Sr. Project Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Build What Matters. Build Your Future.  

Catamount builds the spaces communities depend on every day. From distribution centers that keep goods moving and medical facilities that provide critical care, to housing, restaurants, and fire stations serving local neighborhoods, our work supports real life. As a best-in-class, 100% employee-owned general contractor with a national reach, we complete projects across diverse markets and regions. This diversity empowers us, keeps our teams moving forward, and creates long-term opportunities for the people shaping our company.  

Why choose Catamount?   

We're financially stable, growing, and built for the long haul. Our extensive national backlog and diverse project types provide stability, momentum, and opportunities. At Catamount, careers advance. Employee-owners can grow, move between project types and markets, and build long-term careers without starting over. Teams are carefully staffed, work-life balance is prioritized, and our people are seen as long-term assets. 

Diverse work. Real stability. Shared success.  

Role Overview:

Our Sr. Project Managers oversee the financial success of the building process, working in partnership with Architects, Engineers, and Owners to support the development of the plans. They identify and plan all the moving parts, and are responsible for ensuring the project is completed on budget and within scope.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Project Cost Oversight, Documentation and Reporting:
  • Prepare monthly project updates for leadership and maintain executive owner contract summaries.
  • Manage, maintain and review a variety of project reports, weekly owner project reports, including general condition budget, change order logs, purchasing schedule, and adherence to the Absolutes.
  • Prepare project WIP reports, set baselines and forecast throughout duration of project(s).  Be able to identify and correct trends as required to meet project and business unit goals.
• Scheduling:
  • Develop and maintain master schedules, track progress, address delays, and drive timely project completion in collaboration with the project team.
  • Conduct regular meetings with teams to ensure adherence to the project schedule, proper documentation of delays, and development of logical and achievable recovery schedules when required.
• Owner Relationships:
  • Build and maintain strong, transparent relationships with clients by promptly addressing requests, providing clear project updates, understanding client-specific needs, and exceeding expectations.
  • Regularly interact to confirm satisfaction and proactively address issues, including resolving owner change orders and contract negotiations.
• Project Buyout:
  • Collaborate with teams to timely complete the buyout process, review subcontractor proposals, and negotiate contracts with clear scopes and durations.
• Subcontractor Management:
  • Maintain communication, address underperformance issues, review draw requests, process change orders, and resolve subcontractor and procurement challenges proactively.
• Project Closeout:
  • Take full accountability for project closeout and provide oversight to the team to ensure thorough and timely completion of the closeout process.
• Business Development:
  • Actively participate in Business Development activities including Client Success Strategies, Client Experiences, and Win Strategies.
  • Assist the Business Development Manager, Director of Estimating, Vice President of Precon, Project Executive, Vice President, and Division President with attending events, prospective client meetings, and other events as deemed necessary.
• Preconstruction:
  • Actively participate in budgeting, estimating, scheduling, subcontractor selection, and client presentations during preconstruction.
    Support project turnovers, phasing, and logistics planning, ensuring thorough proposal reviews and seamless handoffs between estimating and operations teams.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Refined organizational skills, and the ability to prioritize tasks for self, team, and projects
• Strong communication skills including listening, presenting, interpersonal and written
• Minimum 7-10 years of related experience with a General Contractor preferred
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a related field preferred
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, MS Project), and experience with (or ability to learn) Procore

Compensation:

• In addition to offering a competitive base salary, Catamount employees are eligible for additional incentives for merit/performance, project incentives, new hire referrals, and business development commissions. 

Why You'll Love Working Here  

• A culture that develops leaders. Grow alongside experienced mentors in an environment rooted in accountability, trust, and shared success.  

• Work that builds careers. With projects spanning multiple markets, you'll have opportunities to grow, specialize, and evolve as your career goals take shape. 

• 100% employee-owned.  Our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) aligns our employee-owners with our mission. When Catamount succeeds, employee-owners share that success. 

• Benefits that support everyday life.  Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; life insurance; short- and long-term disability coverage; an Employee Assistance Program (EAP); a 401(k); an ESOP; a generous VacationFlex program; paid sick time; and optional programs such as pet insurance and AFLAC accident, critical illness, and hospital policies. 

Please refer to the Summary Plan Descriptions for eligibility requirements and additional details.  

Catamount Constructors Incorporated does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or recruiting firms. Any resume submitted to any employee of Catamount without a prior executed agreement will be considered unsolicited and the property of Catamount Constructors Incorporated. Recruiting agencies - thank you for not calling or emailing.

Our Commitment to an Inclusive Workplace:

Catamount Constructors, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. Employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.