Project Manager, Operations Manager

Position

Project Manager or Site Construction Manager

Sr Project Manager or Director of Projects (SE or MW)

Regular Full Time Position – Salary/Exempt

Gray Wolf is seeking a Project Manager with experience supporting heavy industrial construction projects across our core markets, including pulp & paper, chemical, power, and other industrial facilities. This role bridges field execution and project management, working closely with owners, engineers, field supervision, subcontractors, and internal project teams to plan work, resolve field issues, and support safe, high-quality, and cost-effective project delivery.

• Support project planning, execution, and closeout activities for heavy industrial construction projects.
• Coordinate with owners, engineers, estimators, and the Sr. Project Manager to prepare, review, and validate scopes of work, schedules, estimates, and contracts.
• Promote and reinforce Gray Wolf’s safety culture and compliance with site‑specific safety requirements.
• Provide day‑to‑day support to field supervision to ensure work is executed safely, to specification, on schedule, and within budget.
• Monitor field productivity and assist with earned value tracking, progress measurement, and reporting.
• Assist with cost control, forecasting, and tracking of labor, material, equipment, and subcontract costs; support cost accounting efforts and earned value tracking under the direction of the Sr. Project Manager.
• Support procurement activities, including preparation of bid packages, subcontract scopes, and coordination with purchasing.
• Recognize potential scope changes and assist with change order documentation and management.
• Assist the Project Controls team in development of large‑scale multidiscipline project schedules. Update and maintain project schedules and status reports; scheduling software experience is required (Primavera P6 preferred, MS Project acceptable).
• Coordinate construction activities with owner operations and other contractors on active industrial sites.
• Act as a technical liaison between Gray Wolf field supervision, owners, and engineers.
• Assist with quality control planning, inspections, and documentation.

• Conflict Management - Steps up to conflicts, seeing them as opportunities; reads situations quickly; good at focused listening; can hammer out tough agreements and settle disputes equitably; can find common ground and get cooperation with minimum noise.
• Customer Focus - Dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of customers; obtains first‑hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Drive for Results - Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom‑line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Functional Technical Skills - Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment.
• Interpersonal Savvy - Relates well to all kinds of people—inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can defuse even high‑tension situations comfortably.
• Planning - Accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects; sets objectives and goals; breaks down work into the process steps; develops schedules and task/people assignments; anticipates and adjusts for problems and roadblocks; measures performance against goals; evaluates results.
• Time Management - Uses time effectively and efficiently; values time; concentrates on the more important priorities; gets more done in less time than others; can attend to a broader range of activities.
• Written Communications - Is able to write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles; can get messages across that have the desired effect.

• BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related…