Industrial Coatings Project Manager Jobs (NOW HIRING)

• Project Management
• Manage industrial coatings projects from award through completion and closeout.
• Review contracts, estimates, proposals, specifications, drawings, schedules, and project requirements before mobilization.
• Develop project execution plans, schedules, manpower requirements, equipment needs, and material requirements.
• Coordinate project mobilization and demobilization.
• Conduct project kickoff meetings with field supervision and support personnel.
• Maintain communication with customers regarding schedule, progress, changes, and project requirements.
• Identify potential project risks and develop corrective action plans before they impact cost or schedule.
• Financial & Cost Management
• Take ownership of project financial performance and gross margin.
• Monitor actual labor hours against estimated and budgeted hours.
• Track material, equipment, subcontractor, travel, and other project costs.
• Review job-cost reports and project financial performance regularly.
• Prepare accurate cost-to-complete and project forecasts.
• Identify cost overruns early and implement corrective actions.
• Manage change orders and ensure additional work is properly documented, priced, approved, and billed.
• Support timely customer invoicing and collection activities.
• Complete project closeout and review final estimate-to-actual performance.
• Field Operations
• Coordinate closely with superintendents, general foremen, foremen, and field personnel.
• Ensure projects have adequate manpower, equipment, materials, and supervision.
• Monitor daily production and labor productivity.
• Ensure field teams understand project scope, specifications, production goals, and schedule expectations.
• Visit job sites regularly to review safety, quality, productivity, customer expectations, and project status.
• Assist field leadership in resolving operational issues that could affect project performance.
• Coordinate equipment and resource utilization across projects when required.
• Safety
• Promote and enforce a strong safety culture on every project.
• Ensure compliance with company safety policies, OSHA requirements, customer requirements, and site-specific safety plans.
• Work closely with safety personnel and field leadership to identify and correct hazards.
• Ensure employees receive required training, PPE, and project-specific safety information.
• Participate in incident investigations and corrective-action processes when required.
• Hold field leadership accountable for safe work practices.
• Quality Control
• Ensure coating work complies with customer specifications, manufacturer requirements, and applicable industry standards.
• Verify proper surface preparation and coating application procedures.
• Ensure environmental conditions and required inspections are properly documented.
• Monitor surface cleanliness, surface profile, coating thickness, recoat windows, cure requirements, and other applicable quality requirements.
• Coordinate with customer inspectors, third-party inspectors, and quality-control personnel.
• Minimize rework through proper planning, supervision, documentation, and quality control.
• Customer Management
• Serve as a primary point of contact for assigned customers and projects.
• Develop professional relationships with owners, contractors, facility personnel, inspectors, and other stakeholders.
• Communicate project status, schedule changes, and potential issues promptly.
• Resolve customer concerns professionally and efficiently.
• Identify additional work and future project opportunities with existing customers.
• Support long-term customer retention and repeat business.
• Planning & Scheduling
• Develop and maintain project schedules and short-term look-ahead plans.
• Coordinate manpower requirements with operations leadership.
• Forecast labor, equipment, material, and subcontractor requirements.
• Track production against planned quantities and schedules.
• Adjust project plans when field conditions, customer requirements, or schedules change.

• 5+ years of industrial coatings, specialty contracting, industrial construction, or related project-management experience preferred.
• Experience managing industrial coatings and/or abrasive blasting projects.
• Strong understanding of surface preparation and protective coating systems.
• Experience managing project budgets, labor productivity, schedules, and job costs.
• Ability to read and interpret coating specifications, project drawings, contracts, and technical documents.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.

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