Construction Manager

Ellaway Blues Consulting; Tennessee; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ellaway Blues Consulting in Tennessee seeks an experienced Construction Manager to lead field execution for complex electrical projects in mission-critical environments. You will oversee onsite operations from planning through commissioning and turnover, ensuring safety, quality, and schedule performance.

The role also leads onsite manufacturing/prefabrication operations, integrating offsite-style production, kitting, logistics, and field installation into a coordinated delivery model.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading electrical construction operations on large, complex projects.
• Experience with BIM/VDC coordination and constructability reviews.
• Strong scheduling, materials, logistics, and manpower planning abilities.
• Knowledge of electrical safety practices and commissioning processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily electrical construction activities, supervision of field teams, subcontractors, vendors, and workforce planning.
• Coordinate with project management to translate plans into effective field execution.
• Manage sequencing, manpower, materials, and logistics to maintain progress against schedule.

Skills

Electrical construction leadership

BIM/VDC coordination

Scheduling & logistics

Subcontractor coordination

Safety compliance

Field execution planning

Team leadership

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Construction Manager to lead field execution for complex electrical construction projects in mission-critical environments. This role will oversee onsite operations from planning through commissioning and turnover, with accountability for safety, quality, productivity, schedule performance, and team leadership.

A key part of the position is leading an onsite advanced manufacturing and prefabrication operation, integrating offsite-style production, kitting, logistics, and field installation into a coordinated delivery model.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead daily electrical construction activities, field supervision, subcontractors, vendors, and workforce planning.
• Partner with project management to translate project plans, drawings, schedules, procurement needs, and work packages into effective field execution.
• Manage sequencing, manpower, materials, equipment, access, and logistics to maintain progress against schedule and production goals.
• Identify field constraints, design conflicts, material shortages, and productivity issues early; implement practical recovery plans when needed.
• Coordinate with general contractors, owners, engineers, commissioning teams, other trades, and BIM/VDC personnel to resolve issues before they affect installation.
• Direct the onsite manufacturing/prefabrication operation, including production planning, staffing, material flow, quality controls, kitting, and delivery to the point of installation.
• Expand opportunities for prefabrication, modularization, and standardized assemblies to improve safety, quality, labor efficiency, and schedule certainty.
• Maintain a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with applicable OSHA, NFPA 70E, client, and site-specific requirements.
• Drive QA/QC, testing, commissioning readiness, punch-list completion, turnover documentation, and closeout activities.
• Provide clear reporting on field progress, manpower, productivity, schedule risks, material status, safety, quality, and project constraints.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience leading electrical construction operations on large, complex projects.
• Strong understanding of field execution, workforce management, scheduling, materials, logistics, and subcontractor coordination.
• Experience working with BIM/VDC coordination, drawings, specifications, work packages, and constructability reviews.
• Knowledge of electrical safety practices, quality requirements, testing, and commissioning processes.
• Background supporting data center, mission-critical, industrial, or similarly schedule-driven construction environments is strongly preferred.
• Experience with prefabrication, modular construction, manufacturing, or kitting operations is highly valued.
• A hands-on, accountable leadership style with the ability to anticipate issues, make sound field decisions, and build high-performing teams.