Project Manager

Role Overview

As a Project Manager at Epic Built, based in Fargo-Moorhead, you will oversee comprehensive project coordination to ensure timely, budget-conscious, and quality execution. You will serve as the primary liaison between clients, subcontractors, vendors, and internal teams, managing schedules, budgets, materials, and on-site activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project timelines and schedules using the Ressio platform; adjust schedules during weekly construction meetings.
• Generate weekly client progress logs via Ressio for status updates.
• Handle permitting processes and documentation management, ensuring jobsite supervisors have necessary information and coordinating among architectural, structural, and civil teams.
• Lead construction meetings involving subcontractors, vendors, architects, engineers, and site superintendents to align project progress and requirements.
• Organize and participate in multiple coordination meetings, including concrete knockouts for MEP, truss planning, pre-excavation staking, timber framing materials, exterior finishes (windows, siding, roofing), as well as post-framing and electrical walkthroughs with clients.
• Conduct bi-weekly site visits to verify progress, ensure adherence to schedules, uphold quality and cleanliness standards, and foster proactive problem-solving.
• Manage project budgets by discussing costs, change orders, and financials with clients; reconcile invoices through Adaptive software; negotiate discrepancies; and implement budget adjustments as required.
• Oversee material procurement, including negotiating prices with vendors and subcontractors, placing orders post-client approvals in Ressio, and confirming purchase orders.
• Coordinate closely with jobsite superintendents on deliveries, subcontractor scopes based on plans and specs, quality control, site cleanliness, and necessary on-site logistics including equipment placement.
• Maintain a "do whatever it takes" mindset by being willing to engage hands-on when needed to advance project goals.
• Serve as the main client contact, delivering professional interactions focused on client satisfaction, budget monitoring, material and selection reviews, site walkthroughs, and coordination of interior design and vendor involvement.
• Manage project close-out activities including client punch list walkthroughs, tracking and completion confirmation, conducting post-construction orientations, and providing clients with comprehensive binders containing manuals, warranties, and maintenance guides.
• As needed, prepare detailed project specifications using provided templates and client input, ensuring alignment with bid plans and coordinating project estimating assistance through vendor bid solicitation, bid evaluation, and estimate entry using Ressio, Bluebeam, and Excel.
• Additional duties include overseeing site safety, recruiting qualified subcontractors, supporting marketing initiatives such as home shows, and managing company credit card expense submissions weekly.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Strong proficiency with project scheduling and management software, including Ressio and Adaptive.
• Experience negotiating vendor and subcontractor pricing effectively.
• Familiarity with construction documentation and coordination among architectural, structural, and civil disciplines.
• Ability to lead meetings and communicate clearly with a variety of stakeholders including clients and subcontractors.
• Competence in budget management, invoice review, and change order issuance.
• Hands-on problem-solving attitude and commitment to quality and cleanliness standards onsite.
• Capable of producing and managing detailed project specifications and estimates.
• Knowledge of construction safety protocols and subcontractor vetting processes.

Additional Information

• Competitive salary with company profit-sharing benefits.
• Support for professional growth and development opportunities.
• Engagement in industry networking and marketing events.
• Collaborative workplace culture emphasizing teamwork and client focus.

Application Process

Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter by email to be considered.