FIELD PROJECT MANAGER

Job Description

Job Description

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Field Project Manager serves as the primary liaison between customers and internal teams, ensuring effective coordination and resolution of field-related project issues. This role oversees pre-erection planning, site coordination, and daily operations to support safe and efficient project execution. The position plays a key role in maintaining project schedules, managing field activities, and ensuring alignment across all stakeholders.

SAFETY IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY. Safety is our highest priority. We believe a safe workplace is built on mutual respect, care, and accountability. Every team member is empowered and expected to follow safety practices, look out for one another, and speak up about potential risks. Together, we create an environment where everyone goes home safely each day.

WHY JOIN OUR TEAM?

At Wells, you’re part of a team that takes pride in building something that lasts. Whether you’re in operations, a manufacturing facility, or out in the field, your work plays a direct role in creating quality structures that support our communities. We value hard work, reliability, and teamwork because getting the job done right requires teamwork. With a strong focus on safety, collaboration, and ingenuity, we create an environment where you can build your experience, contribute to meaningful work, and make an impact.

WHAT WE OFFER
Wells provides a competitive benefits package designed to support employees’ health, financial well-being, and work-life balance. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, company-paid disability and life insurance, wellness incentives, paid holidays, PTO, flexible spending accounts, HSA options, a 401(k) with profit sharing, access to Nice Healthcare, employee assistance resources, pet insurance, and additional voluntary coverage such as critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity plans.

• Health and family care leave is available to both union and non-union employees.
• Union employee benefits are provided through separate collective bargaining agreements

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Coordinate pre-erection planning, including site surveys and preparation activities
• Manage daily delivery logistics of precast materials to job sites
• Collaborate with general contractors, erection subcontractors, and engineers on as-built requirements
• Attend planning meetings to understand scope, timelines, and erection requirements
• Identify project milestones and proactively address potential scheduling challenges
• Establish and communicate project guidelines, including erection sequence and lifting procedures
• Coordinate crane operations, rigging procedures, and critical lift planning
• Review project plans and execution strategies with field crews and foremen
• Ensure erection crews follow established plans and safety protocols
• Serve as a technical resource for erection-related questions and field execution
• Communicate scope changes that may impact cost or schedule
• Oversee field repairs and coordinate patching activities as needed

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

The ideal candidate is an experienced field operations professional with strong knowledge of construction and precast erection processes. They are highly organized, detail-oriented , and able to effectively coordinate multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment. This individual demonstrates strong communication, problem-solving , and leadership skills to ensure projects are completed safely, efficiently, and successfully.

IDEAL CANDIDATES WILL HAVE

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or equivalent experience
• OSHA 30-hour Construction certification required
• Strong knowledge of construction processes, particularly precast erection
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings and specifications
• Knowledge of welding details and procedures
• Proficiency in coordinating field operations and subcontractors
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel as required

WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to perform physically demanding work, including lifting up to 50 lbs occasionally and frequent bending, climbing, kneeling, twisting, squatting, crawling, and repetitive hand/arm use
• Capable of standing, walking, and moving throughout the facility for extended shifts of up to 12 hours
• Comfortable working at heights using ladders, scaffolding, swing stages, and man lifts frequently
• Ability to work safely in a production or field environment with moderate to high exposure to safety risks and hazards
• Willingness to work in varying environmental conditions, including wet, hot, humid, and cold weather , and outdoors (Depending on location)
• Ability to wear all required PPE, including but not limited to safety boots, safety glasses, hearing protection, high visibility vest, hard hat, and other PPE as required by the task, department, or work area.

This profile summarizes key duties and expectations but does not list every possible job task. Employees must follow all job-related instructions and duties assigned by supervisors.

Wells is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Wells participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your I-9 Form information to confirm you are authorized to work in the U.S.

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