Senior Construction Manager

TWD Technologies Ltd. • Towanda, PA

11d • Onsite

About The Position

TWD is seeking a Construction Manager to support a client onsite in Towanda, Pennsylvania. The role involves travel and requires a background in steel production or industrial construction. The Construction Manager provides construction leadership directly or through contractor supervision and ensures projects are completed on time, within budget, and in compliance with applicable safety, regulatory, quality, and project requirements.

The position oversees site safety and environmental compliance, construction administration, crew leadership, planning and scheduling, quality control, and project progress reporting. The Construction Manager coordinates company personnel, contractors, subcontractors, authorities, and client representatives; supports project execution, commissioning, and change management; and contributes construction expertise to design reviews, tender preparation, budgets, estimates, schedules, and reports. The role also supports hazard identification and mitigation and maintains safe access and communication with maintenance and operations representatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of experience in construction management, preferably in steel production or the industrial sector.
• Excellent communication skills and a confident, humble demeanor.
• A strong safety-first culture.
• Ability to exercise cost-control measures.
• Ability to interpret blueprints, schematics, field drawings, and plans.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a steel production environment.
• Experience in the industrial construction sector.

Responsibilities

• Provide construction leadership directly or by supervising contractors, as required by project contracts.
• Ensure compliance with state and federal health, safety, and environmental regulations and company safety policies and procedures.
• Perform site inspections and ensure hazardous work is conducted safely.
• Participate in safety and incident investigations.
• Ensure vehicle and equipment checks are completed and documentation is maintained.
• Ensure field-level risk assessments are completed.
• Maintain site supervisor logs and site reports, prepare daily production records, and complete quality reports.
• Facilitate mandatory toolbox talks, monitor labour productivity, and attend required daily meetings.
• Develop and manage construction crews, assign tasks, manage performance, ensure workers are trained, resolve conflicts, and communicate work standards and behavioural expectations.
• Apply applicable labour laws, company human-resource policies, and union rules and obligations where applicable.
• Work cooperatively with contractors and subcontractors.
• Ensure the safety, quality, and productivity of construction projects and translate general work requirements into prioritized work plans.
• Coordinate with subcontractors and authorities having jurisdiction, and ensure work complies with applicable codes.
• Support the project manager or superintendent in identifying requests for information and construction change notices.
• Organize and manage lifts, construction materials, tools, equipment, and the completions process; support commissioning.
• Assess sites before work begins, oversee construction execution, monitor work quality, establish lines and levels, and inspect and measure completed work.
• Deliver project goals, objectives, risk and assumption management, staffing plans, roles and responsibilities, work breakdown structures, milestones, and deliverables.
• Provide subject-matter expertise for tender preparation, budgets, estimates, construction schedules, progress updates, and monthly reports.
• Plan, organize, and deliver construction scopes in accordance with project execution plans and contracts.
• Apply necessary cost-control measures.
• Plan, coordinate, and supervise company personnel assigned to projects, and ensure company, client, and project policies, procedures, and standards are followed.
• Establish mechanisms to track project progress and report to stakeholders through a formal communication plan.
• Interpret blueprints, schematics, field drawings, and plans.
• Participate in key design reviews during FEL, project risk review meetings, and reviews of layouts for constructability and safety.
• Track construction contract progress and support change-management activities.
• Work with the project manager to facilitate project safety line-ups and with the project manager or project safety manager to identify and mitigate project and construction hazards.
• Coordinate with maintenance and operations representatives to ensure safe site access and communication.
• Participate in investigations involving U.S. Steel plant personnel working on the project.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior