Sr. Construction Project Manager- Manufacturing Market

Gray

The Role

Overview

Lead construction manager overseeing large industrial projects in the manufacturing sector.

Key Responsibilities

  • team supervision
  • safety enforcement
  • procurement
  • budget management
  • change orders
  • status reporting

Tasks

Will supervise project support team members, as well as subcontractors. -Supervise project managers, assistant project managers and support personnel (i.e. project staff) when applicable. Includes evaluation of project staff in accordance with the company's performance review policies. -Demonstrate leadership qualities and awareness of staff working relationships. Extend consideration, courtesy and respect to project staff, subcontractors, suppliers and customers.Demonstrate and communicate a consistent and clear approach to problem solving.Ensure that goals for safety, quality, scheduling, training, and profitability are met for each project. This includes promotion and implementation of the safety program and QMS.Ensure that all contractual terms and conditions in both owner contracts and subcontracts are understood by all parties. Must be able to render decisions and/or take appropriate action(s) based on the contractual obligations of all parties.Monitor the purchasing of all required materials, subcontracts, equipment and services for project(s) by project staff and other team members, ensuring optimal savings within safety, quality, scheduling, training, and profitability requirements.Ensure that the project staff support and abide by the company's vision and mission statement.Ensure that project staff and other team members maintain a cooperative and willing work environment with the engineering and design staff as well as the construction site staff.Supervise project managers, assistant project managers and support personnel (i.e. project staff) when applicable. Includes evaluation of project staff in accordance with the company's performance review policies.Operate within budgetary limitations and requirements.Ensure "project start-up meetings" are held when required, so that all participating parties understand the project history. The startup meeting will include, but is not limited to, Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, Design Managers, Site Managers, major subcontractors (including mechanical, electrical, and fire protection), and any specialty subcontractors.Visit project sites as necessary, but at a minimum of two week intervals.In the absence or termination of subordinates or other project staff, ensure continuity of work flow.Actively support and participate in the Project Managers Association (PMA).Ensure that project staff is issuing change orders to subcontractors and customers according to the work procedures.Ensure that project staff is completing red files accurately and in a timely manner, as well as reviewing the red file and/or job cost reports with the Site Manager on a monthly basis.Ensure that any delays on the project are appropriately documented and communicated to all pertinent parties; includes producing timely notices and development of documentation to justify extensions to the schedule, and/or taking development of documentation to justify extensions to the schedule, and/or taking appropriate measures to adhere to or modify the schedule.Ensure that project staff completes status reports, closeout documents and maintenance manuals promptly.Responsible for the communication, implementation and enforcement of Gray’s safety program on site.Other duties may be assigned. -Visit project sites as necessary, but at a minimum of two week intervals. -Operate within budgetary limitations and requirements. -Responsible for the communication, implementation and enforcement of Gray’s safety program on site. -Monitor the purchasing of all required materials, subcontracts, equipment and services for project(s) by project staff and other team members, ensuring optimal savings within safety, quality, scheduling, training, and profitability requirements. -Ensure that project staff completes status reports, closeout documents and maintenance manuals promptly. -Ensure that the project staff support and abide by the company's vision and mission statement. -Ensure that project staff is completing red files accurately and in a timely manner, as well as reviewing the red file and/or job cost reports with the Site Manager on a monthly basis. -In the absence or termination of subordinates or other project staff, ensure continuity of work flow. -Actively support and participate in the Project Managers Association (PMA). -Ensure that any delays on the project are appropriately documented and communicated to all pertinent parties; includes producing timely notices and development of documentation to justify extensions to the schedule, and/or taking development of documentation to justify extensions to the schedule, and/or taking appropriate measures to adhere to or modify the schedule. -Ensure that goals for safety, quality, scheduling, training, and profitability are met for each project. This includes promotion and implementation of the safety program and QMS. -Ensure that all contractual terms and conditions in both owner contracts and subcontracts are understood by all parties. Must be able to render decisions and/or take appropriate action(s) based on the contractual obligations of all parties. -Ensure that project staff is issuing change orders to subcontractors and customers according to the work procedures. -Ensure "project start-up meetings" are held when required, so that all participating parties understand the project history. The startup meeting will include, but is not limited to, Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, Design Managers, Site Managers, major subcontractors (including mechanical, electrical, and fire protection), and any specialty subcontractors. -Ensure that project staff and other team members maintain a cooperative and willing work environment with the engineering and design staff as well as the construction site staff.

Requirements

  • problem solving
  • leadership
  • construction mgmt
  • project management
  • bachelor's
  • industrial projects

What You Bring

The new team member is required to have ten to fifteen years of experience in construction management, with a minimum of seven to ten years’ experience managing large industrial construction projects. Experience as the lead project manager of a construction project is required. Preference will be given to candidates with a bachelor’s degree in a related field (Engineering, Construction Management, or Architecture). While performing the duties of this position, the team member is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands and arms, reach, and talk or hear. They are regularly required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch. Must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 lbs, and occasionally lift or move up to 100 lbs. Specific vision abilities include accurate near and distant vision. -Demonstrate and communicate a consistent and clear approach to problem solving. -Demonstrate leadership qualities and awareness of staff working relationships. Extend consideration, courtesy and respect to project staff, subcontractors, suppliers and customers.

The Company

About Gray

-Evolved into a global powerhouse blending engineering, architecture, construction, and equipment services into cohesive solutions. -From tobacco barns to mega-projects, the company’s rise reflects its knack for pivoting—absorbing design-build, automation, and digital services under one roof. -Gray engineers complex facilities—semiconductor fabs, advanced battery plants, food and beverage processing sites, data centers, and distribution hubs—by integrating systems early for agile design and execution. -Their projects range from carbon-neutral distilleries and bourbon mash-houses to Amazon logistics centers, Mercedes-Benz assembly lines, Qcells battery parks, and Kraft Heinz plants. -A tapestry of sister brands—Gray AES, Gray Solutions, InLine Engineers, Anderson Dahlen, AD Process Equipment, and NexGen—gives the company depth in automation, specialty fabrication, and real estate. -Unique among general contractors, Gray builds its own process equipment and embeds engineering teams on projects, enabling mid-stream design pivots and tightly coordinated execution. -The company’s blend of family culture, integrated services, and global reach makes it both nimble and reliable on projects that demand innovation and scale.

Sector Specialisms

Manufacturing

Food and Beverage

Data Centers

Advanced Technology

Distribution

Commercial

Visa Sponsorship

-this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.