Construction Manager

MasTec Industrial • Rapid City, SD

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Construction Manager II can run a standalone multi-craft project up to $100 million. The role oversees safety, quality, equipment, materials, manpower, and overall site coordination among senior craft leadership. The Construction Manager supports or leads the project lead and interfaces with clients, engineering and design teams, subcontractors, distributors, vendors, and project management to communicate project status.

Successful performance requires a thorough, multi-discipline understanding of industry best practices and codes. The position manages and mentors direct reports and may supervise 10 or more foremen, other superintendents, and crews of up to 200 or more employees.

MasTec Industrial is part of MasTec Clean Energy & Infrastructure, which provides construction services across renewables, industrial, infrastructure, and general building operating groups. Sustainability and safety are foundational to the company’s culture. The position is full-time, typically scheduled for 50 hours per week, with schedules subject to project requirements. Travel is required up to 90%, with work performed directly at project sites and intermittent travel to the employee’s residence of record. The position may require relocation to successive project locations for extended periods, typically 6–12 months.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management, or equivalent experience and education.
• Ten years of field experience.
• Knowledge of MIC Health and Safety programs and project-specific regulations.
• Ability to read, analyze, and identify discrepancies in engineering plans, specifications, and contract documents.
• Ability to provide constructability and cost-saving alternatives during design and construction.
• Ability to access all points of a construction site in varied climates and environments.
• Willingness to travel extensively and relocate to the next project location for an extended period, typically 6–12 months.
• Ability to maintain effective relationships with team members and the supervisor.
• Commitment to safe behavior, ethics, and integrity; strong work ethic; initiative; and ability to lead, delegate, and support others in meeting deadlines and objectives.
• Ability to work up to a 12-hour shift performing physical work in varying temperatures and outdoor conditions.
• Ability to maintain physical strength and stamina; fully use arms, hands, and legs; push, pull, and frequently lift and carry objects up to 50 pounds; and stoop, kneel, balance, crouch, crawl, and climb.
• Ability to perform repetitive physical tasks continuously for several-hour intervals.
• Ability to work in changing weather and site conditions, including exposure to extreme temperatures, dirt, dust, fumes, smoke, unpleasant odors, and loud noises.
• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment, including safety-toed shoes, gloves, safety glasses, hearing protection, a hardhat, and a vest.
• Ability to move through confined, cluttered, and uneven areas; work at heights; and comply with safety and fall-protection requirements while using required equipment.
• Ability to evaluate information against measurable standards, notice details and slight differences in shapes and shading, and visualize three-dimensional objects from drawings.
• Ability to maintain balance, see and hear well (naturally or with correction), and coordinate the use of eyes, hands, and feet.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage General Foremen and Superintendents across multiple disciplines.
• Represent Casey professionally in all client interactions.
• Communicate with clients, engineers, subcontractors, and vendors about construction-related issues.
• Champion the corporate safety plan and develop a site-specific safety plan.
• Review claimed quantities across disciplines, identify productivity problems early, and propose solutions.
• Review work plans and work packages.
• Support communication of the site quality plan and ensure inspections and quality documentation are completed on time and assembled for final turnover.
• Coach Superintendents on monitoring and staying below estimated Average Labor Rates.
• Review Job Safety Analyses, train craft and staff to complete them correctly, and lead jobsite safety reviews, toolbox meetings, mass safety meetings, and safety training.
• Schedule material deliveries and monitor procurement status.
• Plan, schedule, and coordinate jobsite work groups.
• Review material takeoffs from drawings, specifications, and other contract documents.
• Perform basic engineering calculations and technical drafting to support field operations.
• Assist the Project Engineer with preparing data for submittals or transmittals to customers, vendors, subcontractors, governmental agencies, and internal users.
• Provide information for and review field-issued purchase orders and subcontracts.
• Partner with home-office procurement and subcontract administration functions.
• Provide field support and supervise subcontractor operations.
• Support project recordkeeping and correspondence, including daily reports, photographs, RFIs, submittals, transmittals, memorandums, and other contract-required correspondence.
• Provide information for project controls, including productivity tracking, Average Labor Rate, indirect scheduling, equipment schedules and logs, and risk and opportunity logs.
• Provide information for creating and maintaining the master project schedule.
• Provide information to generate change orders and as-built data for Project Manager review.
• Review Superintendents’ six-week schedules against the master schedule and train Foremen and General Foremen to prepare three-week and one-week schedules.
• Work with Recruiting, using the established personnel requisition process, to hire craft professionals for the discipline.
• Train Superintendents to safely manage and motivate crews.
• Assist the Project Engineer in converting the estimate to Casey’s standard phase codes.
• Request construction equipment and materials.
• Assist the Project Engineer with accurate cost forecasting for labor, materials, subcontractors, and equipment; identify trends and suggest corrective actions.
• Know the provisions, terms, and scope of the prime contract.
• Manage, lead, and mentor direct reports.

Benefits

• Competitive pay with ongoing performance reviews and merit increases.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with plan choice and coverage for a spouse, domestic partner, and children.
• Diabetes management, telehealth coverage, prescription drug plan, pet insurance, weight-management drug discount, and discounted national gym membership network.
• Paid time off and paid holidays.
• Bereavement leave and military leave, including benefits continuation.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Short- and long-term disability, life insurance, and accidental death and dismemberment coverage.
• Voluntary life insurance, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity coverage.
• Emergency Travel Assistance Program.
• Group legal plan.

What This Job Offers

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