Regional Construction Manager

-; Iowa City (IA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Regional Construction Manager to oversee complex projects in the chemical and manufacturing sectors. This role involves detailed planning, project management, and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in industrial construction, demonstrating strong leadership and communication skills. Join a dynamic team that values integrity and excellence, and contribute to impactful projects that shape the future of industrial services. Embrace the opportunity to grow within a supportive environment that fosters professional development and teamwork.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in industrial construction required.
• Strong ability to adapt to fast-paced work environments.
• Must demonstrate effective team collaboration and communication.

Responsibilities

• Manage all facets of construction projects to ensure quality and budget compliance.
• Develop detailed labor and material estimates for projects.
• Ensure compliance with safety and quality guidelines on site.

Skills

Project Management

Communication Skills

Adaptability

Team Collaboration

Integrity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Microsoft Project

Lean Construction Principles

Job description

Regional Construction Manager

Location: Iowa City, Iowa

Bilfinger Industrial Services Inc. is part of the Bilfinger group, a leading engineering industrial construction and maintenance company. Whether the need is for a plant upgrade or for customized maintenance support or construction solutions to meet challenging site demands, Bilfinger Industrial Services Inc. provides tailor-made solutions to meet quality, cost, and schedule requirements. The company focuses on expanding, modifying, and maintaining existing plants. Bilfinger is a five billion dollar company with thousands of highly professional employees in the USA and worldwide.

Our Team

The Bilfinger group of companies enhances the efficiency of assets, ensures a high level of availability, and reduces maintenance costs for its clients. Its portfolio covers the entire value chain from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, maintenance, plant expansion, as well as turnarounds.

Bilfinger Industrial Services Inc. is a leading provider of complex and comprehensive industrial services specializing in chemicals, manufacturing, assembly, and construction. With over 80 years of experience on a multitude of projects across multiple markets, we excel at making the impossible possible.

Driven by integrity and a long-standing culture of performance excellence, Bilfinger doesn't just build structures - we build relationships. Our professionals share a common goal; to keep promises, honor commitments, and exceed client expectations. Our performance is what has helped, and continues to help forge strong partnerships, which are strengthened over time. Bilfinger provides employees with training and opportunities, both internally and externally, to further develop in their role and prepare them for elevated roles.

The Role

The Construction Manager is responsible for performing detailed planning, scheduling, and management of self-perform construction projects on large chemical or manufacturing plants. They will prepare work packages for direct hire execution and ensure the work is performed in line with safety, cost, schedule, and quality targets, as well as corporate and client expectations. The value of projects will vary based on overall complexity, but in general the position will oversee multiple simultaneous projects ranging from $2,000 to $5,000,000 each.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years' experience in the industrial construction industry
• Previous experience executing and overseeing projects involving piping, sanitary tubing, tanks, conveyors, equipment foundations and setting equipment and systems
• Extensive knowledge of construction and engineering means and methods
• Experience in producing detailed estimates
• Must demonstrate a strong ability to:
  • Adapt and be flexible to frequent changes in a fast-paced work environment
  • Demonstrate integrity consistent with Bilfinger's core values
  • Collaborate and work effectively in a team environment with people of various backgrounds and styles
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, to include clear, concise, and professional presentation of information
  • Adapt to the constantly evolving world of technology, design, means and methods, systems may include but not limited to: Microsoft Office suite, Microsoft Project, Lean Construction Principles, other construction systems.
  • Mentor and train assistant level operations team members.
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field highly desired

Responsibilities:

• Project Management: Plans, coordinates, and manages all facets necessary to complete projects within budget, on time, and deliver quality work; Reviews and inputs to design packages for constructability and completeness; Creates and manages project budgets; Collaborates with project team effectively and continuously throughout projects; Manages delivery order execution in accordance with contract requirements and project management procedures; Attends pre-issuance to determine existing conditions and client needs; Develops detailed project scope of work to include drawings, renderings, preliminary approximations of types of materials to be used and basic quantity counts; Reviews the proposal scope of work, specifications, and drawings to ensure they clearly define the project requirements and client expectations; Prepares a detailed proposal package based on the scope of work and the line item estimate; Submits to client and attends negotiations to support the proposal as submitted; Negotiates with the client as necessary; Establishes logs and track required submittals and requests for information; Reviews for compliance with the contract documents; Coordinates project close-out; to include obtaining required documentation, assisting in pre-final inspections and As-Built drawings; Create schedules, coordinate work activities and manage & communicate change; Collaborates with client, engineers, field staff, direct hire craft, and subcontractors.
• Estimating: Develop detailed labor and material estimates, material takeoffs and enter requisitions; Prepares estimates based on technical specifications, scope of work and drawings or sketches; to include detailed quantity take-offs for each job as required; Confirms that all necessary line items are included in the estimate and any unnecessary items are excluded; Develops pricing for non-scheduled line items.

• Subcontractor Management: Works with procurement to solicit detailed proposal information from at least 3 vendors and/or subcontractors with all supporting documentation on equipment, material and labor costs for materials or equipment not covered in an industry standard manual or for work to be performed by subcontractor; Evaluates vendor and subcontractor proposals to confirm compliance with scope of work; Collaborates with procurement to negotiate delivery order subcontractor agreements based upon this information; Coordinates subcontractor buyout; to include arranging and attending site visits with subcontractors, tracking subcontractor proposals and entering required data in project management software; Reviews subcontractor proposals to ensure compliance with project requirements.
• Scheduling: Establishes and maintains project start, progress, and completion schedules; manages the project(s) utilizing the schedule, RFI and submittal logs, cost information and status meetings to ensure a timely and profitable completion.

• Business Development: Works closely with client and operations management to support the identification, pursuit and acquisition of new and repeat work; Identifies new business prospects for sponsorship; Participating in the planning and implementation of capture plans for sponsored projects; Contributes to the development of technical and pricing proposals for those projects; Promotes the growth of earned revenues and gross profit on existing projects.
• Safety: Ensures compliance with Bilfinger Industrial Services' Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) guidelines and procedures along with all local and site-specific requirements (OSHA, etc.).
• Regional travel in the Midwest will be required.
• Performance of the job duties will be in an on project site-office environment along with daily project walks that are under construction which may include various weather conditions.
• The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:
  • The ability to walk terrain and surfaces that may be far, uneven, or temporary
  • The ability to regularly sit, stand, walk, talk and hear
  • The ability to frequently use hands to finger, handle or feel
  • The ability to occasionally climb, balance, stoop, kneel, squat, or reach
  • The ability to frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
  • Climb and maintain balance on steel/wood framework, stairs, ladders and scaffolds
  • Required to use hands to grasp, lift, handle, carry or feel objects on a frequent basis
  • Position may require prolonged bending/twisting, walking, reaching overhead, squatting, sitting or standing and lifting
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin or ancestry, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, on the basis of traits historically associated with race (including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists), or any other status protected by the law.

Please reach out to Jason Alan Jaure ([e-mail]) in case of any questions related to this position.

Bilfinger Industrial Services Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/Veterans/Disabled. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or other legally protected characteristics.

This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.