Senior Mechanical Project Manager

Creature • Birmingham, AL

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Creature is a vertically integrated Design–Manufacture–Construct (DMC) company headquartered in Birmingham, AL. We replace the century-old, siloed model of the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry with one disciplined system — design, manufacturing, and field execution operating as a single team, not a chain of handoffs. Our in-house Mechanical, Plumbing, and Carpentry trades are the backbone of that system, and the reason Creature delivers medical and commercial facilities faster, safer, and to a higher standard than a traditional general contractor.

Purpose of the Role
Own the mechanical value stream — P&L, schedule, labor, and quality — for Creature’s HVAC and plumbing self-perform work across the medical and commercial portfolio. This is not a coordination role. The Senior Mechanical Project Manager is the final word on how mechanical work gets planned, staffed, priced, and delivered, and is accountable for the outcome from precon through closeout.

Core Accountability
Deliver every HVAC and plumbing project on schedule, on budget, and to Creature’s quality standard — while building the labor planning, estimating, and field leadership systems that let the mechanical trade scale without losing discipline.

Requirements

• 10–12+ years of Project Management experience in the mechanical contracting industry, with direct P&L ownership.
• Proven track record delivering HVAC and plumbing scope on medical and/or commercial projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing labor planning and field leaders across multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong proficiency in MS Excel, Smartsheet, and Procore.
• Based in Birmingham, AL, or willing to relocate.
• Able to travel up to 25% of the time (~1 week per month).

Nice To Haves

• BS in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited university.
• Experience in a self-perform, vertically integrated, or design-build environment.
• Experience building or standardizing a field training program.
• PE license or equivalent industry credential.

Responsibilities

• Own the P&L for all mechanical and plumbing self-perform work across the active portfolio. Build and defend budgets from precon through closeout, track cost against forecast in real time, and protect margin by catching problems before they surface in a monthly report. When a job is bleeding money, this is the person who already knows why — and has a plan to stop it.
• Lead HVAC and plumbing delivery across multiple concurrent medical and commercial projects. Set the standard the HVAC and Plumbing Field Leaders execute against — reviewing look-aheads, resolving field-level obstacles, and holding the line on schedule integrity. Serve as the escalation point when mechanical scope is at risk, with enough time in the field to know before it becomes a crisis.
• Own short- and medium-term labor planning for the mechanical and plumbing trades. Partner with the Creature PM team to smooth labor loading for self-perform teams across the full project pipeline, so crews move from job to job without idle time or overtime surprises. Recruit new field talent and standardize the training pipeline that turns new hires into reliable tradespeople — and future field leaders.
• Perform and validate material and labor takeoffs with the discipline that protects margin before a single piece of duct or pipe hits the field. Bring deep mechanical construction expertise to precon so bids reflect real field conditions, not optimistic assumptions. Build the estimating rigor that makes Creature’s numbers something the field can actually hit.
• Become a hands-on expert in Creature’s operational model and run mechanical operations through MS Excel, Smartsheet, and Procore — not as reporting tools, but as the system of record for labor, cost, and schedule. Standardize what works, eliminate what doesn’t, and convert every project’s lessons into a repeatable playbook the next project manager can pick up on day one.

What This Job Offers

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