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Senior Project Manager

First Onsite - US
Des Moines, IA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/5/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/5/2030

A Day in the Life of a Senior Project Manager

As a Senior Project Manager, you are responsible for understanding and applying construction and company standards, quality control assurance, and enforcing Environmental, Health, and Safety policies. Your exceptional team management and planning skills are essential as you oversee daily operations, documentation, and communication for all assigned projects, ensuring the timely delivery of complete reports. You leverage your knowledge of project financials to monitor margins, progress, and costs, communicating any plan changes to leadership. Your transparency and proactive communication create trusted relationships with leaders, strategic business partners, and key stakeholders. Your crisis management, problem-solving, and conflict resolution skills are put to the test while you simultaneously lead teams and work on large, unusual, and/or high-priority projects.

In addition to managing the day-to-day activities of the team, you audit ongoing projects for compliance, create project schedules, and research steps for permitting when necessary. You assist in soliciting bids and coordinating subcontractors and work with the team to ensure projects remain within budget and on schedule. With your consistent involvement, the team produces Daily Field Reports and effortlessly adheres to our company communication policy. You not only excel at ensuring project goals and objectives are met, you take the time to ensure the goals of each individual on the team are met by providing regular coaching, cross-training, and development opportunities. You have a natural ability to lead and motivate others which makes a difference to both our clients and team members. Your role is critical to our success, and you're proud of what you do every day.

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.

Third party resume submissions not accepted. Any resume submitted will be considered the property of THE COMPANY, and THE COMPANY will not be held liable to pay a placement fee.

Subject to Federal, State and Local laws, regulations and/or ordinances, applicant must be able to pass Background Check and Pre-employment Drug Screen.

Salary : $75,000 - $95,000

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