Senior Project Manager

A leading provider of specialized services to the global industrial, commercial and infrastructure markets, BrandSafway delivers access and scaffolding systems, forming, and shoring, industrial services and related solutions to more than 32,000 customers worldwide.
BrandSafway was formed when Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services and Safway Group combined in 2017.
We are a corporation of 35,000 employees with operations in more than 35 countries.
BrandSafway offers a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance along with a generous 401k plan.
Salary range for this position is $95,000 - $115,000 annually.
This range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary for this position.
At BrandSafway, we know our employees are our greatest asset, which is why we give them the tools, training and resources to be successful.
Come join our growing team.
We are looking for Project Manager who will be assigned to several projects simultaneously and will manage each project from beginning to closeout.
This role is for an independent self-starter who wants to learn all aspects of a successful construction business from sales, customer service, and project cost estimation through to contracting, delivery logistics, crew assignment, project management, and financial management.
There is only limited formal training available.
The candidate should expect to learn by diving in, asking questions, lending a hand wherever it's needed, and dedicating enormous time to figuring out the business and the job, especially during a very intense first year.
Responsibilities: • Develop a detailed understanding of the company's contracting and insurance processes.
Be able to conduct liaison between BrandSafway and its customers on points of contract negotiation.
• Develop a basic understanding of the branch's labor cost structure — union wages and benefits, payroll taxes, general liability insurance, workman's compensation insurance, small tools, consumables, personal protective equipment, per diem, and expenses.
• Serve as branch assistant salesman.
Track sales leads, develop rapport with existing customers, develop basic project estimating ability (labor, freight, equipment, material), prepare price quotes using SafQuote software along with BrandSafway product manuals and input both from the branch salesman and the branch construction manager.
• Develop a detailed understanding of the branch's ground level construction methods, capabilities, and limitations: the scaffold components and their proper employment; the efficient use of mechanical support equipment such as forklifts, lulls, boom lifts, and cranes; the production limits of a builder under varying conditions during eight- to twelve-hour days; and the challenges of scheduling.
• Develop a detailed understanding of the branch's safety procedures including appropriate selection and employment of personal protective equipment, job site design, inspections, pre-job hazard assessments and mitigation plans, daily safety checks, routine safety observations.
• Develop a detailed understanding of the procedures, opportunities, and pitfalls associated with performing work over and above that work specified in a base contract document.
• Develop a basic understanding of the branch's warehouse and shipping & receiving operations and a working understanding of the BAS inventory management system.
• Employ the above, hard-won abilities and understanding to support the branch in identifying opportunities, winning work, contracting, and executing safe, profitable projects.
Qualifications • A bachelor's degree in a technical subject is preferred but not required.
• A training credential in Microsoft Excel, or experience working Excel formulas is a strong plus.
• Substantial “outdoor” experience of any kind – Eagle Scout, commercial fishing, fire/EMT, forestry, farming, construction, high school or college varsity sports — is a plus.
• Expect some travel opportunities nationally BrandSafway, including its subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, religion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, age, disability, special disabled or Vietnam or other era veteran status.
Notice to all potential job candidates: Please be advised that BrandSafway will never require or ask for any fee from you in exchange for being considered, hired, promoted, transferred or having ongoing employment with us.
It is a violation of our Code of Conduct if any employee requests any money or fee from you in exchange for any special treatment or consideration.
If anyone, regardless of whether an existing employee, or anyone else, requests payment of any fee in exchange for being hired into our company, you may confidentially contact our HR Compliance department at hrcompliance@brandsafway.
com and provide the name of the individual and any other documentation or proof of such an act.