Construction Manager

Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.; Oak Ridge (TN); On-site; USD 100,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical and dental)

401K plan

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Longenecker & Associates (L&A), a Geosyntec Company, seeks a Construction Manager to support Centrus Energy at Oak Ridge, TN. You will guide preconstruction, planning, procurement, and field execution with a focus on safety and schedule adherence.

Responsibilities include coordinating with PMs, contractors, and site personnel; managing bids, change orders, and documentation; and ensuring compliance with project requirements and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Strong commitment to construction safety and compliance with safety programs.
• Experience in scheduling, contract administration, and field execution.
• Ability to lead meetings, manage multiple stakeholders, and drive issue resolution.
• Excellent communication, organizational and leadership skills.
• Experience in fast-paced field environments with cross-stakeholder coordination.
• Must be able to obtain/maintain DOE security clearance if required.
• U.S. Citizenship is required for this federal contract position.

Responsibilities

• Lead preconstruction efforts from concept through design development and construction handover.
• Support planning, permitting, regulatory compliance, and early procurement activities.
• Identify and mitigate risks including site conditions and regulatory issues.
• Assist with development of SOWs, RFQ, RFPs; support schedule development.
• Guide construction projects with PMs; oversee construction managers and coordinators.
• Evaluate bids and determine best contractor; manage change orders and safety concerns.
• Oversee project documentation, RFIs, submittals, and preconstruction records.
• Maintain construction schedule and coordinate site logistics with procurement.

Skills

Construction safety

Scheduling

Contract administration

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

DOE security awareness

Education

HS Diploma

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or related field

Job description

Overview

Longenecker & Associates (L&A), a Geosyntec Company, is a trusted partner enabling critical missions across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) complex for more than 35 years. We contribute to DOE's nuclear security and environmental remediation enterprise by providing the highest-caliber staff and experts. We are seeking a motivated Construction Manager to contribute to our mission supporting our work at Centrus Energy in Oak Ridge, TN.

Geosyntec is an innovative, international engineering and consulting firm serving private and public-sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. Our engineers, scientists, technical and project employees serve our clients from offices across the world. Ranked by ENR as one of the top environmental engineering design firms, Geosyntec is internationally known for its technical leadership, broad experience, and exceptional client service.

We invest in our people. Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too. We offercompetitive pay and benefits, and well-being programsto support you and your family.

To Learn More Visit:http://www.geosyntec.com/careers/.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The Construction Manager supports and guides construction activities across assigned projects. This role works closely with Project Managers, Procurement, contractors, and site personnel to ensure construction execution aligns with scope, schedule, budget,safety, and contractual requirements. The Construction Manager serves as the primary liaison between company and contractors, fostering a strong safety culture and ensuring work is performed in accordance with project and site safety requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Lead preconstruction efforts from project concept through design development and into construction handover.
• Support planning, needs assessment, alternative ideas permitting, regulatory compliance, and early procurement activities
• Identify and mitigate potential risks, including site conditions, design conflicts, material availability, and regulatory issues.
• Assists in development of SOWS, RFQ, RFP
• Assist with development of schedules, phasing plans, logistics, and sequencing
• Works with PM to guide construction projects
• Assist in evaluation of bids, RFQ, RFP, and determination of best contactor
• Directs Construction Managers II & Constructin coordinators
• Leads pre-construction meetings, status meetings, close out
• Manage contractor-related issues, including change orders, changes in conditions, safety concerns, and contractual matters.
• Oversee and maintain policies and procedures for project documentation, including RFIs, submittals and preconstruction records.
• Maintains construction schedule
• Works with procurement on vendors, materials, types of contracts, proposal evaluations
• Manage site logistics
• Coordinate communications between site and contractors
• Approves payment requests
• Support overall construction needs

Education and Licensure

HS Diploma

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Required Skills, Experience, and Qualifications

• Demonstrated commitment to construction safety, including experience leading projects with a strong safety culture and compliance with established safety programs.
• Strong understanding of construction scheduling, contract administration, contractor oversight, and field execution.
• Ability to lead meetings, manage multiple stakeholders, and drive issue resolution.
• Strong communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced field environment and coordinate across multiple stakeholders.
• Due to federal contract security requirements, candidates must be able to successfully pass a federal background investigation to secure and maintain DOE Q security clearance if required.
• Due to federal contract security requirements, this position requires U.S. Citizenship.
• Successful candidates will be able to perform the essential functions of the job with reasonable accommodation. This job posting reflects management's assignment of essential functions and the descriptions listed do not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
• Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing.
• Please note that marijuana remains a Schedule III controlled substance under Federal Law. Federal contractors must follow Federal drug-free workplace rules, which prohibit marijuana use, even if medical or recreational use is permitted under State Law.

Preferred Qualifications and Location Details

• Experience in a DOE environment.
• Active Q clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or related field.
• Position is onsite at Centrus Energy in Oak Ridge, TN.

As an L&A employee, you will be eligible for a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare (medical and dental), 401K plan, and paid time off. We believe in investing in our employees beyond compensation and as an L&A employee, you will have access to in-house training, career pathing, mentoring, award programs, tuition reimbursement and much more.