Transportation Projects Lead - Strategy & Execution

Barnhart Group Inc; Moncks Corner (SC); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Compensation Plan with Incentive Bonus

Holiday Pay

PTO (paid time off)

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Group Life Insurance

Voluntary Life Insurance

Short Term Disability

Long Term Disability

Hospital Indemnity Insurance

Critical Illness Insurance

Flex Spending Account (FSA)

HRA

Job summary

Barnhart Group Inc in Moncks Corner, SC seeks a strategic Project Manager to develop, plan, and oversee transportation projects from initial customer discussions through completion. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage scope, budgets, and timelines, and ensure successful delivery for clients.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in transportation or logistics, a related bachelor’s degree, strong communication and Excel skills, and willingness to travel for site visits.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of transportation, logistics, or project management experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• Knowledge of domestic transportation, open-deck and specialized freight, warehousing, project costing, and execution.
• Strong customer communication, commercial judgment, Excel skills; McLeod experience preferred.
• Ability to travel for customer meetings and site visits as required.

Responsibilities

• Meet with customers to establish scope, freight characteristics, timelines, budgets, and service expectations.
• Assess project fit with Barnhart’s transportation, specialized hauling, warehousing, and partner capabilities.
• Coordinate routing, equipment, permits, escorts, transloading, storage, and third-party costs with Operations and Pricing.
• Evaluate risk, contingencies, and expected margins before customer commitments.
• Lead project kickoff and handoff discussions with Operations and customers.
• Document responsibilities, execution plans, schedules, milestones, and customer expectations.
• Track progress, manage commercial scope changes, and communicate exceptions and resolutions.
• Track budgets, actual revenue and costs, margin, milestones, and project performance.
• Identify follow-on business and opportunities across Barnhart services.
• Maintain customer relationships and coordinate commercial reporting to leadership.

Skills

Customer communication

Commercial judgment

Excel skills

Travel for meetings

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

McLeod

Job description

Barnhart Group Inc in Moncks Corner, SC seeks a strategic Project Manager to develop, plan, and oversee transportation projects from initial customer discussions through completion. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage scope, budgets, and timelines, and ensure successful delivery for clients.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in transportation or logistics, a related bachelor’s degree, strong communication and Excel skills, and willingness to travel for site visits.