The Role
Manage large-scale mechanical, miscellaneous metals, and structural steel construction projects from planning through closeout. Responsibilities include budgeting, scheduling, subcontractor coordination, contract administration, procurement, billing, change orders, staffing, labor productivity, cost control, forecasting, documentation, and client relationships. The role oversees project teams and ensures projects meet schedule, budget, contractual, safety, and quality objectives.
Summary Generated by Built In
At RK, you'll own project planning, budgets, schedules, subcontractor coordination, and client relationships while working alongside an experienced team on large-scale commercial and industrial projects. If you're looking for more autonomy, career growth, and the opportunity to build projects that make an impact, we'd love to talk.
RK Company Overview
RK Industries is a second-generation family-owned company led by brothers Rick and Jon Kinning. With seven specialized business units working together, we deliver construction, fabrication, manufacturing, and building services with a focus on safety, quality, and craftsmanship.
People join RK for the craftsmanship, complexity, and the ability to make a real impact. Our in-house capabilities mean employees see their ideas become real solutions, creating meaningful collaboration and clear visibility into how work gets built. Growth happens through challenging projects, mentorship from experienced builders, and opportunities that stretch your skill set.
With RK University, accredited apprenticeships, competitive benefits, and deep community investment, RK offers the stability of a family-owned company with the opportunity and momentum of an industry leader.
Position Summary
Plan, direct and coordinate activities of designated mechanical, miscellaneous metals, or structural steel construction projects. Make sure goals are achieved in a timely manner and within budget by performing duties personally or through subordinate supervisors. Manage budgeting and scheduling. Administer contracts, buyout, documentation, meetings, billings, change conditions, labor productivity, cost control and project closeout.
Role Responsibilities
- Manage and supervise day-to-day operations of staff teams on assigned projects.
- Initiate, review, and oversee required project administration and documentation to avoid claims and protect the best interest of RK Mechanical, Inc. and our client.
- Ensure contract agreements are expeditiously secured, reviewed, processed, and executed.
- Review, edit, finalize and distribute project budget.
- Conduct pre-construction turnover meetings for all assigned projects.
- Ensure required permits and/or licenses are obtained and posted.
- Initiate setup, monitoring and updating of project scheduling.
- Coordinate required procurement of materials and equipment with purchasing agent, with emphasis on buyout plan to meet, or improve on, established schedule dates and budget cost.
- Subcontract agreement negotiation, preparation, processing, and execution.
- Ensure required submittal review, processing and approvals, and submittal logs are set-up and maintained.
- Develop, submit and obtain approval of billing schedule of values.
- Maintain an over billed cash position, and request retention release bill-down/payments.
- Collect payments, progress billing and retention receivables, on or before due dates.
- Price, negotiate and process change condition and change order work.
- Ensure assigned projects are properly staffed with appropriate field forces. This includes: 1) review, updating and approval of labor resource loading; and 2) labor productivity.
- Oversee tools and rental equipment use on all assigned projects. Ensure that any tools and rental equipment not required, or not being utilized, are returned immediately.
- Responsible for overall financial performance of all assigned projects, including continual cost control, management, and forecasting.
- Prepare accurately, and submit on time, all required project monthly contract valuations.
- Review, approve and process all subcontractor and supplier invoices.
Qualifications
- Independent decision making.
- Responsible for a single department or functional area either as a manager or functional expert.
- Initiates and maintains relationships with key staff and other departments.
- Makes authoritative decisions and recommendations having important impact on activities of the company.
- Demonstrates a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in anticipating and solving unprecedented complexities.
- Determines program objectives and requirements, organizing programs and projects and developing standards and guidelines for diverse activities.
- Proven specialist expertise, typically 10+ years of experience, including fiscal responsibilities.
- College/university graduate or equivalent combination of skills or equivalent combination and experience generally expected for specified technical roles.
What Sets RK Industries Apart
- Safety: Our unmatched culture of safety is our foremost core value, guiding everything we do each day: Health, Safety, & Environmental
- Awards: Whether in Construction, Manufacturing, Fabrication, or Service, RK Industries is highly recognized and accredited throughout the industry: Accreditations & Recognition
- Benefits: RK Industries offers competitive benefits to support your growth and well-being: Benefits & Rewards
- Philanthropy: RK Industries not only builds our community through our projects, but also invests in it by supporting local services for over a decade through the RK Foundation: RK Foundation
- Development: Through RK University, we provide hands-on training and development opportunities that empower employees to advance their careers and grow within the company, to include leadership and technical learning opportunities, we well as our accredited apprentice program: RK University & RK Apprenticeship Program
Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis
Skills Required
- Independent decision-making capability
- Experience managing a department or functional area
- Ability to maintain relationships with key staff and departments
- Authoritative decision-making and recommendation skills
- Creativity, foresight, and mature judgment for solving complex problems
- Ability to determine program objectives, organize projects, and develop standards and guidelines
- Typically 10 or more years of specialist experience, including fiscal responsibilities
- College or university degree, or equivalent combination of skills and experience
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The Company
What We Do
RK Industries, LLC is a second-generation, family-owned company serving the Mountain West through construction, specialty contracting, fabrication, manufacturing, and building services. Its seven business units—Mechanical, Steel, Electrical, Energy, Mission Critical, Service, and Water—provide integrated solutions and modular or prefabricated systems. The company emphasizes safety, quality, craftsmanship, employee development, and community investment, operating from its headquarters in Aurora, Colorado.
