Pharma Construction Lead - Owner's Rep

Cumming; Montgomery (AL); On-site; USD 115,700 - 161,966; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

401(k) Matching

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Disability Insurance

Employee Assistance

Job summary

Cumming Group is a leading project and cost management consultancy delivering world-class construction oversight for pharmaceutical and industrial projects. The Construction Management Lead Owner's Representative role supports owner interests on site, coordinating EPCs, field activities, and quality control across complex programs.

With extensive GMP-driven experience, you will manage multi-EPC scopes, drive safety and compliance, and ensure timely turnover and commissioning readiness for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CM/Engineering or related field.
• 12+ years of construction-management or field-oversight experience.
• 5+ years in a Construction Manager/Director/Area Manager role.
• Greenfield pharma/biotech/api/chemical manufacturing experience.
• Multi-building and multi-EPC program experience preferred.
• CCM or PMP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead owner-side construction oversight across active work areas.
• Coordinate EPC contractors, construction managers, trade contractors, vendors, and equipment suppliers.
• Monitor field progress against the integrated schedule and construction sequence.
• Verify construction against drawings, specifications, contracts, quality requirements, and safety standards.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary scopes (civil, structural, architectural, process, mechanical, piping, HVAC, electrical, instrumentation, automation, and utilities).
• Identify scope gaps, work-front conflicts, access constraints, and sequencing issues.
• Review look-ahead schedules, manpower, productivity, material availability, work packages, and field constraints.
• Support constructability, modularization, prefabrication, work packaging, and site logistics.
• Track RFIs, submittals, field changes, nonconformance reports, and corrective actions.
• Verify contractor-reported progress.
• Monitor inspections, testing, quality records, and turnover documentation.
• Track mechanical completion, punch lists, system completion, turnover, and pre-commissioning readiness.
• Coordinate turnover with CQV, Technical, Quality, Automation, and Operations.
• Review contractor recovery plans and corrective actions.
• Support tie-ins, energization, equipment setting, utility startup, and other critical field activities.

Skills

Pharma construction

Process buildings

Central utilities

Cleanrooms

Laboratories

Warehouses

Tank farms

Infrastructure

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management/Engineering

CCM or PMP preferred

Job description

Cumming Group is a leading project and cost management consultancy delivering world-class construction oversight for pharmaceutical and industrial projects. The Construction Management Lead Owner's Representative role supports owner interests on site, coordinating EPCs, field activities, and quality control across complex programs.

With extensive GMP-driven experience, you will manage multi-EPC scopes, drive safety and compliance, and ensure timely turnover and commissioning readiness for