Project Manager- Utility Construction

Job Description

Job Description

Project Manager | Utility Construction

The Project Manager owns the financial, contractual, and customer-facing success of assigned utility construction projects. This role ensures project scope, schedule, costs, change orders, and customer communication are managed with discipline and clarity while maintaining proactive risk visibility, accurate forecasting, and dependable execution.

The Project Manager works closely with the Operations Manager and Superintendent to maintain schedule integrity, near-term readiness, and strong field alignment. This role protects margin, entitlement, cash flow, and customer trust through disciplined forecasting, billing control, change order execution, accurate documentation, and early identification of risks, delays, and scope gaps before they impact the project schedule, financial performance, or customer confidence.

PUSH Inc. is a leading utility contractor providing quality infrastructure solutions across the United States. For more than 50 years, our dedicated team members have delivered telecommunications and utility construction projects with integrity, a commitment to safety, and a dedication to excellence.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Financial and Cost Management

• Own project financial performance, including margin protection, cost control, and cash flow awareness.
• Track project costs regularly and identify potential variances, margin fade, or cost exposure early.
• Maintain accurate cost-to-complete forecasting and revenue projections.
• Ensure project billing is accurate, timely, fully supported, and completed within the required billing cycle.
• Monitor WIP, percent-complete, forecasting inputs, and actual production quantities to maintain accurate financial visibility.

Contract Administration

• Maintain a clear understanding of project scope, contract requirements, and obligations.
• Capture, document, price, and submit scope changes early and accurately.
• Ensure compliance with contract terms, including notice requirements and documentation standards.
• Protect company entitlement through accurate documentation and proactive communication.
• Identify field-driven inefficiencies, delays, customer-caused impacts, and scope gaps early to preserve claims and change-order entitlement.
• Ensure a complete understanding of project scope through handoff meetings, document reviews, and site walkthroughs before execution.

Project Planning and Scheduling

• Develop, maintain, and actively manage project schedules in alignment with field execution plans.
• Coordinate with Superintendents to ensure crews have clear direction and constructible work.
• Ensure materials, permits, locates, subcontractors, and inspections are coordinated in advance.
• Identify risks, delays, scope gaps, and readiness constraints early and develop mitigation and contingency plans before schedule or margin are impacted.
• Regularly review upcoming work with the Superintendent and Operations team to maintain near-term readiness and milestone recovery plans.

Customer Communication

• Serve as the primary customer contact for project updates, coordination, and issue resolution.
• Maintain consistent communication regarding project status, risks, and schedule expectations.
• Provide professional and timely responses to customer inquiries.
• Provide proactive customer updates regarding schedule status, risks, change items, and recovery actions.

Field Coordination

• Partner closely with Superintendents and the Operations Manager to align schedule, production, and resources.
• Maintain active awareness of field conditions, risks, production performance, and readiness barriers through regular project and customer field engagement.
• Support field leadership in removing barriers that impact project progress.

Documentation and Reporting

• Ensure project documentation remains organized, accurate, and complete, including RFIs, change orders, as-builts, permits, and closeout packages.
• Review project reports and validate WIP, percent-complete, and forecasting inputs against actual production quantities and field conditions.
• Ensure project records remain accurate and audit-ready.

Team Leadership

• Lead and support Project Coordinators and project administrative staff.
• Provide direction, coaching, and accountability to ensure documentation, billing support, forecasting inputs, and reporting standards are met.
• Foster strong collaboration between office and field teams.
• Delegate documentation and administrative workload appropriately while maintaining accountability for accuracy and timeliness.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Physical and Environmental Factors:

• Ability to work indoors, outdoors, and in all types of weather and ground conditions.
• Ability to walk, sit, stand, bend, twist, stoop, push, pull, carry, and lift as needed.
• Ability to coordinate eyes, hands, feet, and limbs while performing skilled movements.
• Ability to travel and be away from home as required by project needs.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Strong understanding of construction project management and utility construction execution workflows.
• Strong planning, scheduling, and milestone-control capabilities.
• Financial understanding of budgets, cost tracking, cost-to-complete, WIP, revenue recognition, margin management, and billing conversion.
• Ability to interpret contracts, project plans, technical specifications, and field production data.
• Ability to identify risks early and develop effective mitigation and contingency plans.
• Ability to prepare clear and accurate change orders, RFIs, scopes, schedules, and customer communications.
• Working understanding of field construction methods, production rates, and crew workflows.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects or scopes in a utility construction environment.
• Ability to coordinate effectively across field teams, customers, subcontractors, and internal departments.

Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
• Valid Driver's License required.
• Experience managing construction projects, project teams, or utility construction scopes in a fast-paced environment preferred.
• Ability to work extended hours and travel to project sites as required.
• Working knowledge of broadband OSP and/or power distribution construction preferred.
• 5+ years of Project Manager or comparable field-heavy construction management experience.

Benefits of Joining the PUSH Team:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability Insurance
• Free Teladoc and No-Cost Care Options
• Competitive Pay with Weekly Paychecks
• 401(k) with Company Match up to 3%
• Paid PTO and Holidays
• Bonus Potential
• Training and Advancement Opportunities
• Apprenticeship Opportunities
• In-House CDL Program
• Referral Bonus Program

PUSH Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer (EEOC/M/F/D/V).