
Project Manager - Senior
BELFOR Property Restoration, Inc
Palm Desert, CAJob$70–105K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
BELFOR Senior Project Managers focus on restoration or construction and serve as experts and resources for large, complex, and high-risk projects. They may support CAT response efforts and manage projects exceeding $1 million. The role involves coordinating crews and subcontractors, overseeing project execution, and developing expertise through training. Candidates need at least five years of industry experience and proficiency with Microsoft Office products.
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Compensation and Benefits
BELFOR and BELFOR Franchise Group (BFG) offer competitive pay and a wide range of benefit options including, but not limited to, 401(k) with match, medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, paid holidays, and paid time off. This position has a pay range of $70,000 to $105,000 annually with opportunities for additional compensation.Compensation and Benefits
BELFOR and BELFOR Franchise Group (BFG) offer competitive pay and a wide range of benefit options including, but not limited to, 401(k) with match, medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, paid holidays, and paid time off. This position has a pay range of $70,000 to $105,000 annually with opportunities for additional compensation.
Position Overview
BELFOR Senior Project Managers have either a restoration or construction focus. Qualified candidate will be the industry expert and are local, regional, or national BELFOR resources for large projects, complex projects, and high-risk/high-profile environments. You will serve on BELFOR Cat teams following hurricanes and other regionalized damage recovery efforts. Sr Project Managers are eligible to become BELFOR estimators.
Job Duties
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Assist other Sr. Project Managers and volunteer for CAT duty as possible
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Advance their knowledge of technical services (Restoration track) and their knowledge of building codes and local, state and federal regulations (Construction Track)
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Serve as role models for Superintendents
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Sell and upgrading additional services on assigned project
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Communicate daily with Estimators on status of project, adjustments needed to timelines, or issues
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Continually improve their core project management skills
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Continue training until they demonstrate ability to complete projects on time and on budget with documented customer satisfaction
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Construction focus -- plan, coordinate, and oversee employees and subcontractors in all phases of work
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Read and manage blue prints
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Responsible for projects exceeding $1M
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Understand and adhere to local building codes and regulatory agencies
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Restoration focus -- direct small crews of BELFOR personnel and temporary workers
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Responsible for projects exceeding $1M
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Attend BELFOR approved training courses in areas of lesser experience.
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Manage large crews and projects through crew leaders and other assistants.
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Manage and document rate and material projects and work with PM's or Estimators in development of restoration plans
Supervise multiple crews simultaneously on multiple projects
Responsibilities
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Demonstrate thorough understanding of all BELFOR service lines.
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Construction track -- must understand scope, schedule work, communicate professionally, ensure project safety, and maintain quality control
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Establish their core project management capabilities while at this level. Critical skills include time management, budgeting, scheduling, site supervision, customer contact, communication, quality control, safety, documentation, and change orders
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Must continually advance their knowledge of current and past construction practices
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Review daily requirements of the projects, document progress and notify managers of progress and challenges
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Provide appropriate field documentation, photo logs, graphs and sketches for various TPA projects
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Must be able to perform all skills related to prior Advanced Fire Damage Specialist, Advanced Water Damage Specialist, Advanced Carpenter roles.
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Become proficient qualifying vendors and subcontractors including guiding them through vendor qualification process
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Must be capable managing fixed bid projects and rate and material projects
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Demonstrate a thorough understanding for BELFOR invoicing for various project types and are capable of providing necessary documentation
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Perform Daily vehicle safety and maintenance inspections and maintain in clean serviceable condition
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Must maintain attention to detail
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Will be required to meet BELFOR Standards in safeguarding other people's property
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Must have a comprehensive understanding of customer service, principles and practices
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Work under time constraints to meet specific timelines
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Will be required to work nights and weekends as requested and travel periodically
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Report time worked and equipment and consumables used timely and accurately
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Attend BELFOR sponsored operations and safety training courses as required
Qualifications
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Completion of all BELFOR required New Hire Coursework
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5 plus years of industry experience
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Sales experience -- understands opportunity to upgrade, up-sell
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Must be proficient in MS Suite of office products; Excel, Word
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Complete previous 18 months as Advanced Water Damage Specialist, Advanced Carpentry, or Advanced Fire Damage Specialist or have similar industry experience
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Eligible to operate a motor vehicle per BELFOR's vehicle policy
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Possess sense of urgency, professional demeanor, positive attitude, and strong work ethic
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English language literacy and fluency
Physical Demands
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Frequent lifting in excess of 50 lbs
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Occasional lifting from 41 lbs +, assisted (up to 50% of the time)
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Access and mobility in tight spaces
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Sustained periods of standing, sitting, walking, bending, and kneeling
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Ability to use mobile devices for collection of data and time.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Disclaimer
The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.
How this job compares
Set against the 22,516 open Project Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$70–105K/yr
- California median$126–190K/yr1,372 salary ranges
- US median$107–175K/yr14,281 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $88K, is 46% below the California median midpoint ($162K) — in the lowest quarter of Project Manager salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,717 open Project Manager jobs in California and 22,516 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Project Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (19,402 postings).
- Education
- 11,470 of the 22,516 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 11, 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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