Senior Project Manager - Mission Critical

The Berg Group is looking for a Traveling Senior Project Manager - Mission Critical! The Berg Group, a 55-year-old specialty contractor based in the upper Midwest, offers integrated solutions in pre-construction services, interior/exterior framing, and finishes. Headquartered in Minnesota, with additional offices in Naples, Austin, and Nashville, the company has been led by dedicated professionals. If you want to learn more, please visit our About page on our Berg website at https://berggroup.us/about 

Summary

The Senior Project Manager will help construct and lead a team, as well as be the key contact for our clients on all work within his/her portfolio. The Senior Project Manager has extensive experience leading complex commercial construction projects, with demonstrated success delivering mission-critical, hyperscale data center, industrial, or other technically complex facilities.

The Senior Project Manager will lead and act as a mentor to their Project Team to empower employees to succeed in their role. This position requires balancing technical, financial, operational, and client priorities while maintaining exceptional project execution in fast-paced, high-growth environments.

Essential Functions

Preconstruction/Estimating/Sales

• Maintain and enhance Contractor relationships to build new Berg business and be involved in new market development.
• Full review of the contract with the Project Manager before submitting it to the Senior Leadership Team for sign-off.
• Attend pre-construction meetings to understand complete scope while ensuring safety, quality and productions set up to be met. 
• Review scope of work and identify any potential risks or scope gaps from estimate to award.
• Maintains strong knowledge of projects and exceeds set standards for their portfolio.
• Lead preconstruction planning efforts including procurement strategy, subcontractor evaluation, vendor selection, constructability reviews, and long-lead material planning.

Production/Execution

• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across design, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations, field leadership, and project stakeholders to ensure alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
• Give advice and direction as needed to their Project Team.
• Projection of manpower needs to leverage resources, utilizing the information for additional/future projects.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex commercial and mission-critical construction projects, ensuring coordination across preconstruction, procurement, construction, commissioning, and project closeout.
• Develop and manage integrated project schedules while monitoring project performance against key milestones and implementing recovery plans when necessary.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams including design, engineering, procurement, operations, commissioning partners, general contractors, owners, equipment vendors, consultants, and utility providers.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, with particular focus on critical-path activities, schedule impacts, procurement challenges, and long-lead equipment.
• Lead project reviews, lessons learned, and continuous improvement initiatives to improve future project delivery.
• Develop and maintain integrated master schedules encompassing design, procurement, construction, commissioning, turnover, and operational readiness while proactively managing schedule risks and recovery planning.

Financial Management

• Involved in strategic planning to ensure project profitability- communication with the CFO & Executive Team to discuss financial implications, needs, and manage the cash flow to be positioned for success.
• Review WIP and billing.
• Own project budgets, cost forecasting, financial reporting, cash flow management, contingency planning, change control, and project financial closeout throughout the project lifecycle.

Strategic Vision

• Participates in the development and execution of Berg’s strategic and business plan including achievement of key objectives.
• Establish and develop relationships with employees, executive leadership, clients, contractors, consultants, commissioning partners, equipment vendors, and external stakeholders.
• Support and continuous improvement of Berg’s high-performance culture.
• Provide visionary leadership for new ideas and approaches and humbly welcomes ideas to innovate and better Berg from all levels of the organization.
• Drive executive-level reporting, project governance, stakeholder communication, and strategic decision-making throughout all phases of project execution.

Leadership

• Develop trust and maintain a collaborative and supportive leadership presence with your Project Management team.
• Participate in and support recruitment, hiring, onboarding efforts as appropriate to develop an exceptional regional team.
• Foster a collaborative culture that enhances employee satisfaction, engagement, and results-orientation while encouraging innovation and creativity.
• Coach, mentor, and collaborate with direct reports regularly.
• Establishes and achieves specific, measurable, and obtainable objectives that support Berg's overall growth and profitability objectives while creating client, employee, and company success.
• Promote a culture of safety, quality, accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence while ensuring compliance with health, safety, environmental, contractual, and regulatory requirements.