Field Construction Management Director

AtkinsRéalis; Vestavia Hills (AL); On-site; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time off

Flexible work options

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Field Construction Management Director to act as the owner’s field representative across a major pharmaceutical campus footprint. You will remotely and on-site oversee construction execution, validate progress, ensure safety, and drive quality and readiness for commissioning and startup across multiple fronts.

The role requires extensive field leadership on large-scale programs, experience with regulated environments, and strong collaboration with engineering, CQV,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in CM/Engineering/Architecture or related field
• 20+ years of professional construction management experience
• Minimum 10 years leading field teams on complex industrial programs
• Experience overseeing field execution on programs >$1B capital value
• Pharma or related regulated industries preferred
• Experience managing NCRs, punch lists, and corrective actions
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Willingness to travel and stay on-site as needed

Responsibilities

• Serve as owner's primary field oversight representative across active work fronts
• Maintain on-site presence to monitor construction activities, productivity, and execution quality
• Independently verify contractor-reported progress and support owner-side progress metrics
• Identify risks and issues impacting safety, schedule, or turnover objectives
• Ensure compliance with drawings, specs, procedures, and quality standards
• Support owner QA/QC expectations across project areas
• Lead NCRs, punch lists, and corrective action tracking
• Coordinate with construction, engineering, commissioning, validation, and startup teams
• Validate field readiness for inspections, turnover, commissioning, and startup
• Identify execution risks and escalate before milestones
• Support integrated planning and field constraint resolution
• Participate in daily meetings and field coordination
• Coordinate with Project Controls on progress validation
• Assess contractor staffing and front readiness
• Develop field observation reports and dashboards for leadership
• Verify corrective actions completion and defect resolution
• Support readiness reviews for commissioning and validation
• Promote safety, accountability, and field excellence
• Build relationships with contractor leadership and owner stakeholders
• Drive lessons learned and continuous improvement across teams
• Communicate regularly with clients to ensure satisfaction
• Direct value engineering and risk management initiatives
• Capture lessons learned at project close-out

Skills

Field leadership

Owner-side oversight

Regulated environments

Construction progress verification

Quality oversight

Turnover readiness

Collaborative stakeholder mgmt

Executive reporting

Travel willingness

Safety culture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or related field

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a Field Construction Management Director to join our team in TX, AL, VA, PA, OH, IN, and WI.

Our Pharmaceutical team is growing! The Field Construction Management Director serves as the owner's primary field representative across a major pharmaceutical manufacturing campus. This role provides independent owner-side oversight of construction execution activities, ensuring work is progressing safely, efficiently, and in accordance with approved quality standards, commissioning requirements, and overall program objectives. Unlike traditional contractor-led construction management positions, this role represents the owner's interests in the field by validating progress, monitoring quality performance, identifying emerging execution risks, and ensuring readiness for turnover and startup activities. The position provides objective verification of contractor performance while supporting collaboration across engineering, construction, CQV, startup, and operations teams. Success in this role is measured by the accuracy of progress reporting, effectiveness of quality oversight, timely resolution of field issues, reduction of rework, and successful transition of systems into commissioning and operational readiness. This is a unique opportunity to help shape and lead one of the largest pharmaceutical manufacturing investments in North America while working alongside industry-leading professionals on a career-defining program on a greenfield campus. We are offering a full‑time position with AtkinsRéalis that provides the opportunity to lead complex, high‑profile programs, collaborate with world‑class delivery teams, and receive a highly competitive compensation package with robust benefits.

Your role

• Serve as the owner's primary field oversight representative across active construction work fronts and contractor organizations.

• Maintain a consistent on‑site presence to monitor construction activities, productivity, progress, and execution quality.

• Independently verify contractor‑reported progress and support development of accurate owner‑side progress measurement metrics.

• Conduct routine field assessments to identify risks, constraints, and emerging issues that may impact safety, quality, schedule, or turnover objectives.

• Monitor construction activities for compliance with approved drawings, specifications, procedures, and quality standards.

• Support implementation of owner quality assurance and quality control expectations across all project areas.

• Lead oversight and tracking of non‑conformance reports (NCRs), punch items, corrective actions, and field quality issues.

• Facilitate coordination among construction, engineering, commissioning, validation, and startup teams to ensure effective field execution.

• Validate field readiness for inspections, mechanical completion, system turnover, commissioning, and operational handoff activities.

• Identify and escalation of execution risks before they impact critical milestones or startup objectives.

• Support integrated planning efforts by identifying field constraints, work sequencing conflicts, and contractor coordination challenges.

• Participate in daily construction meetings, work package reviews, and field coordination sessions.

• Coordinate with Project Controls teams to validate installation progress and support field productivity measurement.

• Assess contractor staffing, resource deployment, and work‑front readiness against project objectives.

• Develop field observation reports, executive summaries, and performance dashboards for owner leadership.

• Verify completion of corrective actions and resolution of quality‑related deficiencies.

• Support readiness reviews for commissioning, qualification, validation, and operational startup activities.

• Promote a culture of safety, accountability, quality, and field excellence across the campus.

• Build strong working relationships with contractor leadership, construction management teams, commissioning personnel, and owner stakeholders.

• Drive implementation of lessons learned and continuous improvement initiatives across field execution teams.

• Communicates on a regular basis with clients to assure satisfaction with services provided.

• Directs value engineering and risk management initiatives.

• Obtains client feedback at project close‑out and manages the lessons learned processes.

About you

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Engineering Technology, or a related field.

• 20+ years of professional experience (BS) supporting construction management, field execution, quality, commissioning, or major capital project delivery.

• Minimum 10 years of experience providing field leadership on complex industrial, manufacturing, or infrastructure programs.

• Demonstrated experience overseeing field execution on programs exceeding $1 billion in capital value.

• Pharmaceutical industry experience preferred; semiconductor, battery manufacturing, data centers, advanced manufacturing, chemical processing, energy, or other complex industrial sectors will also be considered.

• Extensive experience supporting construction quality management and field inspection programs.

• Experience managing non‑conformance reports, punch list resolution, and corrective action programs.

• Strong understanding of construction execution, work packaging, turnover, commissioning, startup, and operational readiness processes.

• Experience working in highly regulated environments with stringent quality and compliance requirements.

• Strong understanding of engineering drawings, technical specifications, installation standards, and quality documentation.

• Knowledge of construction productivity measurement and field reporting methodologies.

• Familiarity with commissioning, qualification, and validation processes preferred.

• Demonstrated ability to identify execution risks and proactively drive resolution.

• Exceptional communication, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience supporting executive reporting and owner‑side program governance.

• Proven ability to influence contractor performance while maintaining collaborative working relationships.

• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving capabilities.

• Demonstrated success working on large, fast‑paced construction programs with multiple contractors and stakeholders.

• Willingness to travel and maintain significant on‑site engagement as required.

Rewards & benefits

At AtkinsRéalis, our values—Safety, Integrity, Collaboration, Innovation, and Excellence—are more than just words. They are the foundation of who we are and how we work. These principles shape our culture, guide our decisions, and inspire us to create an environment where every team member feels empowered to grow, succeed, and make a meaningful impact.

Depending on your employment status, AtkinsRéalis benefits may include medical, dental, vision, company‑paid life and short‑and long‑term disability benefits, employer‑matched 401(k) with 100% vesting, employee stock purchase plan, Paid Time Off, leaves of absences options, flexible work options, recognition and employee satisfaction programs, employee assistance program, and voluntary benefits. You can review our comprehensive benefits page here.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world‑class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's'infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Expected compensation range is between $170,000 - $200,000+ annually depending on skills, experience, and geographical location

AtkinsRéalis is an equal opportunity, Drug‑Free employer EOE/Veteran/Disability

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