Construction Manager

Founded in 1952 and formerly known as Heery International Inc., the firm operates throughout the United States as part of Turner & Townsend. It specializes in project and program management for public sector organizations, with industry-leading experts in corporate, cultural, healthcare, justice, sports, K-12 education, higher education, aviation and government facilities.

Recognized for service excellence by a broad spectrum of professional organizations and industry publications, the talented multidisciplinary team at Turner & Townsend Heery exceeds client expectations — adding value, best practice and expertise at every turn. The team's unique client‑centric culture is integrated into each project and reflects a passion for the built environment and staying true to the client’s vision.

Turner & Townsend Heery is seeking an experienced Construction Manager to work alongside our San Francisco team. This Construction Manager will be focused on public sector projects. The ideal candidate will be a self‑starter with excellent communication skills, experience working in the construction industry and be able to take the initiative to drive activities with limited supervision.

Responsibilities
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• Manage the day‑to‑day activities of construction field staff.
• Coordinate and manage review and approval of submittals and Requests for Information (RFIs).
• Resolve construction project issues, conflicts, claims, and problems.
• Preparation, estimating, determination of entitlement, negotiation, documentation, and oversight of contract change orders.
• Review, negotiate and process contract pay requests for construction contracts.
• Monitor/review/provide oversight of the contractor’s work for compliance with plans, specifications, and schedules.
• Review and accept/reject contractor submittals for contract compliance and ensure that all of the stakeholder responses are coordinated prior to issuing the final disposition.
• Represent the client and its interests in negotiations with outside agencies in matters relating to the construction project.
• Primary liaison to project designer, Authorities Have Jurisdiction (AHJs) and contractor during construction.
• Oversee acceptance testing, environmental and hazardous materials testing and special inspections.
• Evaluate consultant invoices and provide recommendation for payment.
• Provide management and analysis of contractor claims.
• Track and report on project status/lessons learned.
• Oversee maintenance of construction photographs, logs, and other monitoring/tracking records.
• Monitor quality control requirements; issue Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) and reports for compliance documentation.
• Conduct planning, preconstruction, coordination, progress, scheduling, and field project team meetings.
• Review plans and specifications to update appropriate RFIs, trends, submittal and change order logs, make field measurements, and maintain as built and red-lined drawing records.
• Review and monitor contractor’s construction baseline schedule, and any subsequent progress, recovery and as-built schedules. Review and negotiate schedule and cost modifications, based on time impacts
• Prepare and initiate construction bulletins, field directive change notices and unit quantity adjustments
• Coordinate between stakeholders including Port departments, contractors and tenants to ensure proper documentation and execution of utility shutdowns, Construction Advisory Forms (CAFs), site access and key requests, resolution of associated field issues.
• Generate project correspondence and construction documents including serial letters, commission memos, meeting notes, and other contract documents.
• Review and provide feedback on plans and specifications for constructability.
• Development of quality expectations.
• Development of frontend specifications.
• Participate in development and review of alternative delivery method documents. Includes, but not limited to, Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Qualifications (RFQ), and associated proposals.
• Provide technical and contractual oversight of alternative project delivery. Includes but not limited to General Contractor/Construction Manager, Design Build, and Progressive…