Sr. PM, Business Operations and Technology

Job Description

Job Description Summary: We’re seeking a seasoned Senior Project Manager to lead transformative technology initiatives across Construction Operations processes and systems updates and deployments. This role will drive modernization, deployment and integration efforts involving Shop Fabrication and Logistics systems ensuring seamless collaboration between Technology (IT) and Construction Operations. This role will work under supervision of the Technology Program Manager - Construction Technology. The ideal candidate has 7+ years of formalized project leadership experience, including successful delivery in mid-sized company transformations impacting construction field and fabrication shops.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional planning and orchestration of technology initiatives focused on shop fabrication (FabPro & Stratus) and Logistics (warehousing, tool crib, equipment rental platforms) .

• Partner with sponsors, business owners, analysts, and SMEs to define project scope, business case, ROI, resource needs, and vendor deliverables.

• Leveraging deep understanding of shop fabrication, warehousing, tool crib, equipment rental platforms, partner with project sponsors, business process owners, business analysts, technical SMEs within Technology (IT) to organize, refine and document project business case, scope, goals, ROI/value argument, resource requirements, vendors services and project work deliverables, including Change Management.

• Build and drive ongoing refinement, updates and execution against a comprehensive project plan ensuring assigned team members are well-informed of timelines and interdependencies – and capture estimating inputs from all team members.

• Proactively communicate with internal Construction Operations and Technology teams, external vendors, and stakeholders to ensure well-coordinated project execution, manage risks and issues and provide transparency to stakeholders and executive sponsors.

• Partner with internal our stakeholders on Change Management considerations to ensure a successful sequencing of communications, training and deployment of new processes and systems.

• Collaborate with colleagues using multiple back-office productivity and collaboration tools: Smartsheet, Box, Google Workspace (Gmail, GCalendar, GChat, Gemini-AI), Zoom, Lucid Charts, PowerPoint, Jira.

• Partner with shared service --IT QA-- to ensure reliable and quality-ensured systems are delivered via comprehensive test plans.

• Maintain and uphold project management best practices: Scope Management, Risk & Issue & Decision Management, Schedule/Task Planning, Status, Stakeholder Management and communications.

• Orchestrate project resources and team members to ensure translation of high-level business cases and requirements are expanded into detailed Functional Requirements Specifications (FRS), Technical Design Documents (TDD) and Technical Specifications (TS) to ensure lower-level technical configuration in systems are traceable to back to the FRS.

• Partner with receiving Technology App/System Manager to compile “Transition to Support” Plan, including a Control Plan that defines when ROI confirmations are conducted to confirm value is achieved for PMO value-tracking analysis.

• Conduct project health assessments, lessons learned as directed by PMO, project sponsors.

• Other work as assigned.

Skills and Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, MIS, or related field.

• Project Management certification, in good standing. (PMP preferred; Prince2 considered)

• Deep understanding of fabrication shop fabrication (FabPro & Stratus) and Logistics (warehousing, tool crib, equipment rental platforms) . Manufacturing systems background is also relevant (MRP) experience for candidacy of this position.

• Familiarity with union trades strongly preferred.

• Willingness to travel to shop fabrication and warehousing facilities within the western US states for systems deployments.

• Demonstrates fluid partnering interaction style, clear and concise written & verbal communication skills.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent verbal and written communication; adept at executive-level presentations.

• Experience with Smartsheet and Jira. Preferred: Experience with Smartsheet for Project Management plans, dashboard status reporting; similar with Jira. Aptitude to learn Smartsheet and Jira techniques to tailor project reports, as needed.

• Familiarity with Change Management frameworks (PROSCI - ADKAR preferred).

• Ability to manage multiple overlapping projects with discretion and confidentiality. Exp with Union space - construction, fabrication sites, sheet metal sites, etc.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].