CBIG initiates, champions and drives innovation and excellence across Christman's self-perform services.
The Project Manager is responsible for building high‑performance teams through supervision, training, coaching, and mentorship, while providing regular feedback and performance appraisals. They communicate project risk, schedules, budgets, and change management with owners, architects, and subcontractors, and define the scope of work, staffing requirements, and detailed work plans for each phase.
Additional duties include managing the construction‑management bid process, coordinating project planning services (estimating, scheduling, value engineering, reporting), and overseeing accurate processing of contracts, bulletins, field work orders, and change orders. The manager also negotiates subcontract agreements, leads trade‑contractor relations, and ensures safety awareness and corrective actions on site.
Candidates must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or a related field, and have at least five years of commercial construction experience in a leadership role. Completion of relevant training in construction management, project management, safety, or communication is required, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Key competencies include strong time‑management, entrepreneurial focus, clear written and verbal communication, problem‑solving, and risk‑management abilities. The role demands an advanced understanding of construction scheduling, cost control, job‑cost accounting, blueprint reading, and proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications.
Christman is seeking Project Manager candidates to lead large‑scale commercial construction projects in the DC Metro region. The role offers the chance to become an employee‑owner and advance a professional career within an industry‑leading organization.
Christman offers employee‑ownership benefits such as health insurance, 401(k) contributions, professional development, tuition reimbursement, and profit sharing. The company is an affirming, equal‑opportunity employer that values diversity, does not sponsor work visas, and encourages candidates to submit resumes for future opportunities.
The Christman Building Innovation Group (CBIG) was created to initiate, champion and drive innovation and excellence across Christman’s multiple self-perform entities. In addition to 485 construction management and general contracting professionals, Christman currently employs more than 400 skilled trades men and women in carpentry, millwork, demolition, concrete, mass timber, earthwork, interiors, service and more. This group of construction and estimating professionals drives better service, cost efficiencies, safety solutions, technology advances and innovative practices for Christman’s self-perform operations nationally. CBIG connects our craftsmen and women to build upon regional successes and lessons learned across our offices in Michigan, Texas, Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee.