Senior Project Manager at Wharton-Smith, Inc. in Sanford Office, 750 Monroe Road, Sanford, Florida, United States of America

Job description

• Posted Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 4:00 AM
• 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.

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or another relevant field.
• Ten (10) to fifteen (15) years of construction management experience.
• Proven success leading large-scale construction projects and/or multiple concurrent projects.
• Demonstrated 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.
• Experience preparing presentations, qualification packages, reports, and project-specific documentation.
• Demonstrated leadership, organizational, and team-building skills with the ability to motivate teams, maintain morale, and foster a collaborative work environment.
• Proven ability to coach and mentor employees at varying levels of experience and career development.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and lead teams effectively in fast-paced construction environments.
• Strong understanding of project startup and 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.
• Ability to occasionally lift and move office products and supplies weighing up to 20 pounds.
• Ability to work extended hours, evenings, and weekends as required by project schedules and operational demands.
• Ability to travel regularly to project sites and regional offices as needed.
• Ability and willingness to be assigned full-time to a project site for an extended period when required to support project execution and client needs.

Skills

Required

• Leadership
• Operational management
• Financial oversight
• Business development
• Presentation preparation
• Team-building
• Coaching and mentoring
• Project startup and mobilization
• Scheduling
• Budgeting
• Cost control
• Procurement