Traveling Project Manager - National Building Group

STO Building Group Careers; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) with employer match

Life & AD&D Insurance

Long-term Disability

Job summary

Layton Construction is seeking a Project Manager to oversee ground-up commercial projects, including budgeting, scheduling, procurement, and execution. The role requires coordinating with the Superintendent to deliver projects on time and within budget.

You will champion safety, quality, and integrity while managing subcontracts, permits, and client communications. This position involves travel to project sites and close collaboration with estimating and cost accounting teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management or related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in ground-up commercial projects, especially light industrial or cold storage.
• Understanding of estimating concepts, bids, and change orders.
• Knowledge of construction laws, practices, and contractual language.
• Familiarity with building codes, plans, blueprints and specs.
• Ability to work in a team and communicate effectively; strong presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Champions The Layton Way by delivering predictable outcomes for teams and customers.
• Ensure integrity, safety, and quality in work delivery.
• Collaborate with the Superintendent to ensure project success and client relationships.
• Assist in preparing estimates and project budgets.
• Lead the project team in developing the PMP and conduct meetings.
• Participate in value engineering, subcontracting, and permits clearance.
• Prepare project schedule and milestones with the project superintendent.
• Manage contract documents, procurement, and budget alignment.
• Monitor site performance on quantity, cost, safety, quality, and schedule.
• Negotiate change orders and manage cost/profit impact.
• Prepare monthly client pay requests and follow up on collections.
• Coordinate with cost accounting for payments and lien releases.
• Oversee close-out, as-built drawings, and final documentation.
• Interface with Estimating to feed cost data into the database.
• Manage client relationships and meetings with the client.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Ground-up projects

Estimating concepts

Contract language

Building codes

Teamwork

Presentations

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management or related field

Equivalent combination of education and experience

Job description

Since this group operates nationally, this position requires full-time travel, on-site to the project location. The above-mentioned location does NOT reflect the location of the project. If you are not willing to travel, please consider applying for a role that aligns more closely with your needs.

Summary

The Project Manager is responsible for the overall planning, management, procurement, scheduling, and execution of work for assigned construction projects. May be assigned responsibility for one or more projects at a time. Maximizes project profitability and promotes the Layton objectives and goals. Achieves quality and safety standards and exceeds owner expectations by delivering predictable outcomes.

Duties

• Champions “The Layton Way” by delivering predictable outcomes for internal teams, external teams, and customers.
• Ensures that “Constructing with Integrity” is delivered by working with honesty, unity, safety, and quality of work.
• Works well with Layton’s “Two in the Box” application working well with your counterpart (Superintendent) to ensure successful project delivery and to strengthen client relationship.
• Assists in the preparation of estimates for the project and prepares project budget.
• Leads the project team in preparing the project management plan (PMP) and organizes and conducts pre-award and pre-construction meetings.
• Participates in value engineering services as appropriate, negotiation and preparation of project subcontracts, and responsible for obtaining permits and resolving other regulatory requirements as necessary.
• Prepares a project schedule and develops milestones necessary to successfully complete the project in concert with the project superintendent.
• Controls the contract documents and determines their completeness and consistency and plans the successful execution of the construction contract.
• Manages project materials and equipment procurement within the project’s budget and consistent with the project delivery schedule.
• Monitors the project site for quantity, cost, safety, quality, and schedule performance with the project Superintendent and develops and monitors project quality, safety, and risk management plans.
• Negotiates owner and subcontractor change orders and manages the resulting cost and profit impact.
• Develops the monthly client pay requests and follows up on collection.
• Controls the payment of job costs based on document review and approval. Coordinates with the job cost accountant for payments and lien releases and participates in monthly accounting and project reviews.
• Manages all final close out procedures for the project including as-built drawings, close out, letter of substantial completion, and letter of recommendation.
• Interacts with Estimating to provide project cost information for the estimating database.
• Manages client relationship and all meetings with client.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of experience in ground-up commercial projects, particularly in the light industrial and/or cold storage sector.
• Understands estimating concepts to the level required to verify bids, understand market rates, and to process change orders, etc.
• Understands contractual language and concepts and how to protect the company while providing quality service to the client and has a working knowledge of construction laws and practices.
• Understands building codes and other design requirements as well as plans, blueprints, and specifications.
• Effective working as a team member and knows how to delegate to other team members to achieve organizational and customer goals.
• Skilled at making verbal and written presentations and communications with others.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
• Life & AD&D Insurance
• Long-term Disability Insurance
• Short-term Disability Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Home & Auto Insurance
• Family Support
• Pre-tax Paid Parking/Public Transportation
• Paid time off
• Time Away Benefits
• Paid Holidays
• Group Legal
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program

EEO Statement: Layton Construction is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.