Project Manager II
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Position Summary
As a Project Manager II, you'll take a senior leadership role in delivering larger, more complex heavy civil construction projects, with responsibility for project strategy, financial and commercial performance, risk management, client relationships, and team leadership.
This is an on-site, project-based position that requires travel to support EPC's construction operations. You'll work alongside Superintendents, Foremen, Project Engineers, and project partners to turn plans into results.
From shaping project strategy and leading high-performing teams to managing commercial risk and client relationships, this is an opportunity to make a significant impact and help advance EPC's project delivery capabilities.
What You’ll Do
Lead Project Execution
Lead project strategy, startup, planning, execution, and closeout for larger or more complex assignments.
Set the standard for safe, efficient, and productive operations across the project.
Direct project teams and partners with field leadership to align labor, equipment, materials, subcontractors, and project resources.
Establish clear expectations, decision-making processes, communication, and accountability across the project organization.
Own Financial Performance
Own project budgets, costs, revenue, quantities, productivity, cash flow, and financial forecasts.
Analyze performance and lead timely action on trends, risks, and opportunities.
Provide leadership to field teams and project controls to maintain accurate performance information and implement corrective actions.
Maintain accountability for project profitability, cash flow, and overall financial outcomes.
Manage Schedule, Contracts & Risk
Lead development and management of the project schedule, key milestones, recovery plans, and resource strategies.
Lead administration of prime contracts, plans, specifications, scope, subcontracts, and major commercial obligations.
Anticipate and manage significant cost, schedule, contractual, operational, and stakeholder risks.
Lead change management, claims preparation, and documentation supporting changes, delays, impacts, and other significant project events.
Develop recovery and mitigation strategies, resolve issues independently, and engage senior leadership when appropriate.
Build Strong Partnerships
Lead relationships with clients, subcontractors, suppliers, agencies, designers, inspectors, and other key stakeholders.
Provide clear executive-level communication on project status, financial performance, risks, issues, and required decisions.
Lead subcontractor strategy, negotiations, performance management, and contractual compliance.
Represent EPC in complex project discussions and strengthen long-term client relationships.
Develop the Team & Improve the Work
Coach and develop Project Managers, Project Engineers, and other assigned project personnel.
Build an effective project organization, delegate authority, and maintain accountability for results.
Lead or play a key role in estimating, bid reviews, risk assessment, execution planning, project handoffs, and preconstruction activities to ensure alignment between pursuit strategy and project execution.
Apply lessons learned and mentor teams to improve future estimating, operational, and commercial performance.
Travel & Work Location
This is an on-site, project-based position requiring regular presence at active construction sites.
Travel is an essential requirement and will vary based on project assignments and business needs.
Assignments may require working away from home and moving between project locations as projects are completed.
The position requires working effectively in both field and project-office environments.
Education & Experience
Required
Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant construction experience.
Five (5) to ten (10) years of progressively responsible construction/project experience, preferably in heavy civil construction.
Demonstrated experience independently leading complex construction projects, including financial performance, scheduling, contracts, risk management, field coordination, subcontractors, client relationships, and project teams.
Preferred
Experience with earthwork/mass grading, paving, underground utilities, concrete, drainage, aggregate surfacing, or large-scale site development.
Civil experience supporting utility-scale solar, wind, battery energy storage systems (BESS), or substations, including grading, access roads, crane/equipment pads, drainage, or aggregate surfacing. Direct energy-sector experience is preferred, not required; comparable heavy civil, mass grading, and large-scale site-development experience is valued.
Experience with HCSS software, including HeavyJob.
Familiarity with Trimble, Topcon, or comparable GPS/GNSS machine-control systems.
Experience with Trimble Business Center or similar software is beneficial but not required.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Advanced working knowledge of heavy civil construction means, methods, sequencing, and field operations.
Ability to lead the management of plans, specifications, contracts, budgets, schedules, and project controls on complex assignments.
Advanced understanding of cost management, forecasting, cash flow, production tracking, and project financial performance.
Ability to anticipate significant risk, evaluate commercial and operational options, and make sound, timely decisions.
Proven leadership, executive communication, negotiation, and organizational skills.
Ability to influence and align field teams, clients, subcontractors, partners, and senior stakeholders.
Ability to lead multiple priorities and complex issues with strong attention to documentation, commitments, and follow-through.
What Success Looks Like
Sets the standard for safety, leadership, and accountability.
Owns the numbers and acts decisively on project performance.
Connects field execution, commercial strategy, and client expectations.
Anticipates complex risks and resolves issues before they affect results.
Develops leaders and builds high-performing teams and partnerships.
Takes ownership of commitments, decisions, and results.
Physical Demands
This position is performed primarily in an active construction/project-site environment.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The employee is regularly required to talk and hear; frequently required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to operate a computer keyboard; and occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The position is subject to outside working conditions and may involve working around large construction equipment.
Additional Requirements & Skills
Comply with and support EPC’s safety initiatives and requirements.
Ability to abide by EPC's Code of Conduct on a daily basis.
Valid driver's license and ability to drive.
Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
Note: This job description reflects essential functions of this position. It does not restrict management’s right to reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.