Industrial Construction Project Manager at IFG

IFG is a diverse, multi-disciplinary engineering, procurement and construction firm providing complete facility services from concept and site selection to startup. Our in-house design team provides full design services from preliminary design to full construction documents and services during construction. 

The successful Project Manager candidate will coordinate, manage, and oversee activities pertaining to industrial construction projects from start to finish as well as work with customers, design consultants, subcontractors, and engineers to assist in making decisions on behalf of the project team.

Primary Responsibilities

• Ensure projects are executed in accordance with the contract documents, design specifications, standard engineering practices, and high quality while meeting the project schedule and budget by coordinating with designers and engineers.
• Develop and maintain project budget, cost/change order management, accounting records and work plan procedures along with estimating and scheduling.
• Work with engineers, contractors, vendors, and the customers to seamlessly exchange and communicate review comments to incorporate required condition and specification in the plan and execution as well as developing the document control plans for engineering, inventory, procurement, and resource allocation.
• Coordinate and monitor schedule updates, staffing needs, invoices, and submittals while communicating project status with the Project Team and the customer on a regular basis.
• Develop the sequence of activities for contractors in their work areas and direct subcontractors engaged in execution planning and work procedures.
• Collaborate with involved parties to resolve problems, including work procedures and construction or design issues.
• Ensure safety standards and guidelines are followed on the jobsite and that all safety codes are met in construction.
• Effectively collaborate with others to deliver a quality product on schedule and within budget.

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of related experience in industrial construction projects with strong problem-solving and communication skills, as well as attention to detail.
• Experience working with manufacturing customers in a variety of settings, preferably construction sites for chemical and advanced material manufacturing.
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings and specifications, P&IDs, flow diagrams, process data sheets, and to identify discrepancies or conflicts within documents.
• Familiarity with engineering and construction drawings, data sheets, specifications, and their approval process.
• Working experience in process construction (equipment installation, process piping, process mechanical, E&I, and utilities).
• Experience working on an industrial building project including civil, concrete, steel, MEP, and FP is a plus.
• Strong working knowledge and skill of Microsoft Office products for business application, including MS Project.
• A positive attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our small-firm culture in the construction engineering field is expected.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position oversees and manages the activities of process contractors on the jobsite for their assigned scope of work and is responsible for the overall process installation of the project.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, and hear; is occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must also occasionally lift and move up to 25 pounds.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are specific to each project. Some flexibility in hours may be allowed, but this position may require long hours at times.

Travel

Occasional domestic travel can be expected for meetings with contractors and vendors for fabrication progress, quality checks, FATs, etc.


IFG provides mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering for industrial installations throughout the United States. We specialize in process piping, industrial ventilation, power, lighting, controls and process design.