Signage Project Manager Jobs in Port Richey, FL (NOW HIRING)

The Senior Project Manager provides leadership and strategic oversight for large, complex, or multiple construction projects while overseeing project teams and operational performance. This role is responsible for ensuring successful project execution, financial performance, risk management, client satisfaction, and operational excellence across assigned projects.

The Senior Project Manager serves as an operational leader who mentors Project Managers and project teams, supports business development initiatives, manages executive-level client relationships, and drives continuous improvement throughout project operations. This role plays a key part in staffing, operational planning, and organizational leadership.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Oversee multiple projects or large-scale, technically complex construction projects from preconstruction through closeout.
• Provide leadership, mentoring, and operational guidance to Project Managers, Assistant Project Managers, and project teams.
• Monitor project financial performance including budgeting, forecasting, profitability, cash flow, and risk management.
• Develop and maintain executive-level client, consultant, and industry relationships.
• Support business development initiatives, including project pursuits, presentations, interviews, contract negotiations, and participation in industry conferences, networking events, and professional association functions.
• Lead resolution of major project disputes, claims, operational challenges, and contractual issues.
• Drive operational consistency, process improvement, and best practices across project teams.
• Support staffing, resource planning, employee development, and succession planning initiatives.
• Monitor project schedules, procurement activities, staffing plans, quality control, and safety performance across assigned projects.
• Provide executive-level reporting and operational updates to senior leadership.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or other relevant degrees.
• Six (6) to ten (10) years of Water/Wastewater construction management experience Proven success leading large-scale or multiple concurrent construction projects. Strong leadership, operational management, financial oversight, and business development capabilities.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with executive leadership, owners, design teams, subcontractors, vendors, and field personnel.
• Skilled in preparing presentations, qualification packages, reports, and project-specific documentation.
• Demonstrated leadership, organizational, and team-building capabilities.
• Ability to motivate teams, maintain morale, and foster a strong collaborative culture.
• Proven ability to mentor and coach employees at varying levels of experience and career development.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and lead teams in fast-paced construction environments.
• Strong understanding of project startup, mobilization, scheduling, budgeting, cost control, procurement, and construction operations.
• Proficiency with CPM scheduling software, construction management platforms, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Knowledge of contract administration, risk management, forecasting, and project financial reporting.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• This position requires regular travel to project sites and regional offices as needed to support project operations and business objectives. Depending on project requirements, the Senior Project Manager may be assigned full-time to a project site for an extended period to support project execution and client needs.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability

Wharton-Smith provides equal opportunity to qualified disabled veterans, Pre-JVA special disabled veterans and individuals with disabilities to online application systems by making reasonable accommodation to ensure equal access for submitting to job openings.  (i.e., wheelchair accessibility, website accessibility, etc).

Our recruiting process is centralized and is handled by our HR Department. If we are sent unsolicited resumes from recruiters, we will not pay any recruiting fees. Unsolicited resumes are any resumes sent to us by a recruiter who has not been pre-approved by HR, has not signed our contract, and has not been requested by our HR Department to search for a specific position.