Industrial Senior Project Manager - Water/Wastewater

McGough•Roseville, MN

27d•$150,000 - $200,000

About The Position

The Industrial Senior Project Manager plans and leads key projects in the Industrial Water & Wastewater sector, managing multiple projects from inception through deployment. The role provides day-to-day oversight of project resources, tasks, issues, timelines, costs, and scope. The Senior Project Manager is accountable for project success and profitability, financial management and fee retention, client satisfaction, and leading by example while promoting the McGough way. The role also guides and mentors project management staff, builds relationships with owners and project partners, champions company initiatives, and manages a large project or multiple smaller projects. The position spans pursuit and preconstruction, estimating and bidding, scheduling, project documentation, subcontract management, cost control, project meetings, and post-construction closeout. It requires regular travel and acceptance of out-of-town assignments lasting weeks to months. Work is performed at various jobsites and/or a corporate or regional office. The role involves extended periods at a computer, occasional standing, bending, walking, and lifting, and jobsite visits that may include outdoor conditions, uneven surfaces, long distances, ladders, and stairs. The base salary range is $150,000 to $200,000, excluding fringe benefits and potential bonuses. Final salary depends on factors including geography, location, skills, education, and experience. McGough offers medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; retirement plans; voluntary benefit plans; parental leave; paid time off; and holiday pay.

Requirements

10 or more years of Industrial experience in the water/wastewater sector.
Familiarity with a self-perform project environment and experience working in a unionized labor setting.
Demonstrated ability to build strong partnerships and trust with owners, owner representatives, design firms, and subcontractors.
Strong understanding of risk assessment policies and procedures.
Familiarity with lump-sum and cost-of-the-work-plus-a-fee environments.
Proven ability to deliver project gross profit.
Strong collaboration and communication skills.
Thorough and detail-oriented approach.
Ability to prioritize and multitask within time constraints.
Self-starter who is motivated and able to work with minimal supervision.
On-the-job field experience.
Ability to construct a P6 critical path project schedule with a logical critical path, float, durations, properly scheduled predecessors and successors, and an organized work breakdown structure.
Strong computer skills, including P6, Bluebeam, Acrobat, Excel, and Microsoft Office programs.
Willingness to travel regularly and accept out-of-town assignments lasting weeks to months.
Ability to meet the role’s physical requirements, including jobsite mobility and climbing ladders and stairs.

Nice To Haves

Four-year degree in Construction Management, Construction Engineering, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Manage project resources, tasks, issues, timelines, costs, and scope from inception through deployment.
Deliver project success and profitability, manage project financials and fee retention, and maintain client satisfaction.
Lead by example, promote the McGough way, champion company initiatives, and mentor and coach project management staff.
Build and maintain relationships with owners, design partners, subcontractors, suppliers, clients, architects, engineers, and consultants.
Lead pursuit efforts, research prospective clients, contribute to RFQ and RFP responses, participate in pursuit interviews, and support business development.
Lead preconstruction meetings and manage the QA/QC page-turn process.
Perform quantity take-offs and assist with estimating; update estimates through schematic design, design development, and construction documents.
Develop bidder lists, verify subcontractor qualifications, manage subcontractor procurement, analyze bids, and review subcontract scopes and packages.
Participate in preconstruction estimates and cost models, and create and maintain the control estimate.
Lead critical path method scheduling with field staff, update and distribute schedules, and lead Last Planner scheduling efforts.
Review drawings and specifications; lead document page-turn reviews and manage RFIs, shop drawings, and submittals with the design team.
Understand owner contracts and subcontracts; maintain subcontract scope understanding, review and negotiate subcontractor change requests, approve invoices, and assist with manpower and personnel requests.
Manage distribution and pricing of project changes; prepare and maintain financial documents, cost-control logs, pay applications, schedules of values, sworn construction statements, invoices, and other billing documents.
Manage cost review and approval processes with the design team and owner, and work with project accounting on monthly pay applications.
Attend safety and work-plan meetings, conduct and document construction coordination meetings, and support project start-up meetings.
Provide monthly financial reports to management and lead financial meetings.
Lead pre-punch and punchlist processes, support closeout documentation and as-built plan collection, review closeout materials, and manage owner training plans with field staff.
Participate in company and project meetings, relevant training, company-sponsored events, and Lean events; support company standards of work and the McGough Way.
Perform functions of a Project Engineer, Assistant Project Manager, or Project Manager I as needed, and undertake other assigned responsibilities.