Project Manager - Commercial Construction
Robert Half Management Resources
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Job overview
The Project Manager oversees commercial construction and field service projects, focusing on operational execution, financial performance, and resource management. This office-based role coordinates field operations, improves project visibility, and ensures projects are completed on schedule and within budget. The position manages project schedules, budgets, labor, financial reporting, change orders, customer communication, and coordination with operations and accounting teams.
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Description
Our client is seeking an experienced Project Manager to oversee commercial construction and field service projects, with a strong emphasis on operational execution, financial performance, and resource management. This is an office-based project management role focused on coordinating field operations, improving project visibility, and ensuring projects are completed on schedule and within budget.
Key Responsibilities:
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Manage multiple projects simultaneously, overseeing schedules, budgets, labor resources, and overall project performance.
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Coordinate field labor, manpower planning, and resource allocation to maximize productivity and utilization.
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Monitor project financials, including job costing, work in progress (WIP), margin performance, and cost-to-complete forecasting.
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Identify project risks, cost overruns, and margin erosion, implementing corrective actions as needed.
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Manage change orders, including scope adjustments, pricing coordination, approvals, and financial impact.
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Partner with field supervisors and operations leadership to drive accountability and ensure project milestones are achieved.
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Maintain regular customer communication regarding project status, schedules, and outstanding issues.
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Collaborate with accounting and operations teams to ensure accurate project reporting, billing, and financial closeout.
Requirements
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3+ years of project management experience within commercial construction, fire and security, low-voltage, electrical, mechanical/HVAC, or related field service industries.
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Strong understanding of project financials, including job costing, WIP reporting, forecasting, and gross margin management.
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Experience coordinating field labor, manpower scheduling, and resource utilization across multiple projects.
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Demonstrated ability to manage project budgets, identify financial risks, and improve project profitability.
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Experience managing change orders, project schedules, and customer expectations.
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Strong communication and organizational skills with the ability to drive accountability across field and operations teams.
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Ability to balance operational priorities with financial performance and project deadlines.
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Experience working closely with operations leadership, field supervisors, and accounting teams.
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Proficiency with project management, job-costing, or field service management software preferred.
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Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Business, Engineering, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
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How this job compares
Set against the 22,242 open Project Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Tennessee median$103–180K/yr262 salary ranges
- US median$45–60/hr873 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 437 open Project Manager jobs in Tennessee and 22,242 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — less than three in four Project Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 6 years, across 19,079 postings).
- Education
- 11,452 of the 22,242 open Project Manager jobs (51%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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