Industrial Field Services Project Manager -- Skilled Trades

Job Description

Job Description

Lead complex industrial projects while living on the move

It’s Monday morning and you’re wheels-up to a customer site. By noon, you’re walking the line with the foreman, validating safety controls, sequencing trades, and reconciling today’s plan in Microsoft Project and Procore. After a quick huddle with subcontractors, you host a client check-in, review RFIs, and align on change orders. In the afternoon you approve invoices, track purchase orders, and update the forecast. Before you leave the site, you coach a rising crew lead and partner with Safety, Quality, and HR to reinforce a strong jobsite culture. That’s a typical day for our Traveling Skilled Trades Project Manager.

Our culture is built on Safety, Integrity, Pride, and Teamwork. Pro Services is Powered by People. Driven by Results!

What you’ll own

• End-to-end oversight of multiple skilled-trades projects (mechanical, electrical, millwright, and related) from pre-construction through closeout across various locations.
• Creation and maintenance of detailed schedules, budgets, and rolling forecasts; proactive risk identification and mitigation.
• Strict adherence to contract scope, design documents, codes, and safety regulations; coordination of daily field activities, labor, materials, and subcontractors.
• Primary client interface: lead status updates, progress meetings, and stakeholder communications with clients, engineers, and leadership.
• Efficient documentation management: RFIs, change orders, project correspondence, reports, and performance summaries.
• Financial stewardship: monitor job costs, labor hours, and material spend; approve invoices; track POs; assist with vendor negotiations.
• Team leadership: supervise field teams and foremen; mentor and develop talent; uphold operational excellence and compliance.
• Safety leadership: enforce company safety policies; support OSHA and company-standard compliance; facilitate audits, inspections, and post-incident reviews/corrective actions.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor’s in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field (preferred) or equivalent experience.
• 5–7+ years managing skilled-trades work on multi-site or large industrial/commercial projects.
• Proficiency with project platforms such as Microsoft Project and Procore.
• Fluency in construction documents, estimating, and job costing, with strong communication, negotiation, and leadership skills.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Ability to work abroad up to 75–90% of the time; willing to travel on short notice and work extended hours during peak phases.

Physical demands

• Comfort working on active construction sites with outdoor exposure, elevated noise levels, and ongoing trade activity.
• Frequent walking and standing; ability to lift up to 50 pounds on occasion.

Domain expertise and proficiencies

• Quality inspection and quality control (including data analysis)
• Leadership, supervision, coaching, and mentoring
• Bachelor's or Engineering degree background
• Commercial plumbing and general plumbing
• Industrial construction and plant construction
• Project and construction management; scheduling and installation oversight
• Commercial electrical expertise
• Kaizen and continuous improvement
• Operational metrics, KPI management, and operational risk management
• Budgeting and forecasting
• Supplier and contract negotiation; vendor management
• Blueprint reading and pipefitting skills
• Basic computer skills