Senior Field Project Manager

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS / KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Installation Readiness & Complex Project Execution

• Lead field execution for complex, high-risk, high-value, multi-site, or strategically important General Signage projects, ensuring work meets company and client expectations.
• Lead installation-readiness reviews before critical mobilizations, validating site conditions, surveys, drawings, access, equipment, materials, sequencing, and subcontractor readiness.
• Coordinate directly with installers, subcontractors, architects, general contractors, Project Management, and internal teams to resolve execution dependencies before they affect the field.
• Conduct complex site visits, surveys, constructability reviews, and technical assessments; provide senior field guidance during pre-installation planning and critical project phases.

High-Risk Field Execution & Issue Resolution

• Serve as a senior field resource for complex installations, significant field issues, installation failures, non-conformances, and difficult site conditions.
• Exercise sound judgment to escalate or stop work when site conditions, installation methods, fastening, equipment, subcontractor readiness, or other conditions create unacceptable safety, quality, compliance, or property risk.
• Lead cross-functional field problem solving when drawings, surveys, site conditions, installation assumptions, or customer/GC requirements conflict or materially change.

Subcontractor Performance

• Set clear field-execution expectations with assigned subcontractors and verify readiness, compliance, workmanship, documentation, and performance throughout execution; subcontractor selection and onboarding remain with the Supplier Network function.
• Oversee installation schedules, contractor compliance, site coordination, and quality control on assigned projects, with heightened attention to critical milestones and high-risk work.
• Evaluate subcontractor field performance, address deficiencies promptly, document recurring issues, and provide actionable performance feedback to the Field Services Manager and Supplier Network team.

Field Quality & Non-Conformance Reduction

• Interpret architectural, structural, installation, and technical drawings and specifications to ensure accurate field execution of General Signage projects.
• Validate or recommend field-driven design and installation adjustments when site conditions differ from approved surveys, drawings, or assumptions; engage the appropriate technical authority before changes are executed.
• Lead or participate in root-cause reviews of significant field non-conformances, product/installation failures, repeat defects, and avoidable cost or schedule impacts, and ensure lessons learned are converted into preventive actions.

Safety, Quality & Field Leadership

• Champion on-site safety, quality, fastening, installation methodology, and compliance expectations and model disciplined field-execution practices.
• Represent Field Services in critical customer, general contractor, subcontractor, and internal discussions when senior field expertise or rapid issue resolution is required.
• Ensure corrective actions are clearly owned, documented, implemented, and verified when non-conformance, safety, quality, or compliance concerns arise.

Coaching, Continuous Improvement & Reporting

• Mentor and coach Field Project Managers on installation readiness, site leadership, subcontractor oversight, documentation, issue escalation, quality control, and project closeout.
• Identify recurring patterns in survey accuracy, readiness failures, subcontractor performance, installation defects, field overages, and closeout issues; recommend systemic improvements to the Field Services Manager.
• Support development and continuous improvement of field-execution standards, readiness gates, checklists, installation practices, lessons learned, and post-project reviews. Maintain complete field documentation and actively drive punch-list and closeout completion. Perform other related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

EDUCATION

• Degree in a technical, construction, engineering, or related field preferred; a trade certification, apprenticeship, or comparable combination of education and relevant field experience will be considered.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• 8-10 years of progressive field construction, signage installation, project management, or related experience preferred, including demonstrated responsibility for complex or high-risk field projects. Senior-level placement is based on demonstrated capability and scope, not years of service alone.
• Proven track record leading subcontractors and field execution in active construction environments and resolving complex technical, safety, quality, schedule, and cost issues.

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

• Advanced field leadership, subcontractor management, coaching, and cross-functional coordination capabilities.
• Advanced ability to read and interpret architectural, structural, survey, installation, and construction drawings; familiarity with AutoCAD or comparable drawing tools is preferred.
• Strong project execution skills, including installation readiness, scheduling, logistics, cost awareness, resource planning, risk identification, and closeout.
• Strong working knowledge of building codes, industry standards, job-site safety requirements, fastening principles, and General Signage installation practices.
• Excellent communication and influence skills with subcontractors, customers, general contractors, Project Management, technical teams, and senior internal stakeholders.
• Demonstrated judgment and decision-making under pressure, including willingness to escalate or stop work when safe, compliant, and quality execution cannot be assured.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor others, lead root-cause problem solving, identify recurring field risks, and translate lessons learned into practical process improvement.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

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.

• Regularly required to sit and use hands to operate the telephone, type, and operate a computer and mouse.
• Frequently required to talk, hear, and bend or twist the neck.
• Must be able to physically visit and maneuver a construction job site.
• Frequently required to talk, hear, and bend or twist the neck.
• May occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 lbs, and rarely lift and/or move up to 75 lbs.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision and distance vision.
• This role requires up to 90% travel, with the majority of time spent on active job sites to ensure project execution, coordination, and quality control.