Construction Manager

Responsibilities

• Pre-Construction Planning
• Develop and maintain the project execution plan, including construction sequencing, logistics, temporary facilities, equipment access, laydown, storage, crane operations, and contractor mobilization.
• Support development and validation of construction budgets, cost estimates, bid packages, contractor scopes, and project schedules.
• Review drawings, specifications, equipment requirements, and contractor proposals for completeness, constructability, scope gaps, and trade coordination issues.
• Coordinate construction input across civil, structural, architectural, fire protection, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, controls, communications, security, and equipment-installation scopes.
• Support contractor procurement and bid leveling in coordination with Procurement and Project Management.
• Develop responsibility matrices, work-package boundaries, and turnover requirements to minimize scope gaps and overlaps.
• Participate in design reviews and identify constructability, access, sequencing, safety, and installation risks before mobilization.
• Establish reporting, change management, RFI, submittal, document-control, and field communication processes.
• Construction Responsibilities
• Direct and coordinate the complete field construction effort across all contractors and trades with assistance from field engineers and superintendents.
• Manage construction sequencing, site logistics, work fronts, contractor interfaces, and short-interval planning.
• Maintain the integrated construction schedule, track actual progress, identify critical-path impacts, and implement recovery plans when milestones are at risk.
• Coordinate daily and weekly work planning with superintendents, trade partners, Project Management, engineering, procurement, and site leadership.
• Monitor contractor staffing, supervision, productivity, material availability, equipment, and execution against contractual commitments.
• Lead site coordination meetings and communicate priorities, constraints, decisions, and required corrective actions.
• Resolve field conflicts and drive RFIs, design clarifications, submittals, and technical decisions to timely closure.
• Coordinate civil and site work, foundations and structural construction, architectural and life-safety scopes, plumbing and mechanical construction, electrical construction controls, SCADA, communications, security, monitoring, and other low-voltage systems with the applicable equipment and trade packages.
• Coordinate heavy equipment deliveries, receival inspections, storage, rigging, crane operations, setting, preservation, and final installation.
• Maintain visibility into procurement status and escalate long-lead equipment, material shortages, fabrication delays, and delivery risks.
• Review contractor applications for payment, progress quantities, change requests, and supporting documentation in coordination with Project Management and Procurement.
• Maintain site records, including daily reports, progress photographs, manpower tracking, delivery records, field decisions, and schedule updates.
• Manage punch-list execution, contractor demobilization, record-document completion, and turnover readiness.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in construction or energy project management; experience in utilities or modular infrastructure is preferred.
• Proven experience managing complex contractor networks and large-scale procurement.
• Strong understanding of permitting, utility coordination, and QA/QC procedures.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail.
• Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., Monday.com, Procore, etc.).
• Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-functional coordination skills.

How We Work

Benefits

• Subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
• Equity (options) in a rapidly growing startup
• 401(k) with 4% employer match
• Unlimited PTO
• Parental leave
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) or Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Commuter benefits, where applicable
• Opportunities to collaborate in person at periodic team and company on-sites

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement