REMOTE Construction Manager

Job Title:

Construction Manager

Job Description

The Construction Manager oversees new builds, renovations, and expansions of fulfillment centers across the United States, with a primary focus on preconstruction management for retrofit, expansion, and industrial building initiatives. This role manages all aspects of design, scheduling, and budgeting, ensuring effective coordination, risk mitigation, and on-time delivery. The Construction Manager sets project deadlines, assigns responsibilities, monitors progress, and prepares status reports for senior leadership while ensuring adherence to design criteria, spending and transaction policies, and influencing cross-functional stakeholders.

The role relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, leads and directs the work of others, and operates with a high degree of creativity and autonomy.

Responsibilities

+ Manage preconstruction activities for retrofit, expansion, and new industrial building projects and programs, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives.

+ Set project and program deadlines, assign responsibilities, and monitor progress to ensure on-time delivery of construction and preconstruction milestones.

+ Oversee all aspects of project design, schedule, and budgeting, including coordination among internal teams, external vendors, and other stakeholders.

+ Ensure compliance with design criteria, spending policies, and transaction guidelines, and influence cross-functional stakeholders to support project goals.

+ Prepare clear, concise, and timely status reports and updates for upper management regarding project and program performance, risks, and milestones.

+ Obtain and document all project specifics from site selection and transaction management teams, including researching and compiling all available information for each site.

+ Coordinate all engineering and architectural specifications for each building type, including internal composite coordination, site surveys, existing drawings, and site visits.

+ Manage coordination related to transportation and traffic control, internal building requirements and standards, and specific line-of-business requirements.

+ Coordinate initial architectural design efforts and oversee permit submittals as required for each project.

+ Develop and provide supporting documents for lease execution, such as site plans, work letters, schedules, and phasing plans.

+ Create initial construction schedules and define sequences for construction phasing, ensuring logical and efficient execution of work.

+ Develop construction cost estimates for capital requests and other planning efforts, supporting accurate budgeting and financial approvals.

+ Manage due diligence activities, including utility coordination and other preconstruction efforts, prior to construction hand-off.

+ Provide complete and accurate documentation for construction handoff, ensuring all materials are uploaded to Procore, including contacts, drawings, permit status, lease language and exhibits, capital request breakdowns, and details of landlord contributions or reimbursements.

+ Maintain a comprehensive repository of all preconstruction work products by site to support future reference, reporting, and continuous improvement.

+ Lead and direct the work of other team members and partners involved in design, engineering, and preconstruction activities.

+ Utilize a wide degree of creativity and latitude to solve complex construction and design challenges and to optimize project outcomes.

Essential Skills

+ 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 from design phase through implementation and operation.

+ At least 7 years of experience negotiating construction, procurement, and labor contracts.

+ Strong construction management expertise, including oversight of industrial and commercial building projects.

+ Proficiency in project management methodologies, tools, and best practices.

+ Experience in site…