Senior Project Manager - Structural Steel
📍 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana | Permanent | In-Office |
💰 Salary: $135,000-$175,000 + Profit Sharing
🎯 The Opportunity
An established structural steel business is looking to add an experienced Senior Project Manager to its team.
This is a newly created position as the business continues to grow and take on additional project work.
The successful candidate will oversee steel projects from contract award through completion, taking responsibility for project execution, budgets, schedules, client relationships and overall project performance.
This is a senior-level position with responsibility for leading and mentoring members of the project management team.
🚀 What You'll Be Doing
- Manage multiple steel construction projects simultaneously.
- Develop project execution plans covering scope, schedule and budget.
- Coordinate project requirements across design, fabrication and erection.
- Monitor project performance and proactively address risks, delays and cost impacts.
- Review and approve cost reports, change orders and progress billings.
- Take the lead on the company's most complex projects.
- Manage and mentor Project Managers, Assistant Project Managers and Project Coordinators.
- Delegate responsibilities while maintaining accountability.
- Conduct performance reviews and support team development.
- Act as an escalation point for owners, general contractors, engineers and architects.
- Build and maintain client relationships.
- Resolve disputes and manage contract compliance issues.
- Oversee project budgets, cost forecasting and cash flow.
- Review and approve change orders and subcontractor agreements.
- Identify opportunities for cost savings and margin improvement.
- Work closely with general contractors, erectors and shop personnel.
✅ What They're Looking For
- 10+ years of construction or engineering experience.
- Strong structural steel experience.
- A Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Construction Management.
- Proven experience managing multiple complex projects.
- Experience leading project teams.
- Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications and contract documents.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project scheduling software such as Microsoft Project or similar.
- Valid driver's license for job-site visits.
Preferred:
- Tekla experience
- Bluebeam experience
🎁 What's On Offer
- $135,000-$175,000 base salary
- 10-15% of base salary in quarterly profit sharing
- Historically reliable profit-sharing programme
- Unlimited PTO, with the arrangement being negotiable
- Two medical plans
- Two dental plans
- Vision coverage
- Long-term and short-term disability
- 401(k) with company match - currently 6% employee / 3% company
- Company phone
- $700/month car allowance
- Relocation assistance available on a case-by-case basis
- Salaried position
- No overtime
💡 Why Consider It?
This is an opportunity to step into a senior project leadership position within an established structural steel business.
You'll have responsibility for complex projects while also playing a key role in supporting, managing and developing the wider project management team.
The business offers a strong benefits package, a reliable profit-sharing programme and a collaborative team environment, alongside continued growth and additional project workload.
Interested?
If you have 10+ years of experience, a strong structural steel background and the project leadership experience required for a Senior PM position, get in touch to find out more.
📩 How To Apply
Apply now, or send your resume over
