Arctic Ice Road Construction Lead

The Hawk Group; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hawk Group is seeking an Ice Road Construction Specialist to lead planning, evaluation, and execution oversight of ice roads and ice bridges for an Arctic exploration drilling campaign. You will assess access strategies, route options, costs, risks, and logistics dependencies while supervising field execution for safe, timely, and cost-effective delivery of winter access infrastructure.

You will report to the Drilling Project Manager and coordinate with Logistics, HSE, Permitting, Camps, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline (or equivalent field experience).
• 7+ years of ice road and ice bridge construction experience, preferably in Arctic or North Slope environments.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating tundra travel vs. ice road construction strategies.
• Strong safety leadership and field presence.

Responsibilities

• Route Planning: Analyze ice road routes, river crossings, ice bridges, and staging areas.
• Strategy Evaluation: Compare tundra travel vs ice road construction based on environment, cost, risk, and schedule.
• Execution Philosophy: Define access plans aligned with drilling, logistics, and permitting.
• Equipment Stranding: Coordinate pre-positioning of equipment to facilitate river crossings.
• Risk Mitigation: Develop contingency plans for freeze-up timing and ice thickness.
• Design & Safety: Plan ice bridges considering load cases, HSE standards, and construction methods.
• Operational Monitoring: Track ice conditions, load limits, and seasonal constraints.
• Progress Tracking: Monitor daily construction productivity, weather, ice growth, and quality.
• Site Inspections: Conduct site visits, audits, and safety inspections.
• HSE Leadership: Provide field safety leadership and address unsafe conditions immediately.
• Variance Management: Track progress and costs; address overruns or schedule deviations.
• Reporting & Optimization: Provide risk/forecast reports and optimize resource allocation.
• Dynamic Response: Identify risks and adjust routes or sequencing as needed.
• Field Advisory: Support field decision-making with practical solutions.
• Contractor Alignment: Oversee contractors to ensure safety and quality.
• Internal Coordination: Manage interfaces with Logistics, Drilling, HSE, Permitting, Camps, and SCM.
• Data Management: Maintain logs, cost summaries, risk registers, and audit records.
• Continuous Improvement: Capture lessons learned for future winter planning.
• Regulatory & Safety: Support permitting, regulatory discussions, and winter emergency response.
• Workshops: Participate in readiness reviews and future phase strategy development.

Skills

Safety leadership

Field presence

Risk identification

Decision making

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelors degree in engineering/Construction Mgmt

Tools

MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Job description

The Hawk Group is seeking an Ice Road Construction Specialist to lead planning, evaluation, and execution oversight of ice roads and ice bridges for an Arctic exploration drilling campaign. You will assess access strategies, route options, costs, risks, and logistics dependencies while supervising field execution for safe, timely, and cost-effective delivery of winter access infrastructure.

You will report to the Drilling Project Manager and coordinate with Logistics, HSE, Permitting, Camps, and