Preconstruction and Constructability Manager

KBR•Houston, TX

About The Position

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) is seeking an experienced Preconstruction and Constructability Manager to oversee construction quality performance for a major pharmaceutical manufacturing project. The role provides owner oversight of EPCM contractors, construction contractors, suppliers, and inspectors to ensure construction meets project specifications, GMP requirements, industry standards, and regulatory expectations. The manager will help deliver the facility through construction, commissioning, qualification, and startup. The position leads the project’s constructability program and governance, including formal reviews throughout design, procurement, and execution; multidisciplinary workshops; and management of the Constructability Action Register. It also leads preconstruction planning, construction execution strategy, sequencing, work packaging, modularization and prefabrication assessments, bid-package support, and site logistics planning. The manager integrates design and engineering with construction execution, reviews deliverables for installation efficiency and operational readiness, identifies and mitigates construction risks, and supports construction readiness, stage-gate reviews, Advanced Work Packaging, and workface planning. Pharmaceutical facility planning includes GMP manufacturing areas, cleanrooms, HVAC, process piping, clean utilities, automation, laboratories, and warehousing and logistics facilities. The role coordinates across project stakeholders and presents findings, recommendations, and risk assessments to project leadership.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or a related technical discipline.
20+ years of industrial construction experience, including leadership roles on large capital projects.
Minimum 10 years managing preconstruction and constructability programs on large capital projects.
Demonstrated experience supporting projects greater than $500 million TIC.
Experience with EPC, EPCM, and owner-side project delivery models.
Advanced knowledge of constructability programs, modularization and prefabrication, construction planning and sequencing, AWP methodologies, GMP facility construction, CQV processes, project controls and risk management, and building systems, utilities, and process equipment installation.

Nice To Haves

Experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, semiconductor, or other highly regulated facilities.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement the project's Constructability Program and governance process.
Lead formal constructability reviews across conceptual design, FEL, FEED, detailed design, procurement, and execution.
Facilitate multidisciplinary constructability workshops with engineering, operations, maintenance, CQV, procurement, and construction stakeholders.
Maintain the Constructability Action Register and ensure timely closure of action items.
Evaluate design packages for safe, efficient field installation, commissioning, maintenance, and future operational needs.
Lead development of construction execution plans and the overall site construction strategy.
Establish construction sequencing, work packaging, and execution philosophies.
Evaluate and recommend modularization, prefabrication, and off-site fabrication opportunities.
Support development of contractor bid packages, construction requirements, and prequalification criteria.
Support site logistics planning, material flow strategies, and laydown area development.
Provide owner oversight of EPCM design development to incorporate constructability considerations.
Review engineering deliverables for installation efficiency, accessibility, operability, maintainability, and CQV readiness.
Coordinate engineering-construction interfaces and resolve potential execution conflicts.
Identify construction risks early and develop mitigation strategies.
Ensure constructability is considered in GMP manufacturing areas, cleanrooms, HVAC systems, process piping, clean utilities, automation systems, laboratories, and warehousing and logistics facilities.
Support design decisions that facilitate commissioning, qualification, validation, and startup.
Support construction readiness and stage-gate review processes.
Evaluate contractor execution plans, staffing plans, schedules, logistics plans, and construction methodologies.
Support development of Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) and workface planning strategies.
Ensure procurement, engineering, and construction milestones are integrated and achievable.
Identify and manage construction execution risks throughout project phases; support risk workshops and mitigation planning.
Evaluate design-change impacts on cost, schedule, safety, quality, and execution.
Develop contingency plans for critical field execution risks.
Serve as the primary owner representative for constructability and preconstruction planning.
Interface with engineering, procurement, project controls, construction management, QA/QC, CQV, operations, and contractors.
Present constructability findings, recommendations, and risk assessments to project leadership.