Project Manager - Construction Management / Fabrication Background

The Project Manager (PM) owns the coordination of assigned jobs from the moment sales hands off a sold project to the moment it leaves the shop. This is not a craft role — you are not building the work, you're the person who ensures the right work happens in the right sequence, on time, on budget, and to spec by managing the handoffs between sales, creative, purchasing, the shop floor, and activation management.

Responsibilities

Owns coordination of assigned jobs from sales handoff to shop departure; Manages handoffs between sales, creative, purchasing, shop floor, and activation management; Ensures milestone hit-rate, quality finish-out, and budget adherence; Engages clients directly and consistently; Tracks budgets, hours, and schedules; Monitors upstream dependencies, purchased-in assets, and the daily shop board; Escalates risks clearly and fast; Manages change requests and client approvals

Requirements

1-3 years of experience coordinating projects in a construction or fabrication environment; Demonstrated ability to run real-time coordination on a shop floor, construction setting, or jobsite; Demonstrated ability to manage, report, and mitigate risks; Demonstrated ability to manage, report, and update multiple stakeholders; Demonstrated ability to build, manage, and report on timelines/schedules; Demonstrated ability to process and manage requested changes correctly; Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with internal teams, clients, and vendors; Demonstrated ability to create, manage, and report on budgets; Proficiency with MS Office / Google Suite and project management software; Familiarity with project management methodologies

Nice to have

Experience with experiential marketing, set design, branded environments, or events production; Bachelor's degree; PMI-related certifications (CAPM, PMP); Familiarity with Lean manufacturing concepts (flow, visual management, waste reduction)