Construction Manager - PL#60216
About The Position
Peter Lucas Project Management invests in people and community to provide gold standard project delivery. We are currently looking for a Construction Manager to join our team. At Peter Lucas, we offer a variety of work, professional development, and learning opportunities that come from working on diverse projects in the mining, energy, and heavy industrial sectors. Our dynamic environment, filled with high-performing professionals, enables our staff to take on meaningful challenges, gain mentorship from a diverse group of colleagues, and succeed in their careers. We are supporting a major industrial project focused on the restart and startup of an existing plant/facility. This is a site-based leadership role responsible for overseeing construction activities, brownfield modifications, contractor execution, and field implementation activities required to safely return the facility to operation. The Construction Manager will play a critical role in bridging engineering, construction, operations, and commissioning teams, ensuring work is safely executed, designs are constructible, contractors are effectively managed, and project objectives are achieved through successful commissioning and startup. This role requires a highly experienced construction leader with a strong background in industrial projects, particularly brownfield environments involving plant modifications, shutdowns, restarts, and commissioning activities.
Requirements
- Extensive experience as a Construction Manager on industrial projects, preferably involving plant restarts, brownfield modifications, or facility upgrades.
- Demonstrated experience supporting commissioning and startup activities within an operating or previously operating facility.
- Strong background managing contractors, subcontractors, and multidisciplinary construction teams.
- Experience in mining, energy, processing, or heavy industrial environments.
- Ability to manage complex field execution activities in remote and regulated environments.
- Strong understanding of construction execution, turnover processes, and commissioning readiness requirements.
- Experience in owner's representative Construction Management roles.
Responsibilities
- Lead and oversee all site construction activities associated with an industrial plant restart and startup project.
- Manage field execution of construction, installation, modifications, repairs, and upgrades required to support facility recommissioning.
- Coordinate closely with engineering, operations, maintenance, and commissioning teams to ensure construction activities support startup objectives.
- Review engineering designs, drawings, and work packages to provide constructability input and ensure practical field execution.
- Direct and coordinate multiple contractors to ensure safe execution, schedule adherence, quality standards, and compliance with project requirements.
- Support commissioning activities by ensuring systems are completed, inspected, tested, and ready for turnover.
- Manage construction completion activities, including punch list resolution, turnover documentation, and handover requirements.
- Monitor construction progress and proactively address risks, constraints, schedule impacts, and field execution challenges.
- Ensure contractor activities comply with site safety requirements, regulatory standards, and company expectations.
- Provide regular reporting and progress updates to Project Management and leadership teams.
- Review, validate, and approve contractor invoices based on verified field progress and contractual agreements.
- Support troubleshooting and resolution of construction-related issues during commissioning and startup.
- Promote and maintain a strong safety-first culture across all construction activities and contractor teams.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
