Project Manager

Description

Project Manager, Structural Steel

Own the job, from kickoff to closeout. Not a coordination role.

Rebellion Fabrication is a structural and architectural steel fabricator and one of the region's fastest-growing shops. We build big things for demanding clients, and we've grown by hiring great people and holding a high bar.

We run on EOS, and we have three core values that show up in real conversations, not on a wall: Excellence, precision directed at the right target. Thrive or Die, own your seat, rise above, keep forward momentum. Teamwork, humble, teachable, respectful.

We have also committed to becoming an ESOP. The people building this company will have the opportunity to own it, which shapes how we hire, develop, support, and hold our people accountable.

The role:

You own the job. From kickoff handoff through final closeout, you're accountable for the schedule, the budget, the sub-fabrication, and the client relationship. You're the single point of contact for the owner, architect, and general contractor.

If you want a project-reactor job where someone else owns the number, this isn't it. You carry the margin.

What you'll own:

• Project ownership: The full PM process from kickoff through closeout. The whole job, not a phase of it.

• Schedule and coordination: Build and maintain the project schedule with Operations, Purchasing, and the client. Sequence against shop capacity, material availability, and field need dates. Protect duration from release to delivery, not just the final date.

• Sub-fabrication management: Own outside fabrication, from vendor selection and coordination to integrating delivery dates into the schedule. Outsourced work meets the same standard as in-house work.

• Cost control: Own the budget from release through closeout. Track actuals, forecast accurately, and keep a disciplined change management log. Deliver each job at or above bid margin.

• Client communications: RFIs, submittals, change orders, pay applications, and status updates, on time.

• Documentation and closeout: A complete closeout package: drawings, submittals, weld and QC records per AISC, as-builts, punch list. Lead the post-job margin review that feeds the next estimate.

• Process discipline: Run the same process as every other PM here. Your files are where they belong. Someone could pick up your job tomorrow and know exactly where it stands.

How we'll measure success:

• Jobs close at or above bid margin, consistently

• Forecasts hold. Variances surface early, not at closeout

• No missed submittal, RFI, or pay application deadlines

• Change orders documented and approved before the work proceeds

• Weekly status is accurate. When a job is off track, we hear it from you first, with a mitigation plan

Who thrives here:

• You've owned a project budget and been accountable for its margin.

• You read structural and architectural drawings and specs fluently.

• You take control of complex, shifting work and bring order to it.

• You've run the submittal, RFI, change order, and pay application cycle.

• You document in real time: scope, decisions, verbal commitments, meeting minutes.

• You don't sit on bad news.

• You make the call when you don't have every piece of information.

We'll teach you our software and systems, our process and reporting cadence, steel-specific tolerances and lead times, AISC documentation, and our sub-fab vendor landscape.

Practical details:

• Based in Wahoo, NE and fully on-site. This is not a remote or hybrid position. Monday- Friday.

• Reports to the Director of Project Management. No direct reports.

• Compensation is based on experience.

• Benefits and participation in the ESOP as it is established.

• 401K + company matching

How to apply:

If you are a high-level project manager looking for better core values, better environment and a healthy team that can make a difference apply through our posting. Candidates who move beyond the initial conversation should expect a working interview built on real scenarios from our projects, along with time in the shop.

We would rather determine early, on both sides, whether the environment, expectations, and responsibilities are the right fit.

Rebellion Fabrication is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.