrication and erection plans
• Control RFIs, submittals, change orders, scope management, and contract compliance
• Develop and maintain project schedules, delivery sequencing, and erection planning to support active construction sites
• Oversee job costing, budgeting, forecasting, and profitability management
• Coordinate closely with architects, structural engineers, owners, general contractors, and subcontractors
• Support estimating teams with technical review of bid documents and constructability input

Skills

Project management

Reading drawings

Budgeting

Cost controls

Coordination with shops/field crews

Job description

$90,000 to $120,000 + Bonus

You must live in the Eastern Time Zone for this Remote Position with 50% domestic travel

This role is structured for a structural steel project manager with direct fabrication and field execution experience seeking long-term infrastructure-focused work across the Central & Eastern US

An established structural steel contractor is seeking a Project Manager to lead fabrication and erection packages for infrastructure-focused construction projects, including power plants, water and wastewater treatment facilities, data centers, and other mission-critical industrial environments. This is a construction-driven role requiring grounded experience in mechanical and structural steel project execution.

The position manages the full lifecycle of awarded structural steel projects from engineering review through detailing, fabrication, delivery, erection, and closeout. Work is tied to complex steel packages within large-scale infrastructure programs where schedule control, sequencing, and disciplined cost management are essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage structural steel fabrication and erection projects supporting power generation, water/wastewater treatment, data center, and heavy industrial facilities
• Lead projects from contract award through closeout, directing engineering review, detailing, shop fabrication, logistics, and field installation
• Interpret architectural and structural drawings and translate design intent into coordinated fabrication and erection plans
• Control RFIs, submittals, change orders, scope management, and contract compliance
• Develop and maintain project schedules, delivery sequencing, and erection planning to support active construction sites
• Oversee job costing, budgeting, forecasting, and profitability management
• Coordinate closely with architects, structural engineers, owners, general contractors, and subcontractors
• Support estimating teams with technical review of bid documents and constructability input

Required Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency
• Minimum five years of project management experience in structural steel fabrication and erection within commercial, industrial, or infrastructure construction
• Demonstrated experience delivering steel packages for complex facilities such as power plants, water/wastewater treatment plants, data centers, or similar heavy infrastructure projects
• Strong ability to read and interpret architectural and structural construction documents
• Proven record managing scope, contracts, cost controls, and schedule performance under production-driven environments
• Experience coordinating fabrication shops and field erection crews across active job sites
• Competence in project documentation, budgeting, and financial controls