Construction Manager

Northwest Playground Equipment is a fast-paced, collaborative, and customer-centric small business that provides turn-key solutions for designing, procuring, and constructing outdoor amenity solutions for public spaces. We partner with high-quality manufacturers to provide a variety of playground equipment options, playground safety surfacing, site furnishings, interactive play, and much more. We are an established company with a 30-year history of helping our customers build community through play.

The Construction Manager is a newly created leadership role responsible for overseeing project execution while building out Northwest Playground Equipment’s construction management processes and procedures. Following contract execution, the Construction Manager serves as the client’s primary point of contact through project closeout. Because Northwest Playground Equipment subcontracts installation, this role manages installation and site work subcontractors and ensures projects are properly prepared, compliant, and delivered on schedule and on budget by managing contracts, subcontractor scopes, insurance and bonds, and regulatory requirements while identifying and resolving scope, scheduling, and documentation issues.

The Construction Manager owns the project budget, plays a key role in bidding and estimating site development work, and works closely with the Construction Coordinator, who manages manufacturer ordering, freight, and delivery. Reporting to the COO, the role begins hands‑on, managing projects directly, and will grow to supervise and develop additional Construction Managers as the team expands. The Construction Manager operates with a high degree of autonomy and partners with the COO to establish the standards, tools, and workflows the team will use going forward.

The position includes, but may not be limited to, the following responsibilities and activities:

• Receive projects from the Parks Consultant at contract execution, confirming scope, schedule, budget, and client expectations.
• Serve as the client’s primary point of contact from contract execution through closeout, leading kickoff meetings and providing regular progress, schedule, and budget updates.
• Communicate client requirements such as site access, delivery windows, and approvals to the Construction Coordinator and installers, so internal teams can focus on execution without direct client contact.
• Manage client expectations proactively, including delays, scope changes, and site issues, with timely and professional communication.
• Lead project meetings and prepare project status reporting for leadership.
• Lead project closeout with the client, including final walkthroughs, turnover documentation, and warranty information.

• As the team grows, supervise, coach, and direct Construction Managers, providing day-to-day guidance and technical support.
• Assign and prioritize workload across the team, balancing project demands with individual capacity.
• Onboard and train new Construction Managers on company processes, tools, and expectations.
• Conduct regular check‑ins with team members and provide feedback to support their growth and performance.
• Review team members’ work product — budgets, submittals, change orders, and field documentation — for accuracy and completeness before it reaches leadership or clients.

• Partner with the COO to establish and document standardized processes, procedures, and templates for the Construction Management function.
• Identify gaps and inefficiencies in current workflows and lead the design of improved processes for budgeting, documentation,…