What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Project Manager - Restoration/Construction position at First Onsite - US?
A Day in the Life of a Senior Project Manager
As a Senior Project Manager, you are at the heart of every project's success-ensuring quality, safety, and efficiency at every turn. Your expertise in construction standards, quality control, and Environmental, Health, and Safety policies allows you to guide your team with confidence. You thrive on managing daily operations, overseeing documentation, and keeping communication clear and proactive, ensuring every project stays on track and on budget. Your sharp financial insight helps you monitor margins, progress, and costs, while your transparency builds trust with leadership, strategic partners, and stakeholders alike. When challenges arise, your problem-solving, conflict resolution, and crisis management skills keep projects moving forward smoothly-even under high-stakes conditions.
Beyond day-to-day operations, you take ownership of project compliance audits, schedules, permitting processes, and subcontractor coordination. You empower your team to succeed, providing coaching, cross-training, and development opportunities that help each individual reach their full potential. Your leadership inspires excellence, motivates others, and strengthens relationships with both clients and colleagues. With you at the helm, projects are not only completed-they are executed with precision, professionalism, and pride.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure quality control and customer satisfaction
- Manage teams, daily operations, and project schedules
- Oversee budgets, financial reporting, and job profitability
- Coordinate subcontractors, bids, and permitting
- Handle contracts, change orders, and policy compliance
- Support crisis management and on-call responses
- Ability to respond after hours and on weekends
Experience & Education:
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in the restoration/construction industry or equivalent industry experience
- Experience in water, flood, fire, smoke, mold, and asbestos remediation
- Safety courses as required for the position
- Bachelor's degree or related experience
- Valid driver's license required
First Onsite provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
First Onsite (and its Companies) participates in E-Verify. We will provide the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employer's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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