Project Manager, Critical Facilities Construction (Eastern Region)

Travel: Regular travel required to project sites in Jacksonville, FL, Salt Lake City, UT, Dallas, TX, Pecos, TX, and St. Louis, MOOur client is seeking a Project Manager, Critical Facilities Construction to take ownership of technically demanding construction projects supporting critical infrastructure environments. This is an opportunity to join a growing project organization where you will have meaningful influence from early planning through final turnover. The position combines the flexibility of a nationwide remote home base with hands-on involvement at active project sites across several key markets. For a construction professional who enjoys solving complex problems, leading diverse project teams, and delivering facilities where quality and reliability are essential, this role offers significant visibility and responsibility. This Role Offers: High visibility position connecting clients, design partners, field leadership, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders throughout the full project lifecycle. Opportunity to work on technically demanding data center and critical infrastructure projects where schedule discipline, quality, and reliability matter. Broad project responsibility spanning preconstruction, procurement, cost management, field coordination, client communication, and closeout. Career development through challenging assignments, collaboration with experienced construction professionals, and opportunities to mentor others. Comprehensive benefits may include medical, dental, and vision coverage, retirement programs, paid time off, and professional development resources. Focus: Own assigned critical facility construction projects from early planning through turnover, keeping scope, schedule, cost, quality, and field execution aligned. Build practical project plans with field leadership and trade partners, then actively manage milestones, sequencing, constraints, and recovery actions. Support preconstruction pursuits by developing budgets, milestone schedules, proposal content, and presentation materials when needed. Review evolving design packages with architects, engineers, and field teams to surface constructability concerns, cost impacts, and scope gaps before they reach the field. Lead procurement activities for major scopes, including bid strategy, subcontractor qualification, proposal evaluation, leveling, negotiation, and award recommendations. Maintain disciplined financial control through forecasting, cost reporting, change management, billing, collections, and subcontractor and vendor payment review. Coordinate permitting, inspections, authority requirements, submittals, and other documentation needed to keep construction moving toward final approval. Serve as a trusted point of contact for clients, communicating progress, decisions, risks, changes, and commercial matters clearly and consistently. Partner with superintendents and project teams to monitor field progress, safety, quality, and contract compliance, taking corrective action when conditions require it. Address subcontractor and supplier performance issues with timely documentation, escalation, and resolution strategies. Drive project closeout, owner acceptance, turnover documentation, and warranty follow through. Coach developing construction professionals through day-to-day guidance, knowledge sharing, and hands on project exposure. Skill Set: Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. At least 3 years of construction management experience, with demonstrated responsibility for project delivery. Experience with data center or other critical facility design and construction is strongly preferred. Working knowledge of estimating, construction methods, project controls, building systems, equipment, and construction technology. Proven ability to manage budgets, schedules, materials, subcontractors, and competing priorities across fast moving projects. Strong understanding of construction safety expectations and the judgment to reinforce safe execution in the field. Clear communication, organization, collaboration, supervision, and analytical problem-solving skills. Ability to travel regularly to active project locations, including Jacksonville, Florida, Salt Lake City, Utah, Dallas and Pecos, Texas, and St. Louis, Missouri. Comfort working in active construction environments and performing site visits that may involve standing, walking, climbing, bending, and handling light to medium materials. About Blue Signal: Blue Signal is an award-winning, executive search firm specializing in various specialties. Our recruiters have a proven track record of placing top-tier talent across industry verticals, with deep expertise in numerous professional services. Learn more at bit.ly/46Gs4yS