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Our client is seeking an experienced and field-oriented Senior Earthwork Project Manager to lead large-scale earthwork and site development operations for industrial warehouses, distribution centers, and logistics facilities. The successful candidate must have direct technical and operational experience managing self-performed earthwork, including mass excavation, cut-and-fill, grading, soil stabilization, proof rolling, compaction, and large industrial building pads. This is not a general vertical construction position. The role requires a professional who understands soil conditions, heavy equipment productivity, field production, project costs, and scheduling, and who can make fast and accurate technical decisions in a dynamic, multi-project environment. Key Responsibilities Manage earthwork and civil site development operations for large industrial warehouse and distribution center projects. Lead mass excavation, cut-and-fill, rough grading, fine grading, and building pad construction. Develop daily and weekly production plans based on earthwork quantities, haul distances, soil conditions, equipment availability, and project schedules. Determine appropriate equipment spreads and trucking requirements for excavation, hauling, placement, grading, and compaction activities. Calculate and monitor equipment productivity in cubic yards per hour and per day. Compare actual field production against estimates, budgets, and project schedules. Manage self-performing earthwork crews, superintendents, equipment operators, laborers, truck drivers, and subcontractors. Review civil plans, grading plans, geotechnical reports, specifications, earthwork quantities, and project schedules. Supervise and evaluate proof rolling activities. Identify pumping, rutting, deflection, soft spots, unstable subgrade, and unsuitable soil conditions. Develop and implement corrective actions for failed proof rolls and soil-related field conditions. Manage soil stabilization, moisture conditioning, drying, undercutting, replacement, scarification, and recompaction activities. Coordinate density testing, moisture testing, geotechnical inspections, and final subgrade acceptance. Monitor lift thickness, compaction effort, material suitability, pad elevations, and grading tolerances. Manage excavators, bulldozers, articulated dump trucks, compactors, motor graders, loaders, and support equipment. Track labor hours, equipment utilization, fuel, trucking, production quantities, project costs, and schedule performance. Identify operational delays and implement corrective actions to protect production, budget, and project deadlines. Coordinate with owners, general contractors, engineers, surveyors, geotechnical consultants, testing agencies, vendors, and subcontractors. Manage RFIs, change orders, daily reports, production records, cost documentation, and project correspondence. Support project estimating, forecasting, cost control, scheduling, and resource planning. Travel between multiple active project sites and respond quickly to changing field conditions and priorities. Ensure compliance with safety, quality, environmental, and project-specific requirements. Required Qualifications Minimum of 7 years of direct experience in earthwork, heavy civil construction, or large-scale site development. Minimum of 3 years of experience as a Project Manager, Senior Superintendent, or comparable earthwork leadership professional. Demonstrated experience managing self-performed earthwork operations. Direct experience with mass excavation, cut-and-fill, grading, and large commercial or industrial building pads. Practical experience with soil stabilization and unsuitable soil remediation. Direct experience conducting, supervising, or evaluating proof rolling. Strong knowledge of compaction requirements, moisture conditioning, lift thickness, density testing, and subgrade preparation. Ability to calculate equipment productivity using truck capacity, loading time, haul distance, cycle time, material type, swell and shrink factors, equipment utilization, and compaction requirements. Experience planning and balancing excavation, hauling, placement, grading, and compaction operations. Experience managing heavy equipment fleets and field production crews. Ability to read and interpret civil drawings, grading plans, geotechnical reports, project specifications, and earthwork quantities. Strong understanding of project scheduling, cost control, production tracking, forecasting, and resource allocation. Ability to make timely technical decisions in fast-paced and changing field environments. Ability to manage multiple active projects and competing priorities. Strong leadership, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills. Willingness and ability to travel frequently between project locations. Valid driver's license. Authorization to work in the United States. Preferred Qualifications Experience with industrial warehouses, distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, or logistics developments. Experience managing sites with significant cut-and-fill quantities and large industrial building pads. Experience with GPS machine-control systems and survey coordination. Knowledge of HCSS, Procore, Bluebeam, Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or similar construction management software. OSHA certification. Experience coordinating directly with geotechnical engineers and material-testing agencies. Experience managing multiple large-scale earthwork projects simultaneously.

Pay:

From $130,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k) 401(k) matching Dental insurance Health insurance Life insurance Paid time off Vision insurance

Work Location:

In person