Senior Project Manager

Job Description

Company Overview:

Founded in 1960, RW Dake Construction is an employee-owned specialty general contractor with 12 regional offices across New York, New Jersey, New England, Maryland, North Carolina, Florida and Texas. For more than 65 years, RW Dake Construction has delivered the experience, quality, and safety our clients depend on. Through expert craftsmanship, attention to detail, and a customer-first approach, we have built a reputation as a trusted construction partner across a wide range of industries, including banking, corporate, retail, and healthcare construction. As an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company, every employee has the opportunity to share in the success they help create.

Overview:

The Senior Project Manager is a strategic leader responsible for the successful delivery of the company's largest, most complex, and high-value construction projects. This position provides overall direction from preconstruction through closeout, with direct accountability for financial performance, schedule, quality, safety, risk management, and client satisfaction. The Senior Project Manager also leads and mentors project teams, supports business development efforts, and helps strengthen long-term customer and contractor relationships.

Responsibilities:

These responsibilities/functions may include but are not limited to the following:

• Provide strategic leadership for multiple large-scale or complex construction projects from preconstruction through closeout.
• Lead estimating, bidding, planning, scheduling, budgeting, procurement, and project execution with limited oversight.
• Maintain accountability for project revenue, forecasting, cash flow, budgets, schedules, and overall profitability.
• Prepare, negotiate, and administer contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders, bonding, change orders, and vendor agreements.
• Oversee project documentation and controls, including RFIs, submittals, drawings, specifications, billings, lien waivers, punch lists, as-builts, and closeout.
• Serve as the primary client contact and lead communication with owners, general contractors, design professionals, subcontractors, field personnel, and company leadership.
• Identify and mitigate project risks affecting safety, schedule, quality, client satisfaction, or financial performance.
• Lead and mentor Project Managers, Assistant Project Managers, Project Coordinators, and Site Superintendents.
• Ensure compliance with contract requirements, building codes, company procedures, quality standards, and applicable OSHA 1926 requirements.
• Support business development through client presentations, opportunity planning, relationship building, and the cultivation of new and existing customers.
• Provide senior leadership with timely updates on project performance, financial health, schedule, risks, staffing, and client matters.

Required Competencies/Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Design, or a related field preferred; equivalent education and experience may be considered.
• Minimum of 7-10+ years of progressive construction project management experience, including successful delivery of large, complex projects.
• Advanced knowledge of construction means and methods, contracts, project financial management, cost controls, insurance, bonding, lien requirements, and applicable tax laws.
• Proven ability to manage project profitability, budgets, forecasting, billings, schedules, change management, and risk.
• Proficiency with Procore, Edge, Microsoft Project, Bluebeam, or comparable construction management software.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, negotiation, decision-making, conflict-resolution, organization, and communication skills.
• Ability to anticipate issues, manage multiple priorities, and remain effective in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Established record of supporting business development and maintaining long-term client relationships.
• Current OSHA 30 certification, or ability to obtain it within three months of hire.
• Ability to visit active construction sites and occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds.

Why Join RW Dake Construction?

• Employee-Owned Company (ESOP)
• 100% Company-Paid Health, Dental & Vision Insurance for Employees and Families
• Paid Time Off
• Career Growth Opportunities
• Collaborative Team Environment
• Opportunity to Make a Direct Impact on Company Success

Submissions from third-party recruiters will not be considered and will be treated as direct applicants.