Field Construction Manager

Arcadis; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 76,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis is seeking a Field Construction Manager to join our ACS team to support deactivation, decommissioning, decontamination, and demolition projects across the U.S. The role requires frequent travel and is onsite field management of remediation, abatement, and demolition teams during implementation.

You will coordinate construction activities, supervise subcontractors, monitor safety, maintain documentation, and ensure compliance with contract quality standards while supporting design teams

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applicable environmental and/or demolition construction management experience.
• Seasoned customer and stakeholder management skills.
• Willing to travel up to 90%, with rotations approximately every 3 weeks for an extended weekend home.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate construction activities with client/site personnel.
• On-site supervision/management of Arcadis subcontractors; manage deliveries and site usage.
• Inspect major equipment deliveries for conformance with specifications and drawings.
• Foster clear communication among subcontractors, vendors, and client.
• Monitor health and safety, including daily briefings; conduct weekly progress meetings and field notes.
• Maintain ongoing documentation via weekly progress reports and photos/videos; forecast cost of completion.
• Respond to RFIs; monitor schedules to ensure conformance with contract quality standards.
• Assist with budget tracking, payments, and change control; oversee document management.
• Support design teams with constructability reviews and related support.
• Demonstrate track record delivering environmental and water/wastewater projects for various clients.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Construction leadership

Travel readiness

Education

Engineering / Construction Management degree

Job description

Role description:

Arcadis is seeking Field Construction Manager to join our Arcadis Construction Services (ACS) team to support our deactivation, decommissioning, decontamination, and demolition (D4) projects throughout the U.S. This position requires frequent travel to project sites, so location is flexible. This role sits within the larger Global Resilience Business Area is focused onsite field management of our remediation, abatement, and demolition field teams during implementation of work.

Role accountabilities:

• Construction Management, including the coordination of construction activities and deliveries with client/site personnel.
• Conduct construction inspections and on-site supervision/management of Arcadis Subcontractors; manage deliveries and site usage.
• Inspect major equipment deliveries for conformance with specifications and drawings.
• Foster clear communication among subcontractors, vendors, and client.
• Monitor health and safety, including daily briefings; conduct weekly progress meetings and issue field notes and subcontractor adherence to safety standards.
• Maintain ongoing documentation via weekly progress reports, phone calls, field notes, photographs/videos of progress, and cost of completion forecasts.
• Respond to requests for information; monitor schedules for each contract, ensuring all deliverables and constructed work are in conformance with the quality standards set forth in the contract documents.
• Assist with budget tracking, payments, and change control; oversee document management.
• Supporting design teams with constructability reviews and other support.
• Has a track record of the successful delivery of environmental and water/wastewater construction projects for local, state, federal and private clients.
• Managing work to follow state, local, and Federal requirements.
• Maintaining project files, meetings records, and correspondence, and project controls information.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of applicable environmental and/or demolition construction management experience
• Seasoned customer and stakeholder management skills
• Willing to travel up to 90%, with rotations approximately every 3 weeks for an extended weekend home

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in engineering, construction management, or relevant
• HAZWOPER 40 Hour training with annual refreshers
• OSHA 30 Hour Safety training

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $76,000- $123,120. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.