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Veterans excel in the Construction industry due to their experience working in team environments, ability to solve complex problems, and ease with working in different elements. Here, you will find everything you need to know about starting a career in the Construction industry, including testimonials from your fellow veterans, a glimpse into each segment of the industry, typical careers within Construction, and much more.

About the Industry

Commercial Construction

Commercial Construction

Commercial construction is the business of building and leasing or selling spaces in the private sector. These spaces can include but aren't limited to offices, manufacturing plants, medical centers, and retail shopping centers. Commercial construction projects and businesses primarily vary in size and scale.

Smaller scale projects like rebranding and reimaging fall into the scope of commercial construction. These projects refer to interior design updates - taking an outdated space and giving it a new image.

Rebranding and reimaging usually includes fresh paint, new floors, and technology or graphics modernization. Commercial renovation and remodeling are oftentimes mid-size commercial construction projects.

Residential Construction

Residential Construction

Residential construction is the business of building and selling individual and multi-family dwellings. The market fragments into single-unit, manufactured, duplex, quad-plex, and apartments and condominiums. Manufactured housing further divides into mobile homes and pre-built houses. The business varies primarily in the size and scale of the operations.

Typically, a builder buys a piece of land, develops the land by clearing and grading it, then constructs roads, sidewalks, drainage, waste removal, electrical and water supplies.

The builder then offers to build either custom homes or pre-designed homes, or pre-manufactured homes, depending on the market. In certain instances the builder may build one or more homes on speculation or "spec," meaning that the company builds the home without having a ready buyer in the hope that once the house is built, a buyer will appear.


Building Materials

Building Materials

The building materials segment of the construction industry consists of a wide range of companies involved in the mining, quarrying, and processing of raw materials used for both heavy and building construction. Materials such as cement, sand and gravel, clay, concrete, and marble are used in this industry.

Industrial and Equipment Manufacturing

Industrial and Equipment Manufacturing

Those in the industrial construction business design, install and maintain titanic structures including power plants, skyscrapers, warehouses, factories and other larger-than-life projects. The work can be as varied as working on a bridge, a dam or an oil refinery.

Industrial construction is a specific form of building that requires expert training and highly experienced workers who can multitask. Many industrial construction companies are large, multinational firms.

The equipment manufacturing industry produces equipment for residential, nonresidential, highway and other infrastructure construction. Companies in this industry build heavy-duty automobiles, specifically designed for implementing construction tasks, most commonly equipment concerning earthwork operations. Additional equipment includes power cranes, draglines and shovels, tractor shovel loaders, and other construction machinery and equipment.


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Senior Project Manager
Company: Orion Talent
Job Ref: # 7007895
Date Posted: 4/17/2026 12:00:00 AM
City, State: Portland, OR
Category: Construction
Salary: $150,000 - $165,000

Job Description

Reporting to the Vice President, the Senior Project Manager is responsible for the successful execution of critical mechanical and process piping construction projects. Leading, coaching and mentoring a team of 3-4 Project Managers, you will have strategic and tactical responsibility for roughly $20M-$60M in projects annually. This role requires the flexibility to pivot from high-level client strategy to granular technical problem-solving in the fast-paced world of high-purity mechanical systems and process piping.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Leadership & Mentorship: Directly lead and coach a team of 3-4 PMs. You are responsible for their professional growth, the quality of their deliverables, and the overall success of their project portfolios.
  • Strategic Oversight: Manage the full lifecycle of complex mechanical projects (budgeting, scheduling, and execution) predominantly within the electronics manufacturing space. This includes: Preparation of project proposals and estimates; Direction of resources and personnel projects; Contract administration and documentation; Buyout of subcontractors, equipment, and materials; Labor productivity tracking; Schedule development; Project budget tracking and cost projections; Customer relations and business development; Project safety culture leadership.
  • Tactical Execution: Dive into the "weeds" when necessary to resolve technical challenges, labor gaps, or supply chain bottlenecks.
  • Client Advocacy: Build high-trust relationships with major clients, ensuring our team meets the rigorous safety and quality standards required within cleanroom environments.
  • Operational Excellence: Drive project profitability through LEAN construction, proactive risk management, accurate forecasting, and an Extreme Ownership mentality toward project challenges and results.

Must-Have Skills, Experience, and Education:

  • Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience with a proven track record in mechanical or MEP construction project management. Experience working in fast-paced, high-stress environments. Specific experience with process piping or high-purity systems is a plus.
  • Education: A degree in Mechanical Engineering or Construction Management is preferred, and equivalent work experience will be considered.
  • Leadership: Extreme Ownership - you coach, mentor, empower, build trust, solve problems and take absolute responsibility for your team's performance, with humility. Must be highly organized, assertive and action-oriented.
  • Communication: Exceptional oral and written communications with your team, colleagues, customers, vendors and subcontractors. You effectively influence and ensure the highest level of customer service.
  • Decision-making: Adept at handling strategic and tactical problems. Employ sound decision-making when solving complex problems, and able to guide and make recommendations to Project Managers, as needed.
  • Technical Knowledge: Ability to read and interpret construction plans, specs, contracts, proposals, estimates, and other regularly encountered items. Familiar with the unique demands of high-tech manufacturing facilities (cleanroom protocols, ultra-high purity requirements, fast-track scheduling).

Company Description: Our client is a full service mechanical contractor that is dedicated to taking care of its customers and its employees. They are a leading and growing fabricator and installer of highly complex mechanical and process piping systems into critical high-tech manufacturing environments, and the are committed to delivering extraordinary results to their customers. The company has an entrepreneurial spirit, and a culture of teamwork, customer service, safety, quality and integrity.

Why this opportunity?

Our client's people set them apart and are the cornerstone of the company's success. If you're looking for a dynamic, collaborative, growing company that cares for its customers and employees, and where you can make an impact, develop professionally and be rewarded for your achievements, then this may be the right company for you!

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