Project Manager

Berg Enterprises, Inc.

$80K — $95K *
Real Estate & Construction
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2-5 years managing commercial mechanical, HVAC, or plumbing construction projects.
  • Federal or public sector experience preferred, or a willingness to learn how those jobs differ.
  • Strong understanding of contract drawings and specifications with problem-solving skills for discrepancies.
  • Proficient in project cost management: budgets, forecasts, change orders, and billings.
  • Knowledge in plumbing, building automation, or other MEP trades is an advantage.
  • Strong interpersonal and customer service skills with a focus on professionalism.
  • Clear writing skills for effective communication with subcontractors and team members.
  • Degree in engineering or construction management preferred, or equivalent field experience accepted.
  • Ability to travel 50-60% of the time.

Responsibilities

  • Lead delivery of federal mechanical contracts from award through closeout and warranty.
  • Manage cost-to-complete on projects and justify variances during reviews.
  • Develop and maintain project schedules, prioritizing critical constraints.
  • Oversee contractor procurement: scope, negotiate, and award contracts.
  • Price and negotiate change orders with clients, defending proposals as needed.
  • Handle submittals, RFIs, and procurement with assistance from a Project Engineer.
  • Manage customer and subcontractor billing reviews on assigned projects.
  • Foster and uphold safety performance standards alongside the field team.

Benefits

  • A simple and streamlined organization with minimal layers of management.
  • Opportunity for professional growth and taking on larger scope within two years.
  • Engage in a hands-on work environment since company establishment in 1974.
Full Job Description
Project Manager
Federal Mechanical Contracts | Houston, TX | 50-60% travel

The Project Manager owns the delivery of one or more active federal mechanical contracts end to end, from award through closeout and warranty, running the job as much from the site as from the office.

Deliver the project on schedule, on budget, and to scope.
  • Own one or more active federal mechanical contracts end to end, from award through closeout and warranty.
  • Own cost-to-complete on assigned projects and defend the number in variance review.
  • Build and maintain project schedules, and know which of the next three constraints actually matters.
  • Buy out the job: scope subcontractors and vendors, negotiate, and award.
  • Price, negotiate, and defend change orders with the client.
  • Run submittals, RFIs, and procurement, directly or through a Project Engineer.
  • Own customer billing and subcontractor billing review on assigned projects.

Uphold contract, quality, and compliance standards.
  • Own project safety performance alongside the field team.
  • Manage subcontractor performance, including the conversation nobody wants to have - early rather than late.
  • Run project meetings with BEI staff, subcontractors, and the client, and leave with decisions rather than notes.
  • Coordinate with the Superintendent so the field and office are working off the same plan.
  • Keep the project record complete and current - federal contracts run on documentation, and claims are won on it.

Build client and industry relationships.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with clients, vendors, and other industry professionals.
  • Two years in, you'll be trusted with larger scope and more of it, and you'll be the person a Project Engineer learns the job from.

Qualifications.
  • Two to five years managing commercial mechanical, HVAC, or plumbing construction projects.
  • Federal or public sector experience a strong plus; otherwise, a willingness to learn how differently those jobs run.
  • Fluency with contract drawings and specifications, and the judgment to know when the spec and the field disagree.
  • Command of project cost: budgets, forecasts, change orders, and billings.
  • Additional knowledge in plumbing, building automation, or other MEP trades a plus.
  • Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills, with tact, courtesy, and ethics.
  • Writes clearly enough that a subcontractor can act on an RFI without a follow-up call.
  • Engineering or construction management degree preferred; equivalent field experience considered.
  • Ability to travel 50-60 percent; valid driver's license; ability to obtain a federal facility access determination.
  • Proficiency with Google Workspace, Oracle NetSuite ERP, Salesforce CRM, Bluebeam Revu, Procore, and similar tools.

Small company, real work, no layers. Since 1974.

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