Senior Project Manager

Prime Metal Buildings

$110K — $130K *
Real Estate & Construction
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in construction management, Civil Engineering, or related technical field; Master's preferred.
  • PMP certification preferred.
  • 10+ years in project leadership for data centers or large-scale industrial construction, focusing on structural steel.
  • Experience managing multi-project portfolios under aggressive schedules.
  • Expertise in structural steel design, fabrication, and erection, with willingness to expand into other construction disciplines.
  • Proficient with scheduling tools (Primavera P6), BIM platforms, and PM software (Procore).
  • Strong communication, strategic thinking, and risk-management skills.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain execution strategies, master schedules, and budgets aligned with client demands.
  • Lead and mentor a cross-functional team on complex and strategic projects.
  • Oversee full-cycle delivery of structural steel and other scopes, ensuring smooth transitions between phases.
  • Analyze customer documents to develop senior-level estimates and proposals that enhance bid competitiveness.
  • Manage senior client relationships through governance meetings and proactive resolutions.
  • Monitor program performance against KPIs and implement mitigation strategies for systemic risks.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives including best practices and digital tool adoption.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for professional development and career advancement.
  • Exposure to large-scale and complex projects in the data center industry.
  • Collaborative and innovative working environment.
  • Travel opportunities that enhance professional experience.
  • Involvement in continuous improvement initiatives tailored to industry best practices.
Full Job Description
Job Description
Job Summary:

The Senior Project Manager provides strategic oversight and direction for multiple concurrent mission-critical infrastructure projects, supporting large-scale data center and industrial programs. This role is responsible for leading project execution from pre-construction through commissioning, with full accountability for structural steel and the expansion into additional disciplines and scopes.

Operating at a senior level, the position drives portfolio performance across schedule, cost, quality, and risk, while aligning cross-functional teams including engineering, procurement, fabrication, and construction. The Senior Project Manager plays a key role in shaping project strategy, guiding complex decision-making, and ensuring scalable, consistent delivery across a rapidly growing portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and own senior-level execution strategies, including master schedules, budgets, resource plans, and risk registers that align with hyperscale client demands for speed, redundancy, and scalability.
  • Lead and mentor a cross-functional team of Project Managers, Project Engineers, and Design Managers while maintaining direct ownership of the most complex and strategic projects within the portfolio.
  • Direct full-cycle project delivery for structural steel and additional scopes and disciplines, ensuring seamless handoffs between design, procurement, fabrication, and erection.
  • Conduct high-level customer document analysis and lead the development of senior-level estimates, proposals, and value-engineering recommendations that secure competitive advantage in bid processes.
  • Manage senior client and stakeholder relationships through executive reporting, governance meetings, and proactive escalation resolution to build long-term portfolio partnerships.
  • Oversee program-wide performance against hyperscale KPIs (schedule compression, cost predictability, quality, safety, and sustainability metrics), identifying systemic risks and driving enterprise-level mitigation strategies.
  • Champion continuous improvement initiatives across the division, including adoption of hyperscale best practices, digital tools (BIM 360, Procore, Primavera P6), and lessons-learned processes that elevate overall delivery capability.

  • Travel up to 25% of the time


Requirements

Qualifications:

  • Education: Bachelor's degree in construction management, Civil Engineering, or a related technical field. Master's degree preferred.


  • Certifications: PMP preferred.


  • Experience: 10+ years of progressive project leadership experience in data centers or large-scale industrial construction, with significant focus on structural steel.


  • Proven success managing multi-project portfolios and delivering hyperscale or mission-critical programs on aggressive schedules.


  • Strong expertise in structural steel design, fabrication, and erection processes, plus familiarity with expanding into additional construction disciplines.


  • Advanced proficiency with scheduling tools (Primavera P6), BIM platforms, and project management software (Procore or equivalent).


  • Ability and willingness to expand technical scope into additional disciplines.


  • Excellent communication, strategic thinking, and risk-management skills.


  • Strong strategic thinking and decision-making skills, with the ability to drive execution while balancing competing priorities across a portfolio


  • Exceptional problem-solving capabilities, with a proactive approach to identifying risks and implementing program-level mitigation strategies


Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

  • Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders, lead client relationships, and drive alignment across functions


  • Strong organizational and program management skills, with the ability to maintain structured reporting, governance, and performance tracking systems


  • Ability to lead and manage subcontractors, vendors, and partners, including performance management, accountability, and escalation resolution


  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret project and portfolio data, track KPIs, and drive continuous performance improvement


  • High attention to detail with a focus on quality, accuracy, and excellence at scale


  • Demonstrated ability to operate with a high level of autonomy and accountability in complex project environments


  • Adaptability and resilience in dynamic environments with shifting priorities and aggressive timelines


  • Results-driven mindset with a focus on delivering projects and programs on time, within budget, and to required quality and safety standards

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