Description
The Offer: You don't need to know how to swing a hammer. You need to know how to keep promises, keep schedules, and keep people moving. HEI is creating a brand new Junior Project Manager role: a 12 to 18-month paid development track that takes a sharp, organized, accountable person with zero construction background and builds them into a full Project Manager running their own jobs. We pay you to learn. We pay for your certifications. We map your path. Then we promote you.
If you've been managing a restaurant, running an office, handling military logistics, coordinating events, or running point on retail operations, and you're ready for a real career trajectory in a growing business, keep reading.
What We Offer:
- Compensation: $50,000 to $60,000 starting salary, depending on transferable skills
- Defined Raise Path: Milestone-based raises during the development track. Target at full PM transition (months 12 to 18): $65,000 or higher.
- Real Career Trajectory: Junior PM โ Project Manager โ Senior PM โ Operations Manager. This role exists because we're scaling, not because we need a seat filled.
- Paid Training: OSHA 30, First Aid/CPR, JobTread certification, and ongoing professional development, all paid by HEI
- Direct Mentorship: You work side by side with our Senior PM. Real coaching, real feedback, real reps.
- Roth Simple IRA with company match
- PTO and paid holidays
- HRA healthcare support
- Mileage reimbursement or company vehicle use
- Ground floor opportunity in a Fort Wayne residential contractor scaling to triple revenue by 2030
- Direct access to ownership. No corporate ladder before your voice is heard.
Responsibilities
โข Shadow our Senior PM on active jobs, learning sequencing, scheduling, budgets, and client communication from day one
โข Build and maintain project schedules in JobTread (we'll train you on the software)
โข Track project budgets, change orders, and daily logs
โข Coordinate with subcontractors, suppliers, and inspectors. Confirm deliveries, schedule trades, and follow up on permits.
โข Walk job sites with the PM, learning to read what's done well, what's behind, and what needs attention
โข Sit in client meetings. Gradually take over communication on smaller jobs as you earn it.
โข Document progress through JobTread and CompanyCam
โข By months 12 to 18, run small projects ($25K to $75K) under PM oversight
Qualifications
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