Project Manager II; Industrial Construction

Job Summary

Project Managers are Dennis Group’s primary client contact through the entire project delivery process, from design concept through bidding, construction, and start‑up. As a Project Manager, your responsibility is to ensure each project’s scope, cost and schedule are successfully met. Our projects design and build food and beverage process facilities. The design/architect, engineering, and construction teams are housed within Dennis Group, and the project manager actively interacts with each group to ensure project success.

The role also supports the client relationship management program and requires excellent leadership, organization, and time management.

• Works autonomously on specific tasks
• Managing projects from planning through commissioning including developing key success criteria and ensuring they are achieved
• Assisting with the development of project scope, budget, schedule, and critical path elements
• Develop RFI
• Prepare purchase/work authorization
• Maintain client SharePoint site
• Managing in‑house and consulting design teamwork product
• Establishing design criteria; reviewing design and construction phase documents
• Managing permit, code and regulatory approvals
• Develop preliminary procurement plan (preparation of bid packages, bid tabulation, writing of purchase orders and subcontracts)
• Assemble and evaluate potential project bidders
• Define kick‑off meeting agenda
• Determine project definition deliverables
• Coordinate all project communication
• Develop project outline specifications
• Develop conceptual layout – understanding of facility personnel and materials flows, critical adjacencies
• Develop medium engineering services proposal
• Manage bid process fairly and professionally and review and approve bid packages
• Maintain “Outstanding Items Needs” list
• Maintain Project Meeting notes
• Develop and implement lessons learned for project
• Develop and issue monthly reports
• Determine project permitting needs
• Update project forecasting tool monthly
• Review and approve engineering deliverables
• Develop preliminary construction cost estimates – site and building
• Define project assumptions / exclusions
• Review and approve monthly supplier invoices and client billing
• Develop and maintain submittal and RFI processes
• Develop preliminary PM/Eng/CM/Start‑up support cost estimate
• Facilitate and manage food safety risk assessments
• Organizing construction trades and administering subcontracts
• Managing project budget and expense approvals
• Managing contract and change order administration
• Overseeing equipment installations
• Providing on‑site supervision and coordinating design team on‑site support activities
• Facilitate project interactive planning sessions
• Refine and update budget forecast
• Finalize procurement plan
• Managing project punch‑list inspection
• Assembling and maintaining complete project records and close‑out documents
• Facilitate and manage client and third‑party design reviews
• Interfacing with client, working in client facilities and construction sites
• Utilize multiple software programs (MS Office, CAD, Navisworks, MS Project, SharePoint, etc.)

• Researching project management best practices
• Supporting talent growth within our organization

• Degree in Construction Management / Architecture / Engineering
• 4+ years of experience within a design‑build, general contractor company working with multiple in‑house engineer disciplines, architects, designers, etc.
• 4+ years of experience with MEP industrial construction projects, preferably food and beverage or pharmaceutical projects
• 4+ years of experience with building construction, project scheduling, construction estimating, and construction safety
• 4+ years as a Project Manager with proven track record of successful project delivery on time, meeting requirements, and high team satisfaction
• Basic understanding of AutoCAD, Revit, Navisworks, and other design software
• Familiarity with sanitary environments is a plus
• Attention to detail, accuracy and deadlines
• Must meet overnight travel requirement of not less than 50% of any given time of the year
• Projects located throughout the United States and Canada, requiring collaboration with owners, A/E teams,…