Erection Project Manager, Structural Steel

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 st