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.