Senior Mechanical Project Manager
Owns HVAC and plumbing project P&L, schedule, and quality for a vertically integrated construction firm, using Excel, Smartsheet, and Procore to deliver medical and commercial facilities faster and safer.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Birmingham, Alabama, United States
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 12+ years
- Category
- Project management
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 10–12+ years of Project Management experience in mechanical contracting with direct P&L ownership
- Proven track record delivering HVAC and plumbing scope on medical and/or commercial projects
- Experience managing labor planning and field leaders across multiple concurrent projects
- Proficiency in MS Excel, Smartsheet, and Procore
- Based in Birmingham, AL, or willing to relocate
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time (~1 week per month)
Nice to have
- BS in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited university
- Experience in a self-perform, vertically integrated, or design-build environment
- Experience building or standardizing a field training program
- PE license or equivalent industry credential
Full description
Senior Mechanical Project Manager
Creature is a vertically integrated Design–Manufacture–Construct (DMC) company headquartered in Birmingham, AL. We replace the century-old, siloed model of the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry with one disciplined system — design, manufacturing, and field execution operating as a single team, not a chain of handoffs. Our in-house Mechanical, Plumbing, and Carpentry trades are the backbone of that system, and the reason Creature delivers medical and commercial facilities faster, safer, and to a higher standard than a traditional general contractor.
Purpose of the Role
Own the mechanical value stream — P&L, schedule, labor, and quality — for Creature’s HVAC and plumbing self-perform work across the medical and commercial portfolio. This is not a coordination role. The Senior Mechanical Project Manager is the final word on how mechanical work gets planned, staffed, priced, and delivered, and is accountable for the outcome from precon through closeout.
Core Accountability
Deliver every HVAC and plumbing project on schedule, on budget, and to Creature’s quality standard — while building the labor planning, estimating, and field leadership systems that let the mechanical trade scale without losing discipline.
Key Accountabilities
- P&L Ownership of Mechanical & Plumbing Self-Perform Work
Own the P&L for all mechanical and plumbing self-perform work across the active portfolio. Build and defend budgets from precon through closeout, track cost against forecast in real time, and protect margin by catching problems before they surface in a monthly report. When a job is bleeding money, this is the person who already knows why — and has a plan to stop it.
- Portfolio-Level Schedule & Delivery Command
Lead HVAC and plumbing delivery across multiple concurrent medical and commercial projects. Set the standard the HVAC and Plumbing Field Leaders execute against — reviewing look-aheads, resolving field-level obstacles, and holding the line on schedule integrity. Serve as the escalation point when mechanical scope is at risk, with enough time in the field to know before it becomes a crisis.
- Labor Strategy, Workforce Planning & Field Leadership Development
Own short- and medium-term labor planning for the mechanical and plumbing trades. Partner with the Creature PM team to smooth labor loading for self-perform teams across the full project pipeline, so crews move from job to job without idle time or overtime surprises. Recruit new field talent and standardize the training pipeline that turns new hires into reliable tradespeople — and future field leaders.
- Estimating, Takeoffs & Preconstruction Rigor