Senior Construction Project Manager

The specific pay rate and level will depend on the successful candidate’s qualifications, prior experience and location.

• This position is eligible for remote. Candidate must be located in Washington, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, or Oregon**

As a Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing projects from pre-bid through Contract to Completion, with full ownership for scope, schedule, cost, quality, safety, and customer satisfaction. This role owns project outcomes from Notice-to-Proceed through closeout. Acts as the primary decision-maker for execution strategies, staffing, sequencing, and subcontractor alignment.

You will utilize Builder Trend to track project progress, manage documentation, and facilitate communication across teams and stakeholders. The Senior Project Manager proactively manages risks, issues, and project change requests to ensure successful, on‑time, and on‑budget delivery. In addition to running projects day‑to‑day, this role serves as a senior escalation point, providing guidance, mentorship, and strategic direction to project teams while ensuring projects meet quality standards, contractual obligations, and deliver the highest level of customer satisfaction.

• Own and manage project P&L performance including forecasting, cost-to-complete, contingency usage, and margin protection.
• Provide direct people leadership and performance management for Project Managers and Site Superintendents, including hiring, coaching, development, and accountability.
• Oversee multiple projects and project teams simultaneously, ensuring alignment with regional goals, standards, and best practices.
• Serve as a senior escalation point and decision authority for complex project issues regarding scope, schedule impacts, permitting, inspections, jurisdictional constraints, budget, staffing, and client expectations.
• Be directly involved in the pre-bid phase of projects, including review of plans and specifications, constructability input, scheduling strategies, and risk identification.
• Partner with estimating and operations leadership to support project pricing, bid strategy, and competitive positioning during the estimating process.
• Participate in go/no-go discussions and recommend bid strategies based on constructability and risk profile.
• Oversee site readiness including permitting, AHJ coordination, utilities, crane/set planning, access, and inspections.
• Lead identification of scope gaps, exclusions, assumptions, and clarifications during pre-bid and contract review phases.
• Review and validate project budgets, schedules, and scopes prior to contract execution to ensure feasibility and margin expectations.
• Provide strategic guidance to project teams to optimize cost control, schedule performance, and subcontractor management across the project lifecycle.
• Lead customer-facing discussions regarding scope clarifications, change orders, delays, and risk mitigation strategies, particularly with public-sector and school district clients.
• Collaborate with regional and executive leadership to support workload planning, staffing strategies, and operational improvements.
• Establish and enforce safety requirements to ensure compliance with industry and company standards.
• Lead/Assist with the development of Scopes of Work, Delineation of Responsibilities and Proposals for larger projects.
• Track and report on project results and metrics.
• Work creatively and analytically in a problem‑solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence.
• Utilizing available project management software (Builder Trend), provide status reporting to regional leadership regarding project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks and issues.
• Demonstrate a functional and financial acumen to support how solutions will address client goals while maintaining alignment with industry best practices and company risk thresholds.
• Ensure compliance with contract requirements and manage changes as required.
• Manage project issues and risks to mitigate impact to baseline budgets.
• Lead safety tailgate meetings at the start of each project phase or shift to communicate site‑specific hazards, review safety…