Project Manager - New Tank Construction

Maguire•Sioux Falls, SD

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Maguire is seeking a Construction Project Manager to lead complex water infrastructure projects, focusing on the civil construction components of water tank and elevated water tower projects. This role will support Maguire’s Design-Build and CMAR approach by engaging early in the project lifecycle, defining scopes, identifying risks, building subcontractor strategies, and supporting preconstruction planning. The ideal candidate is a collaborative, detail-oriented leader who enjoys ownership, relationship building, problem-solving, and working in a fast-paced environment where safety, quality, customer experience, schedule, and financial performance are paramount. This position requires strong communication skills to work effectively with sales, preconstruction, engineering partners, field operations, subcontractors, owners, and municipal customers to deliver projects that uphold Maguire’s reputation as a trusted leader in water storage infrastructure.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Business, or a related field preferred.
Minimum of five years of construction project management experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience managing civil construction scopes such as foundations, excavation, underground piping, utilities, site work, concrete, and subcontracted field work.
Experience with water infrastructure, municipal construction, industrial construction, or tank construction preferred.
Understanding of Design-Build, CMAR, negotiated work, preconstruction planning, constructability review, value engineering, scope development, and collaborative project delivery preferred.
Ability to read, interpret, and analyze construction drawings, specifications, bid documents, safety requirements, operating instructions, maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write clear project correspondence, reports, meeting notes, scope clarifications, and customer-facing communication.
Strong communication skills with the ability to speak effectively with customers, engineers, subcontractors, vendors, field crews, and internal team members.
Ability to analyze budgets, schedules, quantities, rates, ratios, percentages, and project performance data.
Ability to solve practical problems, make sound decisions, and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced construction environment.
Strong computer skills and ability to work within project management systems, spreadsheets, document management tools, and communication platforms.
Must be highly organized, quality conscious, detail oriented, dependable, trustworthy, and willing to take ownership of project outcomes.
Ability to work independently while also building strong relationships with internal and external customers.
Working knowledge of all job specific operating procedures.
Extremely quality conscious and detail oriented.
Accept responsibility and account for own actions.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Ability to build solid relationships with internal and external customers.
Dependable and trustworthy.
Basic computer skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with water infrastructure, municipal construction, industrial construction, or tank construction.
Understanding of Design-Build, CMAR, negotiated work, preconstruction planning, constructability review, value engineering, scope development, and collaborative project delivery.

Responsibilities

Lead assigned construction projects from preconstruction planning through project closeout, ensuring alignment around scope, schedule, budget, safety, quality, customer expectations, and project profitability.
Support Maguire’s Design-Build and CMAR delivery efforts by participating in early project planning, constructability reviews, scope development, subcontractor strategy, project phasing, budget validation, and risk identification.
Collaborate with sales, preconstruction, engineering partners, internal project managers, field leadership, and customers to help translate early project concepts into executable construction plans.
Develop and maintain a strong national subcontractor network focused on civil construction work related to water tank and elevated water tower projects, including foundations, excavation, underground piping, valves, utilities, site work, and related water distribution applications.
Utilize Maguire Project Management System, MPMS, to manage multiple simultaneous projects, track project performance, maintain documentation, and support consistent execution across the organization.
Review plans, specifications, subcontractor proposals, scopes of work, pay requests, schedules, change orders, progress reports, and closeout documentation to ensure accuracy, completeness, and alignment with project requirements.
Negotiate with subcontractors, engineers, owners, and other project partners in a professional and solutions-oriented manner.
Conduct cost analysis, assist with project budgets, validate expected costs, and monitor financial performance throughout the life of each project.
Identify potential risks early, communicate concerns clearly, and recommend practical mitigation strategies that protect Maguire, the customer, and the overall project outcome.
Establish and manage project objectives related to safety, schedule, quality, profitability, client relationships, company growth, and team development.
Coordinate the work and movement of subcontractors, field crews, suppliers, and other project partners to maintain schedule, quality, and safety expectations.
Serve as a primary liaison between Maguire, customers, engineers, subcontractors, vendors, and internal team members.
Communicate project updates, risks, needs, and opportunities in a clear and timely manner to owners, engineers, subcontractors, field teams, and Maguire leadership.
Support continuous improvement by recommending enhancements to MPMS, project workflows, subcontractor management, documentation practices, and other Maguire systems.
Partner with sales and marketing teams by providing project knowledge, technical insight, and field feedback needed to promote and sell new projects, programs, and delivery models.
Ensure compliance with federal, state, local, industry, contractual, and company requirements, standards, specifications, and best practices.
Build trusted relationships with customers, engineering partners, subcontractors, vendors, and internal team members that reinforce Maguire’s reputation for quality, accountability, and long-term partnership.