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Erection Steel Project Manager

NexGen Contracting
Phoenix, AZ Full Time
POSTED ON 3/19/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/14/2025

Overview

NexGen is seeking a Steel Erection Project Manager - Structural Steel to join their growing team.

Responsibilities

Why NexGen?

NexGen Contracting, the self-perform arm of Gray, is based in Franklin, TN, and specializes in executing turnkey project scopes, including concrete, steel, millwright, and finishes. NexGen is fully integrated with Gray Construction and serves as a preferred subcontractor. The NexGen team is made of career, trade-specific professionals and core craftsmen with decades of experience who are dedicated to meeting our customers' unique needs. NexGen offers a wide range of self-perform services, which include supervision, administration, craft labor, materials, tools, documentation, consumables, and safety devices to successfully carry projects from start to finish.

Why Gray?

Gray is a fully integrated, global service provider deeply rooted in engineering, design, and construction, along with smart manufacturing and equipment manufacturing services. Consistently ranked as a leader in the industry, we focus on the following markets for domestic and international customers : Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Automotive, Distribution, Mission Critical, and Commercial.

Founded in 1960, Gray's robust offering enables us to create one-of-a-kind solutions at the highest levels of customization, delivering unmatched precision and partnership to some of the world's most sophisticated organizations. Still, these areas don't define Gray-our people do. Passion, commitment, and a great team spirit all speak to the team members at Gray.

Qualifications

Position Summary

The Project Manager is ultimately responsible for the financial health of all projects at all times. He or she has direct control over external assets that enable the point of placement across all projects. The Senior Project Manager works closely with the General Superintendent to develop project budgets, project schedules, manage resource allocation, and job cost models in order to enable precise and efficient execution at the point of placement across the enterprise. He or she counsels Project Engineers and evaluates Assistant Project Engineers for raise and promotion. The Senior Project Manager and General Superintendent coordinate with the finance department to ensure that billing is in line with the project budget and work in place.

  • Structural Steel Erection Project Manager- Responsible for the overall health and well-being of the project including schedule, cost, safety, quality and customer relationships. They must have a good understanding of structural steel processes on commercial projects. will have the opportunity to oversee and coordinate the entire process of fabricating and erecting structural steel, miscellaneous metals, joist, and metal deck for assigned projects.
  • Must have a good understanding of erection requirements and procedures to be able to provide accurate cost estimates associated with rigging, bracing and general erection of structural and miscellaneous steel.

Who we want... (Requirements)

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or construction management or a minimum of five (5) years' experience in the construction industry, along with a minimum of three (3) years of experience in commercial structural steel erection or miscellaneous metals installation.
  • Communicates well both verbally and in writing, creates accurate and punctual reports, delivers presentations, shares information and ideas with others, has good listening skills.
  • Ability to identify, assimilate and comprehend the critical elements of a situation to extract and interpret implications of courses of actions to attend to details of a problem.
  • Effectiveness in planning and controlling work, motivating and developing subordinates, improving work methods and results, encouraging and supporting suggestions for work improvements, etc.
  • Breaks down problems into smaller components, understands underlying issues, can simplify and process complex issues, understands the difference between critical details and unimportant facts.
  • Plans for and uses resources efficiently, always looks for ways to reduce costs.
  • Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns / acts on quality problems.
  • Ability to monitor construction schedules and advise on potential setbacks or issues.
  • Communicates expectations and importance of safety. Follows up and ensures safety audits are completed accurately and timely. Identifies critical issues and assists in the development of improvement procedures.
  • Ability to read structural steel shop drawings.
  • Ability to read Architectural and Structural plans to coordinate shop drawings with in-house engineering department or modeling sub-contractor.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
  • Experience in commercial structural steel projects.
  • Experienced with Construction Scheduling.
  • Solid teamwork background.
  • Development of procurement, fabrication, and erection schedules.
  • Ensuring that the project meets established key milestones.
  • Ensuring that the construction work is completed on schedule in conjunction with Site Superintendent or Field Foreman
  • Overseeing the delivery of materials, construction tools, and equipment
  • Ensuring that all safety process and procedures are planned for in the estimates and are adhered to by the erection crews.
  • Coordinate Safety inspections with Safety Director.
  • Monitoring the compliance with set regulations and project specs per AISC Development of Schedule of Values from Estimators proposal.
  • Coordinate all document control with project accountants.
  • Oversee overall profitability of project with burn rate tracking and cost tracking via accounting software
  • The new team member should be an energetic, self-motivated individual who enjoys a team environment, as well as a passion for collaboration and professional development. If you are a high achiever striving to exceed expectations in a fast-paced innovative company, then Gray is the place for you.

    The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

    What we expect... (Essential Functions)

  • Establish a Daily Schedule to dedicate minimum 30 mins to each project to manage labor / material models and update billing requirements as driven by the schedule and sequence.
  • Build project management capability and capacity throughout the enterprise and identify key personnel for training and added responsibility.
  • Dedicate / Establish weekly meeting with General Superintendent to develop / manage Project Budgets, Schedules, Internal / External Resources, and Job Cost Models.
  • Create Pre-Construction to Construction Turnover Requirement list w / General Superintendent.
  • Streamline project budgets to empower execution and comprehension by field staff.
  • Work with General Superintendent and Pre-Con to identify 3,6-,9-, and 12-month Project Backlog.
  • Estimate future purchase requirements of key material and determine / increase market power.
  • Provide guidance to General Superintendents with regards to optimized buyout and billing across all Projects.
  • Physical Demands & Work Environment

    The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

    While performing the duties of this position, the team member is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands and arms, reach, and talk or hear. They are regularly required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch. Must frequently lift and / or move up to 25 lbs, and occasionally lift or move up to 100 lbs. Specific vision abilities include accurate near and distant vision.

    Frequently in a normal office environment where noise level is moderate and temperature / humidity is controlled. Occasionally exposed to wet and / or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, and outside weather conditions. May be exposed to high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, extreme cold and / or heat, risk of electrical shock, explosives and vibrations. Noise level on the job site is normally moderate to loud. Overtime will be required. Travel will be required.

    Supervisory Responsibilities

    This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

    EEO Disclaimer

    Gray is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes everyone to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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