Senior Project Manager - High-End Residential Painting & Finishing

Job Description

Job Description

Pay: $60,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Lead beautiful, high-end residential painting and finishing projects across the North Shore and Chicagoland area.
• Join a growing, design-forward company that values craftsmanship, detail, professionalism, and pride in the work.
• Work closely with ownership, clients, designers, and skilled crews to bring premium residential projects to life.
• Step into a highly visible role where your leadership, organization, and eye for quality directly shape the client experience.
• Earn a strong base salary with bonus opportunities tied to performance and impact.
• Be part of a company that is building something special, not just trying to be another volume painting contractor.

Location: This is an on-site, field-based role serving high-end residential projects throughout the North Shore and greater Chicagoland area, with the company based in Northbrook, IL.

Note: Candidates must have proven experience managing high-end residential painting, finishing, remodeling, construction, or design-focused residential projects. Sponsorship is not available now or in the future.

About Us

We are a family-founded, high-end residential painting and wallpaper company built on craftsmanship, trust, accountability, and attention to detail. Our team serves homeowners across Chicagoland with a level of professionalism and care that reflects the pride behind our family name. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Manage high-end residential painting, wallpaper, and finishing projects from start to finish.
• Lead crews on-site while maintaining a high standard for quality, professionalism, pace, and client experience.
• Coordinate daily project flow, scheduling, materials, communication, and job-site execution.
• Work closely with ownership, homeowners, designers, and team members to ensure every project is delivered beautifully.
• Oversee detailed work involving fine finishes, high-gloss applications, wallpaper, and design-sensitive residential spaces.
• Identify and solve job-site issues in real time to keep projects moving efficiently.
• Hold teams accountable to timelines, cleanliness, craftsmanship, and client expectations.
• Ensure every detail is dialed in, from preparation and finish quality to final walkthrough.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of project management, field management, or superintendent experience in high-end residential painting, finishing, remodeling, construction, or a related trade.
• Strong understanding of luxury residential standards, job-site professionalism, and client-facing service.
• Experience leading crews, managing schedules, and coordinating multiple moving parts on active projects.
• Strong eye for detail, quality, aesthetics, and what finished right should look like.
• Excellent communication skills with homeowners, designers, ownership, vendors, and field teams.
• Highly organized, accountable, proactive, and comfortable taking ownership of results.
• Experience with fine finishes, high-gloss work, wallpaper, or custom residential interiors is strongly preferred.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Why You Will Love Working Here

• You will work on high-quality residential projects where craftsmanship actually matters.
• You will have direct access to ownership and a real voice in how projects are run.
• You will join a company with high standards, a strong reputation, and a family-driven culture.
• You will lead meaningful projects instead of being stuck in a basic administrative PM role.
• You will have the opportunity to grow with a company that is intentionally building a best-in-class brand.
• You will be surrounded by people who care about doing the work the right way.

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Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance