Project Manager - Structural Steel, Miscellaneous and Ornamental Metals

Position Summary

We are seeking a Project Manager to join our team. In this role, you will lead high-level misc. steel construction projects from planning to completion, ensuring they meet scope, budget, and timeline goals. This role requires a high level of coordination across teams internally and externally, with a focus on monitoring progress and identifying and addressing risks to keep projects on track.

About Us

Southwest Steel has provided comprehensive structural and misc. steel fabrication and erection since 1998. Southwest Steel is a division 5 company with a commitment to safety, value, and innovation. Visit https://sws-steel.com/ to learn more. Southwest Steel is a division of SME Industries, Inc.

Why Join Us?

- Health and Wellness Benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability and Life Insurance.

- Financial Benefits including competitive compensation and 401(k) plan.

- Additional Benefits including Paid Holidays and Paid Time Off, Employee Assistance Program, and more.

Key Responsibilities

- Full responsibility for strength in performance on contracted misc. steel projects encompassing financial, program, quality, safety and client relationship aspects.

- Prepare, negotiate, and authorize change order requests beyond original scope.

- Accountable for risk identification and mitigation.

- Leadership and coordination with affiliated resources (procurement, detailing, engineering, production, shipping and field crews, sub-trade and vendor management).

- Transparent reporting to executive management, client and other authorities of jurisdiction.

- Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required:

- Minimum of 2 years of misc. steel construction related project management involvement (set-up, budget assignment, schedule development, drawings oversight, project controls, costs and milestones, financial flows, risk assessment and mitigation, contract compliance, in-house staff direction, field direction, sub-trade and vendor management.)

- Skillful in clear and effective communication between general contractors, numerous departments, vendors, sub-trades, in-house management and shop or field crafts.

- Sound understanding of steel industry environment relative to structural and misc. design, detailing, model and drawing data exchange, specification compliance, schedule discipline, change management, billings and reporting.

- This position requires travel to and from various work sites across multiple states. Candidates must be willing and able to travel with short notice as required by project schedules.

Preferred:

- Experience leading large-scale misc. steel construction projects without needing oversight

- Experience managing and mentoring project management staff

Position Responsibilities:This job posting reflects the current assignment of essential functions and is not meant to be all-inclusive. Duties and responsibilities may be assigned or reassigned to this position at any time.

Equal Employment Opportunity: SME Industries, Inc. and its divisions (SME Steel Contractors, Southwest Steel, CoreBrace, DuraFuse, and SME Logistics) is an Equal Opportunity (EEO) Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with disability, or any other protected group status or non-job-related characteristic as directed by law.

Employment Authorization: Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer-sponsored work authorization now or in the future. Proof of eligibility will be required upon hire.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

- 401(k)

- 401(k) matching

- Dental insurance

- Employee assistance program

- Health insurance

- Health savings account

- Life insurance

- Paid time off

- Vision insurance

Work Location: In person