Senior Construction Manager/Owner's Representative

FusionIRX•Casa Grande, AZ

8d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager / Owner’s Representative to provide on-site leadership and owner-side project management support for the construction of a specialty chemical manufacturing facility in Casa Grande, Arizona. This individual will serve as a key interface between the Owner’s engineering team, contractors, consultants, vendors, and other project stakeholders. The Owner’s internal engineering team will maintain responsibility for technical and process engineering decisions; however, the Senior PM will provide the construction-management leadership necessary to coordinate execution, maintain accountability, identify project risks, and help ensure the project progresses safely, efficiently, and in accordance with contractual, schedule, cost, quality, and turnover requirements. A particularly important aspect of this role will be facilitating effective communication between the Owner’s Taiwan-based engineering team and U.S.-based contractors and consultants. Fluency in both Mandarin Chinese and English is strongly preferred. Candidates without Mandarin fluency may also be considered when supported by a bilingual Mandarin/English Assistant Project Engineer or Site Coordinator.

Requirements

Minimum 10 years of progressive project management, construction management, Owner’s Representative, EPC, General Contractor, or related experience on complex industrial or manufacturing construction projects.
Demonstrated experience leading construction-phase activities on large capital projects in ARIZONA.
Strong understanding of ARIZONA construction practices, contractor management, project controls, change management, documentation, and project closeout.
Experience coordinating multiple engineering disciplines and construction contractors.
Demonstrated ability to identify and manage schedule, cost, commercial, construction, and interface risks.
Experience reviewing contractor schedules, progress reports, payment applications, change orders, and claims.
Strong understanding of mechanical completion, system turnover, punch-list management, and construction closeout.
Ability to interpret construction drawings, specifications, schedules, contracts, RFIs, submittals, and project-control reports.
Strong meeting leadership, communication, documentation, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work effectively with international engineering teams and multidisciplinary stakeholders.
Must be able to work full-time on-site in Casa Grande, Arizona.
Familiarity with Arizona construction practices, permitting, inspections, and regional contractor environments.

Nice To Haves

Fluent Mandarin Chinese and English, with the ability to communicate effectively in both technical and business environments.
Previous experience working with Taiwanese, Chinese, or other international engineering and construction organizations.
Specialty chemical, semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, pharmaceutical, battery, process manufacturing, or comparable high-tech industrial construction experience.
Experience with process piping, specialty chemical systems, utilities, high-purity systems, industrial mechanical systems, electrical systems, controls, and facility infrastructure.
Experience functioning directly as an Owner’s Representative on a major capital project.
Experience with scheduling platforms such as Primavera P6 and project-management/document-control platforms such as Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, SharePoint, or similar systems.

Responsibilities

Serve as the Owner’s primary on-site project management representative during construction.
Represent the Owner’s interests in day-to-day coordination with the General Contractor, subcontractors, consultants, vendors, inspectors, and other project stakeholders.
Provide experienced leadership regarding Arizona and U.S. construction practices, project administration, documentation, and contractor management.
Coordinate closely with the Owner’s engineering team while respecting their authority over technical and process-design decisions.
Identify emerging project risks, conflicts, delays, and commercial issues and provide recommendations for resolution.
Facilitate clear communication, accountability, and timely decision-making among project participants.
Lead or participate in construction progress meetings, coordination meetings, executive project reviews, and issue-resolution meetings.
Maintain visibility of critical actions and ensure responsible parties follow through on commitments.
Monitor field construction activities for consistency with contract requirements, approved plans, specifications, schedules, quality expectations, and project objectives.
Coordinate interfaces between civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, controls, process, utility, and specialty chemical systems.
Monitor contractor performance, productivity, sequencing, manpower, material availability, and access constraints.
Identify construction coordination issues before they materially affect schedule or cost.
Support review and resolution of RFIs, submittmits, field changes, nonconformance items, and design/construction coordination issues.
Assist the Owner with understanding local construction requirements, contractor practices, inspection processes, permitting interfaces, and jurisdictional expectations.
Monitor contractor compliance with project procedures, reporting requirements, documentation standards, and contractual obligations.
Work closely with part-time scheduling/project-controls support responsible for independent review of the contractor’s project schedule.
Monitor critical and near-critical paths, milestones, procurement constraints, construction sequencing, and turnover dates.
Evaluate schedule updates for logic, progress accuracy, changes in float, emerging delays, and potential schedule manipulation.
Identify schedule risks and communicate potential impacts to the Owner.
Coordinate recovery planning and mitigation strategies when project milestones are threatened.
Support evaluation of contractor requests for schedule extensions and time-related claims.
Maintain management-level visibility of schedule performance and forecasted completion.
Coordinate with part-time Quantity Surveying / cost-control resources.
Support review of contractor payment applications for completeness, progress validity, and consistency with actual work performed.
Assist with evaluation of change orders, proposed changes, contractor claims, and potential cost exposure.
Track pending changes, commitments, contingency exposure, and forecasted project costs.
Support negotiation and resolution of commercial issues in coordination with the Owner.
Help ensure change documentation is complete, traceable, and appropriately supported.
Escalate material cost or contractual risks to Owner leadership.
Act as a practical communication bridge between the Taiwan engineering team and local U.S. project participants.
Help translate technical intent into clear construction direction and project-management actions.
Facilitate meetings involving team members with varying levels of English proficiency.
Confirm that important decisions, action items, contractual communications, schedule matters, and field directions are clearly understood by all parties.
Help the Owner’s engineering team navigate U.S. construction terminology, documentation practices, contractor relationships, and project-management processes.
Promote professional, respectful, solutions-oriented collaboration across cultural and organizational boundaries.
Coordinate construction completion and mechanical-completion activities.
Monitor completion status by system, area, discipline, and contractor.
Support development and management of turnover packages.
Coordinate system handover between construction, commissioning, engineering, and operations teams.
Monitor punch-list development, assignment, aging, resolution, verification, and closure.
Track outstanding deficiencies and incomplete work through final disposition.
Coordinate collection and completion of required closeout documentation, including as-built drawings, O&M manuals, warranties, testing records, inspection documentation, certifications, and vendor documentation.
Support resolution of final contractor claims, change orders, commercial closeout items, and outstanding payment issues.
Assist with final acceptance, project closeout, and transition to operations.