Project Manager, Operations Management

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance

SI Utility designs and manufactures steel structures that keep the grid standing — tubular transmission poles and H-frames (up to 500 kV), substation steel, pre-engineered wood-pole-equivalent steel poles, and distribution poles. Founded as a complementary business unit of Smith Industries and launched as SI Utility in 2025, the company is based in Midland, Texas and serves utilities, EPCs, and energy customers across the U.S., with a strong footprint in the Permian Basin and Texas power-delivery market.

Work is engineered in-house, fabricated in Texas, and delivered on schedule.

The Project Manager owns the order from award through invoicing and follow-up customer satisfaction. You will turn customer specifications, drawings, and contract documents into a buildable, on-time, on-budget plan — coordinating engineering, drafting, purchasing, shop production, quality, galvanizing/coating partners, and logistics. This is a hands‑on manufacturing PM role, not a construction‑site PM role. Success is measured by schedule adherence, clean handoffs to the shop, accurate documentation, and customers who do not have to chase status.

Reports to President / Operations leadership, with daily coordination across Engineering, Production, Quality, Purchasing, and Inside Sales.

• Review purchase orders, MSAs, drawings, specifications, and customer T&Cs at award; flag conflicts, missing data, hold points, and commercial risk before the job is released.
• Build and maintain the project schedule: engineering/drafting milestones, material lead times, press-brake and welding capacity, coating/galvanizing slots, inspection hold points, and ship dates.
• Own the bill of materials and cut lists in coordination with engineering; confirm plate, shaft, and hardware availability with purchasing.
• Issue and track RFIs, drawing revisions, and customer submittals (shop drawings, PE-stamped packages where required, coating specs, shipping lists).

• Release work packages to production with complete, current drawings and traveler/job packets. Protect the shop from incomplete or changing information.
• Attend daily or weekly production meetings; resolve bottlenecks on press brake, fitting, welding, and finishing before they become late loads.
• Coordinate third-party galvanizing, weathering-steel handling, coatings, and outbound freight (including in-house logistics when used).
• Track change orders: scope, cost, schedule impact, and written customer approval before extra work is released.

• Enforce hold points for inspection, NDE, and dimensional checks. Close punch lists before product leaves the yard.
• Maintain job files: contracts, approved drawings, MTRs, weld maps, inspection records, shipping documents, and as-built packages.
• Support shop safety and compliance expectations on the floor; stop work that is unsafe or off-spec and elevate immediately.

• Serve as the primary post‑award contact for utilities, EPCs, and contractors. Give accurate status without over‑promising.
• Support bid-to-award handoff with inside sales so committed dates and exceptions in the quote actually match the job that was sold.
• Protect margin: identify extras, expedite costs, and freight deviations early and document them.

Primarily office and shop‑floor in Midland, Texas (3601 E State Highway 158). Expect regular time in a fabrication environment: noise, steel, welding, and outdoor yard activity. Occasional travel to galvanize rs, customers, or jobsites. Hours follow production needs — deadline weeks can run long.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work…