Mechanical / Process Piping Project Manager

Location: Elizabethtown, PA, with potential longer-term opportunities supporting Central Pennsylvania operations. Pittsburgh home office.

Compensation: $95,000–$125,000 annual base. Health insurance and vehicle arrangements form part of the compensation discussion.

Travel: Local candidates preferred; qualified traveling candidates considered, with travel arrangements discussed individually.

Position Overview

An established mechanical contractor seeks an experienced Project Manager to provide senior onsite leadership for an approximately $20 million food manufacturing expansion. This opportunity combines technical project coordination with direct client interaction and support for an existing onsite project management team.

The initial assignment requires full-time onsite coverage in Elizabethtown for approximately 12 months. The project includes specialty process piping, compressed air piping, conveyors, and systems used to move food products through the manufacturing process. The ideal candidate understands mechanical construction and can quickly learn specialized production systems while maintaining the cleanliness, safety, and coordination expected in a food manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior project leadership and serve as a dependable point of contact for the client.
• Coordinate with onsite project managers, field leadership, engineers, contractors, and facility personnel to resolve issues and keep work progressing.
• Manage client expectations through prompt responses, clear updates, and consistent follow-through.
• Support project scheduling, look-ahead planning, sequencing, and coordination of mechanical and process piping installations.
• Coordinate fabrication and installation activities, working with shop and field teams to address technical requirements and construction constraints.
• Maintain project documentation and use client-required construction management software, including Procore.
• Help ensure work meets project specifications, quality expectations, site safety requirements, and food manufacturing cleanliness standards.

Qualifications

• Approximately five or more years of project management experience in mechanical construction, process piping, industrial construction, or manufacturing capital projects.
• Strong practical understanding of piping systems and mechanical installation, with the ability to learn specialized process equipment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage client relationships and communicate effectively with owners, project teams, and field personnel.
• Experience coordinating schedules, construction activities, documentation, and multiple project participants.
• Comfort using construction management software and adapting to customer-specific systems; Procore experience is valuable.
• Ability to provide full-time onsite coverage for the approximately 12-month initial assignment.
• Mechanical contractor, specialty contractor, general contractor, or owner-side manufacturing experience will be considered where the candidate demonstrates relevant technical knowledge.

Preferred Experience

• Food and beverage manufacturing projects, including familiarity with production environments, cleanliness requirements, and facility safety expectations.
• Specialty product-transfer piping, double-containment piping, compressed air systems, conveyors, and related process equipment.
• Pipe fabrication, skid fabrication, industrial utilities, refrigeration, or plant maintenance and outage work.
• Exposure to design-assist or design-build delivery and coordination with CADD, 3D, or BIM teams.
• Scheduling and pull-planning experience.

The Opportunity

Join an established contractor with experienced office, fabrication, and field teams and capabilities spanning mechanical systems, process piping, HVAC, plumbing, and industrial construction.

The initial assignment offers a visible leadership role on a significant manufacturing expansion, with a preference for someone interested in a long-term career. Additional work discussed includes industrial, healthcare, and data center projects. Future assignments will depend on project needs.

Health insurance and vehicle arrangements form part of the compensation discussion. Travel-related support will be evaluated for candidates requiring an assignment away from home.