Implementation Project Manager Jobs in Richfield, MN

This role oversees commercial construction projects from initial bid through final completion, ensuring quality, schedule, and budget targets are consistently met. The Construction Project Manager collaborates closely with estimating, design teams, subcontractors, and clients to deliver ground-up and tenant improvement projects across a wide range of sizes and sectors. This position offers the opportunity to manage multiple projects simultaneously, contribute to a growing team, and play a key role in expanding the organization’s client base.

• Lead construction projects from bid development through final closeout, serving as the primary point of contact for all project stakeholders.
• Collaborate with the estimating team to help prepare bids and proposals, ensuring accuracy in scope, schedule, and cost assumptions.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, subcontractors, designers, and other project partners, identifying opportunities for future business.
• Manage all pre-construction activities, including coordination of design, review and processing of change orders, and oversight of pre-construction phases.
• Create, maintain, and adjust project schedules, ensuring milestones are met and proactively addressing schedule changes and impacts.
• Oversee day-to-day project management activities, including tracking progress, monitoring costs, and identifying and implementing cost-saving opportunities.
• Lead weekly project meetings with clients, internal teams, and subcontractors to provide updates on schedule, budget, risks, and key decisions.
• Coordinate and manage change orders, ensuring all scope changes are documented, priced, approved, and incorporated into project plans and schedules.
• Ensure construction activities comply with project specifications, quality standards, safety requirements, and contractual obligations.
• Work closely with field superintendents to support on-site execution and resolve issues that may affect schedule, cost, or quality.
• Manage multiple projects concurrently, balancing priorities and resources across various clients and project types.
• Coordinate with owners and architects at project completion to address punch lists, conduct walkthroughs, and ensure all closeout requirements are satisfied.
• Support the growth of the client base by delivering excellent service and demonstrating reliability, responsiveness, and professionalism on every project.
• Collaborate with internal support staff, including assistant project managers, project coordinators, bid coordinators, and estimators, to ensure efficient project delivery.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by sharing lessons learned and best practices with the broader project management team.

• 4+ years of experience as a Project Manager in commercial construction.
• 3+ years of experience managing ground-up or tenant improvement (TI) construction projects.
• Proven ability to manage projects from cradle to grave, including pre-construction, construction, and closeout phases.
• Hands-on experience with construction management processes, including scheduling, budgeting, and coordination with field teams.
• Demonstrated experience with commercial construction, including a mix of large and small projects.
• Experience managing change orders, including documentation, pricing, approvals, and schedule integration.
• Experience collaborating with estimating teams on bid preparation and project pricing.
• Strong Our Client management and client-facing communication skills, with the ability to lead meetings and maintain positive relationships.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail and meeting deadlines.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to adapt to changing priorities.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills for interacting with clients, architects, subcontractors, and internal teams.

• Experience working on retail construction projects, including a wide variety of project sizes such as small coffee shops and large clinics, is preferred.
• Background in managing both ground-up and interior build-out projects is highly beneficial.
• Experience working within a general contractor environment with distributed field supervision teams.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and implement cost-saving opportunities on projects.
• Comfort working in a growing organization that is expanding its client base and project portfolio.
• Interest in professional growth and taking on increasing responsibility within a larger project management team.

The office is located in Lake Elmo, with team members working on-site in the office full time, so candidates should be comfortable commuting regularly to this location. The environment is collaborative and team-oriented, with a large in-office support structure that includes multiple project managers, assistant project managers, a project coordinator, bid coordinators, and estimators. Field operations are supported by a team of local and traveling superintendents. Project managers typically handle multiple clients and projects at once, with assignments based on workload and business needs. The organization has a long-standing history in the industry and is in a growth phase, guided by experienced leadership focused on expanding the project portfolio and client relationships.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Lake Elmo, MN.

The pay range for this position is $38.00 - $58.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Lake Elmo,MN.

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 14, 2026.

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