Project Manager (Chicago)

JT Thorpe & Son

Position Summary:

As the leader of the Project Management team, you will bridge the customer’s needs with a well planned and executed solution. You achieve this by utilizing JT THORPE’s cutting edge equipment, extensive manpower workforce, and by leading your crew through safe production; creating a solution for your customer that will last for years.

Under the direct supervision of the VP of Large Projects, the Project Manager works on all sizes of industrial construction projects. The Project Manager is the primary company representative responsible for the overall direction, completion, and financial outcome of a construction project. Directs and supervises activities related to onsite construction, contract administration, change orders, submittals, procurement, project financial projections, and schedule requirements to ensure projects are completed in a quality, profitable, safe, and timely manner.

Travel will be 75 - 90%.

Scopes of work managed by the Project Manager may include:

• Refractory
• Fireproofing
• Coatings
• Painting
• Insulation
• Scaffolding

Position Responsibilities:

• On Site Management of Project
• Management of project logistics; including equipment, and materials
• Developing Work Procedures and Overseeing Quality Control Programs
• Overseeing Job Safety Programs
• Overseeing Superintendents and Workforce
• Project Cost Control and Scheduling
• Project Reporting
• Project Estimating
• Sales and Business Development

Qualifications & Skills:

• Five or more years of Construction Project Management experience, including but not limited to developing project plans, coordinating projects, managing project team activities, and communicating changes and progress. Successful Project Managers complete projects on time and on budget.
• Ability to self-structure. Independence is key to this job, and therefore organization, strong time management and multi-tasking is required.
• Hard working, conscientious, self-starters who are looking to build a long –term career with our company.
• Customer Service - Manage difficult customer situations; Responds promptly to customer needs; Solicits customer feedback to improve service; Responds to requests for service and assistance; Meets commitments.
• Must have a strong work ethic allowing for long hours at industrial construction sites (****This is not an office job)
• Strong sense of integrity, assertiveness, and urgency
• High abstract reasoning and idea orientation skills
• High self-confidence. Customers need to trust what you are saying.
• Great interpersonal skills
• Degree in engineering or management strongly preferred, but not required
• Knowledge of Refractory, Fireproofing, Coatings, Painting, and/or Insulation preferred but not required.

Education:

• Degree in engineering or management strongly preferred, but not required

Perks:

• Full Size Pickup Truck w/ gas card
• Company Phone, laptop, additional electronics and tools as needed.
• Paid housing and expenses when traveling.
• Potential to bid, win, negotiate, and execute projects.

Benefits:

• 401K plan with company match
• Bonus opportunity eligibility
• Full medical / dental / vision package to fit your needs
• 16 paid time off (PTO) days
• 9 paid company holidays
• Compensatory time-off after projects

About Us

JT Thorpe & Son, Inc. (JT THORPE) was founded in 1906, and is one of the largest specialty industrial construction companies in North America, specializing in refractory, fireproofing, painting, coatings, scaffolding, and insulation. We differentiate ourselves from the competition with safety, professionalism, engineering, high quality and customer service.

At JT THORPE, we build industrial plants (facilities) that fuel our nation with power, gas, steel, cement, biofuels, and a wide variety of crucial products. We strive to design and deliver the best and most reliable facilities in the world, and we are responsible for creating the linings to withstand the products that flows through these facilities.

At JT THORPE, we put our customers first. Our project management team is the key to achieving success. The project management team owns and leads the project every step of the way, guiding the project from concept, to construction, to customer hand-off. An excited and grateful customer for a project expertly delivered from beginning to end is a most satisfying undertaking.