Construction Manager

Construction Manager

The Construction Manager oversees new builds, renovations, and expansions of fulfillment centers across the United States, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and in alignment with design and compliance standards. This role leads preconstruction management for retrofit, expansion, and industrial building initiatives, coordinating design, schedule, budgeting, and risk mitigation while collaborating closely with internal and external stakeholders. The Construction Manager sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, monitors progress, and prepares clear status reports for leadership, relying on extensive construction and project management experience to plan and accomplish complex goals.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading preconstruction management activities for retrofit, expansion, and industrial building projects and programs, from initial concept through construction handoff.
• Obtaining and documenting all project specifics from site selection and transaction management, researching and compiling all available site information.
• Coordinating all engineering and architectural specifications for each building type, including internal composite coordination, site surveys, existing drawings, and site visits.
• Managing coordination related to transportation and traffic control, internal business requirements, and specific line-of-business standards for each site.
• Coordinating initial architectural design efforts and overseeing permit submittals as required for each project.
• Developing and providing supporting documents for lease execution, including site plans, work letters, schedules, phasing plans, and related materials.
• Creating initial construction schedules and defining construction sequences, including phasing plans when necessary to support complex projects.
• Preparing construction cost estimates for capital requests and other planning efforts, ensuring accurate budgeting and financial forecasting.
• Managing due diligence activities, including utilities and other critical coordination efforts prior to construction handoff.
• Providing complete and accurate documentation for construction handoff, ensuring all materials are uploaded to Procore and other designated repositories.
• Compiling and maintaining documentation such as contacts, drawings, permit status, lease language and exhibits, capital request breakdowns, and any landlord contributions or reimbursements.
• Maintaining a comprehensive repository of all preconstruction work products by site to support future reference and program-level oversight.
• Setting project deadlines, assigning responsibilities, and monitoring and summarizing progress for projects and programs.
• Ensuring compliance with design criteria, spending policies, and transaction policies while influencing and aligning cross-functional stakeholders.
• Preparing clear and concise reports for upper management regarding the status of projects and programs.
• Leading and directing the work of others, providing guidance and oversight to project teams and external partners.
• Applying creativity and sound judgment to resolve complex design, construction, and coordination challenges across multiple concurrent projects.
• Supporting program management of concurrent projects, ensuring consistent standards, documentation, and execution across the portfolio.

Essential skills include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or a comparable field.
• At least 7 years of experience in a related discipline such as Architecture, Engineering, or Construction Management.
• At least 7 years of project management experience spanning the design phase through implementation and operation.
• At least 7 years of experience negotiating construction, procurement,…