At Corvant, we provide specialty HVAC, plumbing, and mechanical services to mission-critical commercial and industrial environments. Our teams support essential facilities across data centers, healthcare, manufacturing, logistics, and education.
We deliver end-to-end solutions across the facility lifecycle, including design, prefabrication, installation, controls integration, and ongoing service. As one of the fastest-growing platforms in our space, we are focused on operational excellence, technical expertise, and building a high-performing team.
The Project Manager, under direct supervision of the Plumbing Operations Manager, is responsible for managing all phases of commercial plumbing projects from planning to execution to close-out. This position requires very strong planning, management, and communication abilities. Responsible for all deliverables of the project.
Project Management
- Responsible for ensuring standardization by following processes and holding accountability in the initiation, planning, execution, and closeout phases
- Facilitates team communication, ensuring consistency and accountability
- Gives feedback to the estimating team on project(s) under construction
- Knows our customers, specifically, what is required, what is the customer’s desired result, and where our customers work, and what type of work they do
- Oversees technical functions on projects, including electrical verification and confirmation, steel layout and coordination, wall, roof, and floor layout and coordination, material and equipment take-off, lead/release tracking, and punch of the job through the project
- Minimizes warranty exposure and callbacks
- Improving, growing, and leading subcontractor, vendor, and employee relations by centering on inclusion and retention
- Enters and updates project information in project management software, including job status reports, projections, change order requests, submittals, cost tracking, and RFI’s
- Creates, monitors, tweaks, and improves internal systems, and makes decisions for effectiveness and efficiency
- Ensures that all project team members are well informed by updating them on all critical communications, including continuous improvement through processes
- Demonstrates efficiency in a well-run meeting, including the ability to clearly communicate and navigate agendas and participation
- Works with the field team to create the job site safety plan
- Reviews the turnover package in detail to identify inefficiencies in the estimate, proposal, and contract documents, and sets the project budget
- Prioritizes, reviews, and expedites submittals initiated by the Preconstruction team
- Reviews and understands the general contractor's scope of work
- Develops project business plan and manages the construction to identify and implement all contract deliverables, quality testing, reporting requirements, and labor procurement
- Develops the project business plan to maximize fees, minimize waste, strategize buyouts, establish contingencies, and determine schedule improvements
- Develops a project phasing plan, equipment utilization plan, and a site logistics plan with the field and project teams
- Works with the preconstruction team to transition the project from estimating to project management
- Works with preconstruction and the field team to identify and implement all contract deliverables, quality testing, and reporting requirements
- Plans and coordinates the preconstruction meetings with the field and project team
- Manages buyouts and the purchasing of all equipment and materials from vendors
- Reviews and estimates project contract changes, including drawing revisions, and ASI’s to coordinate with delivery requirements
- Develops and administers subcontractor and purchase orders, including change orders for work outside of scope
- Coordinates, reviews, and approves all material and equipment according to schedule requirements
- Schedules the delivery of materials and equipment to the job site, identifies long lead times, and plans for
- Updates quantity updating and works with the field to maintain labor forecasts
- Facilitates subcontractor startup meetings
- Monitors, controls, and produces project costs to meet estimates and budget
- Produces accurate pay applications and manages through communication and collections
- Oversees electrical confirmation, steel, sleeve, and block out coordination, and roof type, slope, and thickness
- Issues and administers subcontracts and payments for multiple trades
- Checks all shop drawings and submittals to ensure compliance with the contract, and identifies field install items
- Participates and leads all relevant project meetings
- Monitors the productivity for all trades on the project
- Resolves scheduling issues that result from inclement weather, emergencies, or other delays
- Controls inventory to include warranty returns and special part orders
- Prepares payment requests
- Performs site visits to monitor budget, job progress, quality control, quality assurance, safety practices, and continuity between company installers and general contractors
- Meets with city and state agencies to review the project and inspections
- Negotiates and executes written task agreements with subcontractors and manages the percentage of completion and pay application approval
- Authorizes all “other direct costs” (crane, life, etc.), including rental
- Works with the general contractor to obtain job permits and coordinates inspections
- Oversees job commissioning, scheduling of required personnel (included in site visits)
- Serves as the main point of contact for the engineer and the architect
- Manages job close-out documentation, including closeout documents, final job report, and final accounting
- Procurement of all close-out documents before job completion
- May mentor and train assistant project managers or interns
Required Skills and Abilities:
- Able to comprehend and speak English
- Demonstrates interdepartmental collaboration skills and the ability to manage cross-functional relationships
- Demonstrates working knowledge of the company's financial goals and how to build profitability
- Ability to maintain confidential information and exercise discretion
- Effective communication skills, prioritization, and organizational skills
- Strong problem-solving and research skills
- Proficiency in MS Suite, MS Project, Adobe, Vista, Bluebeam Revu, OneDrive, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Salesforce, and Vista
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in construction, engineering, or related field preferred
- 5+ years of experience in the commercial plumbing industry
- Understanding of project management
- Experience with driving financial results
- Willingness to travel
- PMP preferred
- Valid driver’s license and clean driving record