Project Manager, Steel

NexGen Contracting•Franklin, TN

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

NexGen Contracting, the self-perform arm of Gray, is looking for a Project Manager, Structural Steel to join their growing team. NexGen specializes in executing turnkey project scopes, including concrete, steel, millwright, and finishes, and is fully integrated with Gray Construction, serving as a preferred subcontractor. The NexGen team consists of career, trade-specific professionals and core craftsmen with decades of experience dedicated to meeting customers’ unique needs. NexGen offers a wide range of self-perform services, including supervision, administration, craft labor, materials, tools, documentation, consumables, and safety devices to successfully carry projects from start to finish. Gray is a global service provider rooted in engineering, design, and construction, along with smart manufacturing and equipment manufacturing services, consistently ranked as a leader in markets such as Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Automotive, Distribution, Mission Critical, and Commercial. Founded in 1960, Gray's robust offering enables customized solutions and delivers unmatched precision and partnership. The Project Manager is ultimately responsible for the financial health of all projects at all times, with direct control over external assets that enable point of placement across all projects. They work closely with the General Superintendent to develop project budgets, project schedules, manage resource allocation, and job cost models for efficient execution. The Project Manager also counsels Project Engineers and evaluates Assistant Project Engineers. They coordinate with the finance department to ensure billing aligns with project budgets and work in place. The Structural Steel Project Manager is responsible for the overall health and well-being of the project, including schedule, cost, safety, quality, and customer relationships, with a good understanding of structural steel processes on commercial projects, including erection requirements and procedures for accurate cost estimates.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management or a minimum of ten years’ experience in the construction industry, along with a minimum of five years of experience in commercial structural steel or miscellaneous metals.
Communicates well both verbally and in writing, creates accurate and punctual reports, delivers presentations, shares information and ideas with others, has good listening skills.
Ability to identify, assimilate and comprehend the critical elements of a situation to extract and interpret implications of courses of actions to attend to details of a problem.
Effectiveness in planning and controlling work, motivating and developing subordinates, improving work methods and results, encouraging and supporting suggestions for work improvements, etc.
Plans for and uses resources efficiently, always looks for ways to reduce costs.
Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems.
Ability to monitor construction schedules and advise on potential setbacks or issues.
Communicates expectations and importance of safety.
Follows up and ensures safety audits are completed accurately and timely.
Identifies critical issues and assists in the development of improvement procedures.
Ability to read structural steel shop drawings.
Ability to read Architectural and Structural plans to coordinate shop drawings with in-house engineering department or modeling sub-contractor.
Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
Ability to performing steel take-offs, estimates and submitting proposals.
Experience in commercial structural steel projects.
Experienced with Construction Scheduling.
Solid teamwork background.
Development of procurement, fabrication, and erection schedules.
Ensuring that the project meets established key milestones.
Ensuring that the construction work is completed on schedule in conjunction with Site Superintendent or Field Foreman.
Overseeing the delivery of materials, construction tools, and equipment.
Ensuring that all safety processes and procedures are planned for in the estimates and are adhered to by the erection crews.
Coordinate Safety inspections with Safety Director.
Monitoring the compliance with set regulations and project specs per AISC.
Development of Schedule of Values from Estimators proposal.
Experience in cost control management of monthly billing and change order processes.
Oversee overall profitability of project with burn rate tracking and cost tracking via accounting software.
The new team member should be an energetic, self-motivated individual who enjoys a team environment, as well as a passion for collaboration and professional development.
If you are a high achiever striving to exceed expectations in a fast-paced innovative company, then Gray is the place for you.
The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Nice To Haves

Preference on candidates near office locations: Phoenix, AZ--Lexington, KY--Franklin, TN--Charlotte, NC--Anderson, SC--Charleston, SC--Birmingham, AL--Atlanta, GA--Fullerton, CA--Dallas, TX.

Responsibilities

Responsible for the overall health and well-being of the project including schedule, cost, safety, quality and customer relationships.
Must have a good understanding of structural steel processes on commercial projects.
Must have a good understanding of erection requirements and procedures to be able to provide accurate cost estimates associated with rigging, bracing and general erection of structural and miscellaneous steel.
Works closely with the General Superintendent to develop project budgets, project schedules, manage resource allocation, and job cost models in order to enable precise and efficient execution at the point of placement across the enterprise.
Counsels Project Engineers and evaluates Assistant Project Engineers for raise and promotion.
Coordinates with the finance department to ensure that billing is in line with the project budget and work in place.
Establish a Daily Schedule to dedicate minimum 30 mins to each project to manage labor/material models and update billing requirements as driven by the schedule and sequence.
Build project management capability and capacity throughout the enterprise and identify key personnel for training and added responsibility.
Dedicate/Establish weekly meeting with General Superintendent to develop/manage Project Budgets, Schedules, Internal/External Resources, and Job Cost Models.
Create Pre-Construction to Construction Turnover Requirement list w/ General Superintendent.
Streamline project budgets to empower execution and comprehension by field staff.
Work with General Superintendent and Pre-Con to identify 3,6-,9-, and 12-month Project Backlog.
Estimate future purchase requirements of key material and determine/increase market power.
Provide guidance to General Superintendents with regards to optimized buyout and billing across all Projects.
Monitor construction schedules and advise on potential setbacks or issues.
Communicate expectations and importance of safety.
Follow up and ensure safety audits are completed accurately and timely.
Identify critical issues and assist in the development of improvement procedures.
Read structural steel shop drawings.
Read Architectural and Structural plans to coordinate shop drawings with in-house engineering department or modeling sub-contractor.
Manage multiple projects concurrently.
Perform steel take-offs, estimates and submitting proposals.
Develop procurement, fabrication, and erection schedules.
Ensure that the project meets established key milestones.
Ensure that the construction work is completed on schedule in conjunction with Site Superintendent or Field Foreman.
Oversee the delivery of materials, construction tools, and equipment.
Ensure that all safety processes and procedures are planned for in the estimates and are adhered to by the erection crews.
Coordinate Safety inspections with Safety Director.
Monitor the compliance with set regulations and project specs per AISC.
Develop Schedule of Values from Estimators proposal.
Manage cost control of monthly billing and change order processes.
Oversee overall profitability of project with burn rate tracking and cost tracking via accounting software.