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The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading the estimation, planning, execution, and overall management of complex earthwork projects. This role demands a high level of expertise in project estimation, strategic planning, and field operations, with a focus on ensuring successful project delivery from initial bid preparation through to final completion. The Senior Project Manager oversees Project Managers, manage client relationships, and ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and quality standards while driving efficiency and profitability.

Responsibilities

• Lead bid preparation, overseeing document review, vendor/subcontractor quotes, cost estimates, and proposal submissions, while guiding project managers in the process.
• Collaborate with clients, engineers, and vendors to ensure accurate, competitive bids, supporting project managers in aligning bids with requirements and budget.
• Conduct site visits and pre-bid meetings, assessing project scope and conditions, and providing direction to project managers as needed.
• Oversee quantity takeoffs and cost analysis, ensuring accurate resource allocation and budget alignment, while guiding project managers.
• Lead weekly progress meetings, tracking milestones and addressing issues, ensuring project managers keep teams aligned with objectives.
• Develop and manage project schedules, collaborating with project managers, the Superintendent, and Foreman to ensure timeline and resource alignment.
• Oversee project execution, ensuring smooth handoff from award to team, setting roles and expectations for project managers.
• Manage subcontractors and vendors, ensuring timely, cost-effective earthwork operations while supporting project managers as needed.
• Track project costs, address inefficiencies, and oversee change order preparation, ensuring project managers maintain financial control.
• Ensure timely and accurate project documentation, overseeing project managers in submitting change orders, reports, and billing.
• Act as the primary client liaison, ensuring communication and satisfaction, while supporting project managers in maintaining strong client relationships.

Qualifications

· The ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, meeting deadlines and adapting to changing demands.

· The ability to work independently and collaboratively within team settings.

· The ability to read and interpret construction plans and specifications.

· The ability to provide a valid driver’s license and clean driving record.

· The ability to use MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)

· Strong leadership, communication, and critical thinking skills. 

• Willingness to attend training as necessary or required by management.

Project Manager — Plateau Excavation (Metro Atlanta)

Location: Kennesaw, GA (Primarily Office-Based with Local Site Visits)

Position Type: Full-Time

About Plateau Excavation:

At Plateau Excavation, we don’t just move dirt — we build the foundation for some of the most important construction projects across the Southeast. As one of the largest and most respected site development contractors, we’re known for taking on complex grading, utility, and heavy civil projects — and delivering them safely, on time, and on budget.

We are currently hiring an Assistant Project Manager to join our team based out of Kennesaw, GA. This role is ideal for a hands-on leader who wants to manage major projects across the Southeast.

This position offers strong career advancement potential into a Senior Project Manager role as you continue to grow within the Plateau organization.

Assistant Project Manager

The Assistant Project Manager will assist and support the Project Manager and Superintendent on projects.

Specifics of the Role

• Support the Project Manager as needed to ensure a successful execution of a project with the client and our subcontractors.
• Track materials and manage costs
• Learn from the Project Manager and Superintendent

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering or 2-5 years of project engineer or assistant project management experience.
• 1 to 5 years of experience in the management field of sitework construction projects; erosion control, excavation, utility installation.
• Demonstrated knowledge of construction principles, practices and technology.
• Previous experience of successful support to a project team.
• Ability to walk a job site, climb ladders, and traverse slopes.
• Ability to lift objects of at least 50 pounds and occasionally 100 pounds.

What we expect

• Assistant Project Manager will support the Project Manager successfully execute a project. The APM should have desire to learn from the Project Manager and be able to successfully execute specific subtask of project management.
• Assistant Project Manager will help manage scope with our subcontractors, suppliers and vendors.
• Support in the management of supplier procurement and contracts. Monitor the delivery of all needed materials for the project(s) ensuring timely delivery and appropriate billing
• Review and approve subcontractor and supplier invoices
• Monitor deviations in project scope and communicate with the project manager
• Maintain job files to ensure continuity of work flow.
• Review shop drawings and submittals to ensure compliance with the construction documents.
• Review and track project invoices to ensure appropriate billings and manage material needs.
• Generate, review, distribute and track RFI’s.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

Items to know

• Our projects are typically based in the southeast and travel will be required. Travel could consist of day travel, multi-day travel or work onsite a project from a few weeks to monthly.
• Plateau does not micro-manage and you will be expected to work with the project manager and be a self- starter. The Plateau team is always ready to support you and each other with decision making, knowledge questions, etc. when you need or would like input
• Projects are fast pace.

The Senior Operations Manager is responsible for the day-to-day performance of Ship Essential’s New York warehouse. This role leads the building with urgency, discipline, and a strong floor presence. You will manage Operations Managers, Leads, and Associates to ensure SLAs are met every day, workflows are executed consistently, and the warehouse operates as a high-performing system.

This role reports to the Director of Warehouse Operations, who oversees both NY and LA. The Senior Operations Manager is the senior on-site leader in New York and owns execution, planning, and accountability for the building’s daily operating rhythm.

Ship Essential is a city-based 3PL built for the next generation of consumer brands. We provide inventory storage, e-commerce fulfillment, returns processing, and retail replenishment from our warehouses in New York and Los Angeles. Our partners are some of the fastest-growing brands in the market. They move quickly, they launch often, and they expect precision.

We’re building an operation that can keep up with that pace. We run disciplined warehouses, we sweat the details, and we create flow so inventory is always ready to sell and orders go out on time. If you like high standards, real ownership, and building something that scales, Ship Essential is the place to do it.

• Take primary ownership of daily warehouse performance, ensuring SLAs are met or exceeded every day.
• Oversee all aspects of daily operations, including inbound, outbound, inventory control, and exceptions, ensuring seamless execution and alignment with company goals.
• Maintain accountability for on-site execution and outcomes, with a bias toward action and problem-solving.
• Ensure all SOPs are documented, trained, and followed, holding managers accountable for compliance.

• Build and manage weekly labor plans based on inbound schedules, outbound volume, and operational priorities.
• Forecast capacity constraints and plan staffing and workflows to avoid backlogs and missed SLAs.
• Set daily priorities for the building and ensure labor is deployed to the highest-leverage work.
• Monitor throughput throughout the day and rebalance labor across functions to protect flow and service commitments.

• Share responsibility for hitting warehouse profitability and cost targets, in partnership with the Warehouse Leadership and Finance.
• Ensure labor hours, materials, and value-added services are tracked accurately and charged appropriately to brands.
• Control labor costs through disciplined scheduling and productivity management, aligning workforce levels to demand.
• Monitor spend and operational waste and drive corrective actions when performance drifts from targets.

• Focus on the performance and development of Operations Managers and Leads, ensuring they have the resources, training, and support needed to succeed.
• Actively coach, lead, and manage managers, stepping in alongside them to tackle challenges and lead by example.
• Ensure managers meet targets and deadlines, providing clear feedback and guidance to improve team performance.
• Take ultimate responsibility for manager success. If their teams fail, the Senior Operations Manager takes ownership and drives correction.

• Audit, improve, and execute on workflows across receiving, inventory movement, picking, packing, returns, and exceptions to maximize efficiency and effectiveness.
• Drive improvements to warehouse metrics, including order accuracy, on-time shipment, inventory accuracy, dock-to-stock timing, and returns SLA.
• Champion continuous improvement by identifying inefficiencies, implementing solutions, and standardizing best practices.
• Actively monitor workflows to identify bottlenecks and ensure teams operate with urgency and consistency.

• Uphold and embody Ship Essential’s Principles for Operating a Warehouse, ensuring they are practiced at every level of the organization.
• Serve as a torchbearer of Ship Essential’s values, promoting excellence, resourcefulness, and a relentless focus on the customer experience.
• Operate with a strong sense of urgency, ensuring no issues are left unresolved and every problem is met with swift action.

• Monitor the profitability of each brand we serve, ensuring costs are captured and billed appropriately.
• Use data to evaluate account performance, identify operational drivers of margin erosion, and partner with account teams to improve performance.

• Partner closely with Warehouse Account Managers to align on brand priorities, inbound schedules, special projects, and escalations.
• Ensure WAMs have clear, accurate operational visibility to support brand communication and expectation setting.
• Establish clean escalation paths and fast response loops for order issues, inbound discrepancies, returns edge cases, and compliance concerns.
• Maintain a strong internal service mindset, ensuring operational execution supports brand trust and retention.

• Provide clear reporting to the Director of Warehouse Operations on performance, risks, staffing, and operational priorities.
• Surface issues early, propose solutions, and maintain a forward-looking view of capacity and constraints.
• Maintain strong operational visibility so leadership is never surprised by performance, backlogs, or service risk.

• Minimum of 5 years in 3PL, logistics, supply chain, or warehouse management, including significant experience leading large teams.
• Proven success running day-to-day warehouse operations with high standards and consistent SLA performance.
• Experience working with Warehouse Management Systems and EDI.

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to coach, motivate, and hold managers accountable.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and a bias for action.
• Strong planning, forecasting, and labor management capabilities.
• Adept at managing up and providing clear reporting to senior leadership.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills, with the ability to track and improve KPIs.

• A relentless drive for operational excellence and high standards.
• A bulwark against entropy, decisive and focused on delivering results.
• Commitment to living Ship Essential’s Principles and Values every day.

The Project Manager - Data Center Construction position is located in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

CBRE | DIRECTLINE, a CBRE Data Center Solutions business, is a leading technology infrastructure services provider enabling mission critical data center infrastructure for the world’s technology leaders. Catering to a broad spectrum of technology and client requirements, 1200+ skilled technicians deliver over 1000 projects annually across data center markets in the US and APAC. DL has proven success in the deployment of next-generation infrastructure technologies across the data center lifecycle; from design & planning, install & build through Day 2 maintenance, technology upgrades & retrofits, including delivering the latest wave of AI/ML platforms.

About the Role:

The Project Manager (PM) will be a lead member in our operations team and will drive the delivery of all the various network infrastructure and cabling projects within a particular site. This position will require the individual to have development, management, customer engagement, operational and overall leadership skills.

Key responsibilities will include establishing the program schedule and ensuring the established targets are met regarding schedule, cost, functionality, quality, safety, and customer satisfaction.

The role will also include consulting with clients, delivering presentations, resolving project issues, recommendations for new services or enhancements, estimating, proposal writing, project costs management, directing operations on labor requirements, directing/assisting purchasing with bill of materials.

The Project Manager is responsible for the entire successful execution of a project. Their primary responsibilities are to plan, direct, coordinate, and budget activities concerned with the construction of their project. The Project Manager shall also participate and at times lead the conceptual development of a construction project and oversee its organization, estimating, scheduling, and implementation.

What You’ll Do:

• The project manager is accountable for effective project management and delivery of their projects.
• The PM will work with the extended site team to develop the program schedule and establish key milestones for delivery of the program ensuring all financial targets, schedule targets are met in alignment to the customers’ goals.
• The PM will identify and acquire all resources required by revising as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
• During the pre-construction phase, continuously evaluate the materials and products being proposed for constructability and feasibility. Oversee and at times prepare the cost estimate at multiple stages. Initiate and coordinate the design efforts and the value engineering processes.
• Schedule the project in logical steps and budget time required to meet deadlines.
• Determine labor requirements and dispatch workers to construction sites.
• Facilitate travel for technicians traveling to the project site.
• Coordinates with the superintendent.
• Inspect and review projects to monitor compliance with codes and other regulations.
• Interpret and explain plans and contract terms to staff, workers, and clients, representing the owner.
• Prepare contracts and negotiate revisions, changes, and additions to contractual agreements with designers, consultants, clients, suppliers and subcontractors.
• Obtain all necessary permits and licenses.
• Direct and supervise team members in the office and on site.
• Study job specifications to determine appropriate construction means and methods.
• Solicit, negotiate, select, contract, and oversee material suppliers, subcontractors who complete specific pieces of the project.
• Requisition of supplies and materials to complete construction projects.
• Prepare and submit budget estimates and progress and cost tracking reports.
• Develop and implement quality control programs
• Take action to deal with the results of delays, bad weather, or emergencies at the construction site.
• Confer with supervisory personnel, owners, contractors, and designers to discuss and resolve matters such as work procedures, complaints, and construction problems.
• Plan, organize, and direct activities concerned with the construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, and systems.
• Investigate damage, accidents, or delays at construction sites, to ensure that proper procedures are being carried out.
• Evaluate construction means and methods to determine cost-effectiveness of plans.
• Manage, cost/budget, and communicate the contract changes process.
• Developing and maintaining the project schedule
• Develop and maintain the project financial plan
• Prepare, maintain, and complete all aspects of the DL Way (project management playbook).
• Completes all weekly and monthly reporting and projections.
• Train and develop project team
• Responsible for timely preparation of billing to Invoice the client
• Equipment and material purchasing
• The Project Manager reviews all job cost postings for accuracy and completeness, including but not limited to, the preparation of invoices, customer collections and periodic financial reporting to the customer and management.
• The PM will additionally mange all associated aspects of the program including the Safety & Environment program, the quality assurance program and material logistics.
• The Project Manager will recruit, hire, train, manage, supervise, promote, discipline and discharge, if necessary, all project related staff.
• The Project Manager will manage all human resource issues (and escalate as needed) per Company policies and procedures.
• Coordinate and partner effectively with internal and external design, construction, network, and facility partners.
• Proactively communicate program status and risks to all stakeholders
• Prepare and take corrective action to address concerns and challenges.
• The Project Manager acts as the Company liaison to the client for the program maintaining a high level of client satisfaction, ensuring a collaborative environment across all parties.
• The project manager is expected to be on the jobsite and be present for active on-stie project management responsibilities.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business management, electrical engineering, construction management or similar experience.
• 10 + years of direct work experience in any of these areas: construction management, data centers, or structured cabling environment.
• Track record of delivering mission critical programs on time, within budget, and to applicable build, quality, and safety standards.
• Must be able to meet Motor Vehicle Record requirements
• Proficient with Microsoft Office
• Contract negotiation and administration experience
• Experience building and leading teams.
• Experience in assessing, coaching, and mentoring direct reports and vendor teams.
• Organizational, time management and coordination skills across multiple disciplines preferred.
• Client Engagement experience in similar programs
• Understanding of program management fundamentals such as earned value management, SPI, CPI and other project tracking metrics.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification preferred
• BICSI RCDD or similar Telecommunications certifications preferred

Why CBRE

When you join CBRE, you become part of the global leader in commercial real estate services and investment that helps businesses and people thrive. We are dynamic problem solvers and forward-thinking professionals who create significant impact. Our collaborative culture is built on our shared values — respect, integrity, service and excellence — and we value the diverse perspectives, backgrounds and skillsets of our people. At CBRE, you have the opportunity to realize your full potential.

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Disclaimers

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future

Relocation assistance and sign-on bonuses may be available on selected positions only, for qualified candidates based on role requirements and experience

EQUAL PAY DISCLAIMER:

CBRE carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for the Project Manager - Data Center Construction position is $100K annually and the maximum salary for the position is $140K annually. The compensation offered to a successful candidate will depend on their skills, qualifications, and experience.

Successful candidates will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on CBRE’s applicable benefit program. This role will provide the following benefits: 401(K), Dental insurance, Health insurance, Life insurance, and Vision insurance.

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