Construction Manager

Vulcan Elements; Benson (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Vulcan Elements seeks an experienced Construction Manager to represent the Owner on a major manufacturing facility expansion delivered by a design-build GC. This field-based leadership role monitors schedule, quality, and safety, ensuring alignment with project requirements and operational needs.

The construction manager acts as the Owner's eyes and ears on site, validating progress, reviewing QC performance, and coordinating with engineering and operations stakeholders for smooth commissioning,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of industrial construction management experience, with direct experience representing an Owner.
• Experience overseeing projects delivered under a design-build contract structure.
• Strong knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and controls installations.
• Ability to hold a design-build GC accountable to contract specifications, schedule, and safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• GC Oversight & Coordination – serve as Owner's primary field contact with the GC; monitor site activities and installations.
• Design-Build Compliance – review design development against requirements and identify deviations.
• Schedule Oversight – track master schedule and look-ahead plans; flag risks.
• Quality Assurance – conduct Owner-side inspections and verify installation quality.
• Safety Oversight – monitor site safety and raise concerns when standards are not met.
• Change Order & Pay Application Review – assist in change orders and schedule impact claims.
• Commissioning & Turnover – support commissioning and turnover activities with operations teams.
• Documentation & Reporting – maintain field reports and provide independent progress updates.

Skills

Owner representation

Design-build oversight

MEC knowledge

Schedule oversight

Communication & leadership

Contract & change order review

Reading drawings & specs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Vulcan Elements is manufacturing American rare-earth permanent magnets for a secure, resilient future. With a focus on national security and economic resiliency, we serve critical industries such as defense, aerospace, and automotive powering a high-technology future. Vulcan Elements is building a team of ambitious professionals committed to Mission Focus, Technical Excellence and Transparency.

We are seeking an experienced Construction Manager torepresentthe Owner on a major manufacturing facility expansion being delivered by a design-build General Contractor (GC). This is a contract engagement for a field-based leader who will oversee the GC's construction execution on the Owner's behalf — monitoring schedule, quality, and safety performance, and ensuring the GC's design and construction stay aligned with the Owner's project requirements, business objectives, and operational needs.

The Construction Manager acts as the Owner's eyes, ears, and voice on site — validating the GC's schedule and progress claims, reviewing quality and safety performance, flagging design or execution issues that affect the Owner's interests, and ensuring a smooth path to commissioning, turnover, and start-up. Daily on-site presence and close working relationships with the GC's project teamandthe Owner's engineering/operations stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• GC Oversight & Coordination – Serve as the Owner's primary field point of contact with the design-build GC;monitorday-to-day construction activities, sitelogistics, and installation of mechanical, electrical, and controls systems performed by the GC and its subcontractors.
• Design-Build Compliance – Review the GC's design development and construction execution against the Owner's project requirements, performance specifications, and contract basis of design;identifyand escape deviations, gaps, or design-to-field discrepancies.
• Schedule Oversight – Independently track the GC's master schedule and look-ahead plans,validateprogress and productivity claims, and proactively flag schedule risks or slippage to Owner leadership.
• Quality Assurance (Owner-Side) – Conduct Owner-side field inspections and quality walks independent of the GC's own QC program; verify installation quality against drawings, specifications, and code, and drivetimelyclosure of non-conformances through the GC.
• Safety Oversight – Monitor the GC's site safety program and performance, verify compliance with contract and regulatory safety requirements, and raise concerns directly with GC leadership when standards are not met.
• Change Order & Pay Application Review – Assist inGC change order requestsreview, pay applications, and schedule impact claims for accuracy and contract compliance.
• Commissioning & Turnover – Support commissioning, start-up, and turnover activities, coordinating between the GCandOwner's operations/engineering teams
• Documentation & Reporting – Maintain field reports, progress photos, punch lists, and inspection records from the Owner's perspective; provide regular, independent progress and risk reporting to Owner leadership.
• Responsibilities and tasks outlined are not exhaustive and may change asdeterminedby the needs of the business

Qualifications

• 10+ years of industrial construction management experience, with direct experiencerepresentingan Owner (Owner's CM, Owner's Rep, or similar)
• Experience overseeing projects delivered under a design-build contract structure; understanding of design-build roles, responsibilities, and single-point-of-responsibility risk allocation.
• Strong working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and controls (MEC) installations, sufficient to independently assess GC-reported quality, progress, and schedule claims.
• Proven ability to hold a design-build GC accountable to contract specifications, schedule, and safety requirements without directly managing the GC's subcontractors.
• Experience reviewing GC pay applications, change orders, and schedule impact claims from an Owner's perspective.
• Experience reading and interpreting construction drawings, P&IDs, electrical one-lines, and equipment specifications, including performance-based design-build specifications.
• Working knowledge of construction scheduling tools sufficient to independentlyvalidateGC-provided schedules.
• Experience supporting Owner-side commissioning, start-up, and turnover offacility equipment and systems.
• Excellent communication, organization, and field-leadership skills, with the judgment to elevate issues appropriately andmaintaina constructive but independent relationship with the GC.
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field preferred; equivalent field experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience specifically as an Owner's Construction Manager or Owner's Representative on industrial or manufacturing capital projects.
• Experience on greenfield or brownfield manufacturing expansion projects delivered via design-build or EPC.
• OSHA 30 certification, or equivalent industrial safety credential.

Work Environment & Physical Requirements

• On-site at an active industrial construction site; role requires daily field presence, notoffice-based.
• Ability to walk an active construction site, climb ladders/stairs, and work around heavy equipment, cranes, and active trades.
• Use of standard PPE (hard hat, safety glasses, steel-toed boots)requiredat all times on site.
• Some flexibility in hours may berequiredto align with GC schedules, deliveries, or critical installation milestones.

As set forth in Vulcan Elements’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

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We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years.