Senior Construction Manager - Government Projects Lead

Turner & Townsend; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend Heery is seeking a Senior Construction Manager to join our team in Houston, TX, supporting large-scale government construction projects. The ideal candidate will have prior experience managing complex programs and coordinating stakeholders across architects, engineers, and contractors.

Responsibilities include tracking milestones, ensuring governance and best practices are followed, producing status reports, and providing technical support to owners and regional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, or equivalent.
• Minimum 5-7 years of relevant project management experience.
• Strong organizational and management skills and ability to work with a broader team.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore and construction PM tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers and suppliers to deliver compliant projects.
• Analyze, track and manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slips.
• Ensure project governance, processes and systems are applied consistently.
• Produce formal project status reports and other required reporting.
• Monitor multiple projects to ensure design standards are applied correctly.
• Forecast and update key project milestones; manage RFIs from the field.
• Provide technical support to owners, designers, general contractors and regional stakeholders.
• Support cost control, value engineering and constructability guidance as needed.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Excel/Office suite

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management or civil engineering

Tools

Procore

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Turner & Townsend Heery is seeking a Senior Construction Manager to join our team in Houston, TX, supporting large-scale government construction projects. The ideal candidate will have prior experience managing complex programs and coordinating stakeholders across architects, engineers, and contractors.

Responsibilities include tracking milestones, ensuring governance and best practices are followed, producing status reports, and providing technical support to owners and regional teams.