Project Manager

🏗️ Project Manager | Commercial General Contractor | Northern Colorado

$130,000 to $140,000 base salary, plus company vehicle, fuel card, bonus, 401k match, paid employee healthcare, PTO, and strong long term benefits

Blayze Group is partnering with a well established commercial general contractor to appoint a Project Manager to support a strong pipeline of commercial projects across Northern Colorado.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Project Manager with a proven CM/GC background who can lead projects from preconstruction through closeout, while building strong client, subcontractor, and internal team relationships.

The company has a strong reputation across Colorado, with an established local presence, repeat clients, and a diverse project portfolio across commercial, healthcare, education, municipal, senior living, office, nonprofit, defense, aerospace, and light industrial markets.

The Role

• Lead commercial construction projects from preconstruction, estimating support, subcontractor buyout, permitting, construction delivery, and closeout

• Manage projects including new builds, additions, restorations, remodels, and tenant improvements, typically ranging from $5M to $15M

• Coordinate closely with preconstruction, estimating, superintendents, project engineers, subcontractors, owners, architects, consultants, and jurisdictional authorities

• Lead subcontractor selection and buyout by preparing clear scope exhibits and reviewing subcontractor proposals

• Drive early project planning including scheduling, manpower planning, equipment needs, site logistics, procurement, and mobilization strategy

• Review, monitor, and manage project budgets, construction costs, financial projections, pay applications, and profitability

• Work with the superintendent to establish and maintain CPM schedules, including updates, delay tracking, and project reporting

• Manage contract document changes, estimate cost impacts, and negotiate change orders with owners and architects

• Chair weekly OAC meetings to manage client expectations, communicate project status, review financials, and maintain document control

• Support business development activity through client engagement, RFP responses, interviews, and relationship building

• Mentor Project Engineers and Field Engineers, while promoting strong safety, quality, and operational standards

Background Sought

• Experience as a Project Manager within commercial general contracting

• 5 to 10 years of commercial CM/GC project management experience preferred

• Proven experience managing commercial construction projects up to $15M

• Experience across higher education, K 12, healthcare, general commercial, municipal, office, senior living, nonprofit, defense, aerospace, or light industrial projects is preferred

• Strong understanding of cost forecasting, owner change orders, subcontractor management, owner communication, scheduling, procurement, and project controls

• Experience leading projects from preconstruction through closeout

• Ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, contracts, schedules, scopes of work, RFIs, submittals, and change order documentation

• Comfortable leading OAC meetings, managing client expectations, and driving accountability across project teams

• Strong technology skills, including Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Bluebeam, ProjectSight, or similar construction management platforms

• B.S. degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field preferred, although equivalent experience will be considered

• Practical, accountable, relationship driven, and commercially aware individual with a stable career history

Compensation & Benefits

• $130,000 to $140,000 base salary depending on experience

• Company vehicle and fuel card

• Bonus program

• 401k with company match up to 4% and no vesting requirements

• 100% company paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees

• PTO, holidays, sick time, wellness support, and additional company paid benefits

Apply

If you are a Project Manager with commercial general contracting experience across CM/GC projects, preconstruction, buyout, scheduling, cost control, change orders, client management, and project closeout, please submit your resume and project list for consideration.