Construction Manager

Noveon International•San Marcos, TX

80d•Onsite

About The Position

Noveon is building and scaling first-of-a-kind (FOAK) rare earth magnet manufacturing facilities in the US and abroad. The Construction Manager is Noveon's senior field leader and single point of accountability for what actually gets built. This role owns day-to-day execution from site mobilization through civil, structural, building MEP, process utilities, equipment installation and hook-up, mechanical completion, and turnover to commissioning and ramp. It is a hands-on, boots-on-the-ground role backed by real authority to direct general contractors, self-perform and specialty trades, OEM installation crews, and integrators.

Requirements

Has 10+ years of progressive field construction leadership on industrial, process, or advanced manufacturing projects.
Possesses direct experience with process equipment installation and industrial utility systems (piping, electrical, instrumentation/controls) beyond basic shell and core.
Is knowledgeable in managing tie-ins, shutdowns, outages, or turnarounds against live operating plants without unplanned production loss.
Is able to demonstrate fluency reading and redlining full engineering deliverable sets (P&IDs, single line diagrams, 3D models, loop drawings, I/O lists).
Can prove ownership of at least one project taken from greenfield/expansion through mechanical completion and commissioning (ideally $100M+ TIC/TDC range).
Can display fluency in Primavera P6/MS Project, Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, and Bluebeam.
Can utilize their knowledge in directing general contractors, self-perform trades, specialty subcontractors, and OEM installers concurrently on a live site.
Can demonstrate a track record of delivering safely, on schedule, and on budget under real schedule pressure and evolving scope.
Exhibits a strong background in FOAK Industrialization (Owner-Side) and/or Major Capital Project Delivery (EPC/Constructor).

Nice To Haves

Is comfortable with high-purity or controlled-environment execution (semiconductor fabs, cleanrooms, orbital welding, bulk/specialty gas).
Is familiar with metallurgical, thermal, or chemical process plant construction (furnaces, kilns, vacuum systems, hazardous materials handling).
Is savvy with self-perform craft supervision and understanding crew productivity and craft labor markets.
Is acquainted with CMMS/EAM asset data build (SAP PM, Maximo) and reliability concepts (RCM, FMEA, MTBF, MTTR).
Is capable of working across both owner and contractor/EPC sides under various delivery models (EPCM, Design-Build, IPD, Multi-Prime).
Is willing to travel domestically and internationally or take temporary site assignments per project needs.
Possesses a BS in Construction Management, Civil, Mechanical, Industrial, or Chemical Engineering (or equivalent field-proven experience).
Holds professional certifications such as OSHA 30, CHST/CSP, PMP, CCM, or PE.

Responsibilities

Owning site safety performance, leading daily trade coordination, directing contractors/OEMs, enforcing site security, and protecting Noveon process technology.
Leading constructability reviews, developing site logistics (laydown, crane/rigging paths, temp power), driving permitting/utility interconnections, and building Level 3/4 schedules.
Directing field execution across civil, structural, MEP, and process piping; managing RFIs, submittmits, field changes, and executing brownfield retrofits adjacent to live production lines.
Leading rigging, setting, leveling, and hook-ups for furnaces, presses, mills, and vacuum systems; managing high purity/specialty gas systems, bulk gas yards, and process cooling.
Owning field budgets, quantity/earned value reporting, contractor pay applications and managing change orders.
Driving systems-based mechanical completion, system boundary definitions, walkdowns, punch lists, and delivering turnover packages to commissioning teams.
Reading, interpreting, and redlining process, mechanical, piping, electrical, and control engineering deliverables.
Driving maintainability into designs, planning hour by-hour tie-in schedules and outages, verifying utility redundancy, and delivering maintenance-ready asset data.
Standardizing Noveon’s construction playbook, maintaining risk registers, and updating executive leadership through daily/weekly reports.