Project Manager – On-site - Shreveport, LA

About United Contractor Services
United Contractor Services is a national specialty subcontractor ranked among the Top 50 Walls and Ceilings contractors in North America. Our commercial interior construction work spans metal framing, drywall, acoustical ceilings, EIFS, stucco, painting, and Division 8 and 10 Specialties. We work for leading general contractors in major markets across the country on large-scale projects, and we run our jobs on accountability and straight communication between the office and the field. This position is based on-site at a large multi-phase project in Shreveport, LA, with support from our national headquarters in Kennesaw, GA.

The Role
This on-site Project Manager position sits at the center of one large, multi-phase project, and you'll run it from the job site rather than from the office. You own the schedule, the budget, and the job's financial performance, and you're the person general contractors, architects, field leadership, and other trades come to when they need an answer. It suits a subcontractor-side PM who is technically strong, comfortable making decisions on the spot, and wants to be close to the work every day on a project of real size and complexity.

What the Job Looks Like
You'll carry the project from preconstruction through close-out across every phase. That starts with the estimate handoff, contract and scope review, and material buyout, and carries through building and maintaining the schedule, sequencing phases, tracking job costs, and finding efficiencies that don't come out of the quality of the work. A large share of the job is coordination: keeping the GC and design team current, resolving conflicts with other trades before they become delays, and making sure your field leadership has what they need to keep crews productive as the project moves from one phase to the next.

The rest of it breaks down like this:

• Own job financials, including schedules of values, monthly pay applications, job cost reports, and cost-to-complete forecasting that protects margin
• Price, negotiate, and track change orders, and make sure extra work gets documented and paid
• Work alongside superintendents and foremen daily, walking the job to check progress and solving problems in real time
• Plan phase transitions and handoffs so manpower, materials, and access are lined up before each phase starts
• Spot risks early (manpower, material lead times, schedule compression, scope gaps) and put a plan against them before they cost money
• Keep documentation clean and current: submittals, RFIs, change orders, daily records, and close-out packages
• Hold the job to company safety and quality standards
• Support and develop the assistant project managers assigned to the project

Background We're Looking For
We're after four or more years managing commercial construction projects, with direct experience in drywall and metal framing scopes. Subcontractor-side experience is strongly preferred, and experience on large or multi-phase projects is a strong plus, as is exposure to acoustical ceilings, finishes, or Division 8 and 10 work. You should be comfortable reading drawings and specs, reviewing subcontract agreements, and managing a job's cost and billing from start to finish. We run Procore, On-Screen Takeoff, and QuickBid. If you've worked in other project management, takeoff, or estimating platforms, that background transfers and we'll train you on ours.

Beyond the technical side, we're looking for:

• Clear, direct communication with general contractors, design teams, and field leadership
• A track record of leading crews and holding people accountable without burning them out
• Steadiness when conditions change, which on interiors work is most weeks
• Judgment about GC relationships: anticipating what they need and delivering on it so the next job comes back to us

Pay and Benefits
Competitive compensation, a full benefits package, and steady work on significant commercial projects. We promote from within, and project managers here have a clear path into senior PM and operations roles.

Next Steps
If this is the work you do and you've got the track record to back it up, send us your application!

United Contractor Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law.

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