Construction Manager

IAPMO Group; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

IAPMO Group is seeking an experienced Construction Manager / Owner's Representative to support a major capital project in North Carolina. The role acts as the owner's on-site representative, ensuring safety and driving project execution across cost, schedule, and quality.

The candidate will review design packages, monitor schedules, coordinate with commissioning and QA teams, manage change orders, and provide clear reporting to senior stakeholders on performance and risks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field required.
• Experience in owner's representative or construction management roles.
• Pharma/biotech/life sciences project experience highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Act as the owner's on-site representative with oversight of cost, schedule, quality, and execution.
• Review design packages for scope gaps, constructability, and change-order exposure before construction.
• Monitor schedules, identify delays, and drive recovery plans to hit milestones.
• Optimize construction through sequencing, logistics, and trade coordination.
• Support quality management and coordinate with commissioning, qualification, and validation teams.
• Review deliverables to ensure completeness, constructability, and bid readiness.
• Manage change orders, claims, and commercial risks while protecting owner interests.
• Provide concise reporting on project performance, risks, and opportunities to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Owner's on-site representation

Construction management

Scheduling

Cost management

Risk assessment

Contractor management

Reporting to stakeholders

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Construction Management / Project Management related discipline

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Construction Manager / Owner's Representative to support the delivery of a major capital project in North Carolina. This individual will act as the owner's on-site representative, ensuring safety within pharmaceutical manufacturing

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the owner's on-site representative, providing full oversight of contractor performance across cost, schedule, quality, and project execution.
• Review detailed design packages to identify scope gaps, constructability issues, coordination risks, and potential change order exposure before construction begins.
• Monitor and challenge project schedules, identifying delays early and driving recovery plans to maintain key milestones.
• Optimize construction execution through improved sequencing, logistics planning, trade coordination, productivity enhancements, and removal of project constraints.
• Ensure high-quality field execution by supporting quality management processes and coordinating closely with commissioning, qualification, and validation teams.
• Review design deliverables and construction work packages to ensure completeness, constructability, bid readiness, and effective multidisciplinary coordination.
• Manage change orders, claims, and commercial risks by assessing entitlement, pricing, schedule impacts, and ensuring owner interests are protected.
• Provide clear and concise reporting to senior stakeholders on project performance, including cost and schedule status, risks, change management, contractor performance, and opportunities for improvement.

Key Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years' experience managing large-scale construction projects within pharmaceutical, biotechnology or life sciences
• Demonstrated experience acting in an owner's representative, construction management, project management, or site leadership capacity.
• Strong understanding of construction execution, contractor management, project controls, scheduling, and cost management.
• Proven ability to identify and mitigate project risks, construction conflicts, and commercial challenges before they impact project outcomes.