Project Manager - Central Texas Region, Austin

Project Manager - Texas Central Region, Austin
Commercial Vertical Construction Project Management

The Role:

AG|CM is seeking a detail-driven, construction-savvy Project Manager who excels at leading complex projects, building trust with clients, and driving results from preconstruction through close-out. This role is ideal for a professional who thrives in fast-moving environments, communicates with confidence, and understands the realities of delivering construction projects in K-12, higher education, municipal, healthcare, and commercial sectors.

What Makes Us Different:

• Owner's Representative Focus: We advocate solely for the client, ensuring quality, cost, schedule, and scope are protected at every stage.
• Diverse Project Portfolio: From small renovations to multi-facility programs, each project offers new challenges and learning opportunities.
• Real Impact: Your leadership directly shapes safe, functional, and high-quality built environments for communities across Texas.
• Culture of Grit & Integrity: We value a CAN-DO attitude, resourcefulness, and professionalism. We show up for our clients, our team, and each other.

What You'll Do:

• Manager, coordinate, and oversee construction projects, from conceptual planning through occupancy, ensuring budget, schedule, and quality alignment.
• Serve as a key member of the Project Delivery Team (PDT), collaborating with owners, architects, engineers, and contractors.
• Review design documents, drawings, specifications, submittals, RFIs, and change orders to protect the client's interests.
• Monitor contractor performance and ensure compliance with contract obligations.
• Facilitate project meetings, coordinate field visits, and maintain positive relationships with project stakeholders.
• Identify risks early, recommend mitigation strategies, and actively monitor critical milestones.
• Provides regular reporting on progress, scheduling, contractor billing and overall project performance.
• Assist with commissioning, closeout activities, punch-list resolution, and final turnover to the client's operations team.

Minimum Requirements:

• 4+ years of progressive construction project management experience across multiple phases of design and construction.
• Experience working with or overseeing contractors on behalf of owners or public entities.
• Strong professional communication skills, written, verbal, and interpersonal.
• Ability to read and interpret construction contracts, drawings, specifications, and scheduling documents.
• Proficiency with MS Office, Teams, Share Point, and project management software such as Procore or scheduling tools.
• Valid Texas driver's license, clean driving record, and ability to pass a background check.

What Really Matters to Us:

• Client-service Mindset: You take ownership, solve problems quickly, and communicate proactively.
• Construction Judgement: You understand how projects actually get built, not just how they look on paper.
• Business Sense: You recognize how decisions impact cost, schedule, risk, and overall project success.
• Ability: You can shift between jobsite needs, client meetings, and documentation seamlessly.
• Team Collaboration: You work well with designers, contractors, owners, and AG|CM colleagues.

Ideal Background Examples:

• Former Construction Manager or Assistant Project Manager ready to lead larger, more complex projects.
• Professionals with experience supporting K-12, higher education, municipal, healthcare, or public-sector commercial vertical construction.
• Industry changers from engineering, estimating, field supervision, or facilities roles who bring practical insight.
• Individuals with commissioning, quality assurance, or owner-side coordination experience.
• Career changer with relevant experience that fits with the AEC industry.
• Military veteran who has building and/or program management experience.