How it works
We employ the PM. You run more jobs.
Onyx Project Partners is the employer of record for a qualified construction project manager who works on your jobs, under your license. We carry everything that comes with having an employee. You pay 6% of each managed job’s gross, in step with your draws.
Employer of record
What that means for you.
The PM is our W-2 employee. We hire them, pay them, insure them and train them. You get the project manager without becoming an employer. The PM works on your jobs, under your license; we never contract with your client and never take on the construction.
What we handle
- Recruiting, background checks and onboarding
- Payroll, employer payroll tax and benefits
- Workers’ comp on the PM, plus our GL, E&O and EPLI
- HR and the employment relationship
- Training to the Onyx playbook
- A replacement PM if one isn’t a fit
What stays yours
- Your CSLB license, and contractor of record on every job
- Your contract with the owner, and your billing
- Your subs and your 1099 relationships
- Your lean structure: no employees added
- The calls that are yours to make on your jobs
Billing
6% of gross, billed as you bill.
The fee is a flat 6% of the gross revenue of each job the PM manages. When you send your client a draw or progress invoice on a managed job, we invoice 6% of that amount. A $50,000 draw means a $3,000 invoice from us. No hourly rates, no wages, no placement fee.
Pricing and the fee calculatorCapacity
2 to 5 jobs per PM.
How many depends on the size of the jobs and how close together they are. Bigger or spread-out jobs mean fewer per PM; smaller, nearby jobs mean more. We set the number with you so no job gets a thin slice of a PM’s attention.
Ramp up, ramp down
Coverage that follows your pipeline.
Add a PM when you win more work. When a managed job closes out, its fee ends with its last draw. You never carry a salary between jobs, a severance, or an unemployment claim.
- 01
Request
Tell us the jobs: how many, where, how big, when.
- 02
Match
We place a PM proven on farm-system jobs and fit to your work.
- 03
Run
The PM runs 2 to 5 of your jobs to one playbook, under your license.
- 04
Flex
Add jobs, add a PM, or let jobs close out. The fee follows the work.
General contractors ask
- Do you need a contractor’s license?
- No. Onyx Project Partners is a staffing company, not a contractor. We never contract with the owner and never take on the construction. You keep your license and stay the contractor of record on every job, and the PM works on your jobs under your license.
- Is the PM my employee?
- No. The PM is our W-2 employee. We are the employer of record: we run payroll, pay the employer payroll taxes, carry the workers’ comp, and handle benefits, HR, recruiting and training. You pay a service fee, not wages, so your company can stay lean.
- How is the 6% calculated and billed?
- It is a flat 6% of the gross revenue of each job the PM manages: the contract value both sides can see, not your profit. We bill it as you bill your client. When you send a draw or progress invoice on a managed job, we invoice 6% of that amount. No hourly rates, no wages, no placement fee.
- How many jobs does one PM carry?
- Between 2 and 5 at a time, depending on the size of the jobs and how close together they are. When your pipeline outgrows one PM, we add another.
- What if the PM isn’t a fit?
- Tell us and we place a different PM. Replacement is part of the 6%: there is no new search on your side and no extra fee.
See what it looks like on your jobs.
Send us your pipeline and we’ll walk through the fit, the fee and the PM.
Request a PM