Project Manager

Barnhart • Jackson, MS

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Project Manager manages customer projects from award through closeout with increasing autonomy. You are responsible for safety, schedule, budget, and customer satisfaction while applying crane and rigging knowledge to plan and execute work efficiently. The Project Manager serves as a key point of contact for customers and internal teams. This role provides oversight, evaluation, and improvement of the efficiency of the project management team, ensuring adherence to management principles established by the Senior Leadership Team. Responsibilities include participating in customer site visits, proposal development, and contract development/reviews to ensure a complete understanding of scope, contractual obligations, and job risks. The Project Manager works with the Project Sales Representative before project development, taking the project from sales through development into execution, maintaining communication throughout the project, and documenting changes that affect scope, schedule, or budget. Interaction with customers, engineers, vendors, suppliers, and others is crucial during the design and planning phase. The role involves close collaboration with the project team to develop and maintain an overall project schedule, highlighting critical path items and anticipating issues. The Project Manager is responsible for foreseeing typical challenges that historically affect schedules, construction, and project costs, identifying these issues, and developing solutions with the project team. Regular and accurate communication of project status, including schedule, financial status, risk assessment, quality, safety, and other key areas, is essential. This role also includes coordinating work crews and scheduling required equipment, with a willingness to travel as needed and manage field leadership.

Requirements

• Must have experience enough to meet or exceed the essential duties listed above.
• A working knowledge and understanding of engineering plans and specifications.
• Mechanically inclined with basic understanding of machinery, heavy construction and basic principles of industrial project flow.
• Basic math and geometry are necessary.
• Must demonstrate planning and leadership skills.
• An understanding of construction contracts, Windows based software applications, and good time management skills.

Nice To Haves

• PMP is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manages customer projects from award through closeout with increasing autonomy.
• Responsible for safety, schedule, budget, and customer satisfaction.
• Applies crane and rigging knowledge to plan and execute work efficiently.
• Serves as a key point of contact for customers and internal teams.
• Provides oversight, evaluation, and improvement of the efficiency of the project management team.
• Participates in customer site visits, proposal development, and contract development/reviews.
• Works with Project Sales Representative before project development and takes the project from sales through development into execution.
• Maintains communication with Project Sales Representative over the course of the project and documents changes.
• Interacts with customers, engineers, vendors, suppliers, and others throughout the design and planning phase.
• Works closely with project team to develop and maintain an overall project schedule, showing critical path items and anticipating problematic issues.
• Identifies potential problem areas and works with the project team to develop solutions.
• Regularly and accurately communicates the project status, including schedule, financial status, risk assessment, quality, safety, and other key areas.
• Coordinates work crews and schedules required equipment.
• Manages field leadership.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Bonus program that pays for performance.
• $1 for $1 match on 401(k), capped at 10% of Pay.
• Company Vehicle.
• Medical, Paid Time Off and Holiday, Disability, Life Insurance, and other additional personal and professional benefits are available.
• Barnhart CARES family care and community service opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level