Senior Construction Manager

North Wind • St. Paul, MN

12d • $100,000 - $170,000

About The Position

North Wind is seeking a Construction Project Manager to support construction projects from initial planning and feasibility through construction, closeout, and turnover. The role represents the project owner’s interests by coordinating stakeholders, monitoring project performance, managing documentation, and helping ensure work meets established scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and contractual requirements. The successful candidate will be organized, proactive, and solutions-oriented, able to identify risks, address challenges, and maintain alignment among owners, contractors, designers, consultants, and internal teams.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in construction management, preconstruction, or design-phase leadership.
• Experience in construction project management, owner’s representation, or construction coordination.
• Knowledge of construction documents, scheduling, budgeting, procurement, and contract administration.
• Ability to interpret drawings, specifications, scopes of work, and cost information.
• Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with government-funded, engineering, or technically complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage project activities from initial planning and feasibility through construction, closeout, and turnover, ensuring alignment with project objectives and requirements.
• Develop and monitor project budgets, schedules, milestones, and expenditures; identify potential delays or cost overruns and recommend corrective actions.
• Coordinate architects, engineers, contractors, subcontractors, and internal teams to maintain communication, resolve challenges, and support project execution.
• Conduct regular site visits to monitor construction progress, quality, safety, and compliance with approved drawings, specifications, contracts, and applicable regulations.
• Support contractor selection, procurement, contract administration, and change management, including evaluating impacts to project scope, cost, and schedule.
• Identify project risks, address performance concerns, and recommend solutions to minimize delays, disputes, and financial impacts.
• Maintain accurate project documentation, provide regular progress updates to leadership, and coordinate project closeout and turnover activities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed