Construction Manager

Job Title: Construction Manager II Job Description The Construction Manager II provides field-based leadership for a major industrial construction project in Alabama, overseeing all construction activities from site mobilization through startup readiness. This role leads daily onsite execution across mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, utility, millwright, and equipment-installation scopes while maintaining safety, quality, schedule, and stakeholder alignment. The Construction Manager II serves as a highly visible onsite leader who makes practical field decisions, resolves contractor interface issues, identifies schedule risks, and clearly communicates project status to both field teams and stakeholders. Responsibilities

- Plan, organize, and coordinate daily onsite construction activities across all active work areas from mobilization through construction completion and startup readiness.
- Provide field input into the integrated construction schedule, short-interval plans, budget forecasts, and recovery plans to keep the project on track.
- Conduct routine site inspections and construction walkdowns to verify quality, progress, safety, and conformance with issued plans and specifications.
- Coordinate mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, utility, millwright, and equipment-installation activities to ensure efficient sequencing and minimal conflicts.
- Oversee general contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and specialty trades, maintaining clear expectations and accountability throughout the project lifecycle.
- Monitor critical paths, schedule dependencies, contractor productivity, access constraints, material availability, and trade interfaces to anticipate and address issues proactively.
- Identify schedule variances and collaborate with contractors and project leadership to define and implement corrective or recovery actions.
- Review field conditions, resolve routine construction conflicts, and escalate matters that require engineering, commercial, or executive decisions.
- Monitor contractor compliance with site safety requirements and support corrective actions when unsafe conditions or behaviors are identified.
- Provide quality oversight to help ensure all work complies with project specifications, drawings, and relevant industry standards.
- Facilitate coordination meetings involving the owners representatives, contractors, engineering, operations, and equipment vendors to align priorities and resolve issues.
- Track and report construction progress, open risks, action items, key decisions, change impacts, and potential budget effects to project leadership and stakeholders.
- Support installation-readiness and turnover planning for manufacturing equipment and infrastructure, ensuring smooth transition to startup and operations.
- Maintain clear, consistent communication with field personnel, project leadership, and management regarding status, risks, and required decisions.
- Provide practical leadership and guidance to supervisors and project-team members while preserving clear accountability for contractor performance.
- Begin each day with contractor coordination, safety discussions, sequencing review, and constraint analysis to set expectations and align activities.
- Walk active work areas daily to compare actual progress with planned work and to identify any quality or safety concerns requiring attention.
- Coordinate handoffs and site access among civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, utility, and millwright crews to minimize downtime and interference.
- Review near-term milestones, critical activities, material status, engineering dependencies, and vendor requirements to ensure readiness for upcoming work.
- Document site observations, responsible parties, due dates, and escalation needs, and lead or participate in coordination meetings among owner, contractor, and engineering teams.
- Collaborate with the scheduling team and contractors to develop mitigation plans when progress falls behind or risks to the schedule are identified.
- Prepare concise updates that summarize completed work, next steps, key risks, schedule status, and decisions required from leadership.

Essential Skills

- Proven experience in construction management on industrial construction projects, operating at a Construction Manager II level or equivalent field role.
- Strong construction coordination skills with the ability to manage civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, utility, millwright, equipment-installation, and specialty-trade activities.
- Demonstrated capability in general contractor and subcontractor oversight, including setting expectations, monitoring performance, and enforcing accountability.
- Experience with construction scheduling, including providing field input to integrated schedules, short-interval planning, and recovery planning when delays occur.
- Construction safety leadership experience, including monitoring contractor compliance with safety requirements and supporting corrective actions.
- Field inspection experience, including conducting site walkdowns to verify progress, quality, and conformance with plans and specifications.
- Industrial construction management with exposure to large-scale or complex projects involving multiple trades and stakeholders.
- Ability to identify schedule threats, critical paths, and dependencies, and to develop practical mitigation or recovery strategies.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to provide clear, concise updates to field teams, project leadership, and stakeholders.
- Experience facilitating coordination meetings with contractors, engineering partners, operations personnel, and equipment vendors.
- Capability to make practical field decisions, resolve routine construction conflicts, and recognize when to escalate issues for higher-level decisions.
- Approximately 8 to 10 years of relevant industrial construction experience preferred, with emphasis on scope and complexity of past projects.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

- Bachelors degree in construction management, engineering, or a related discipline preferred.
- Equivalent industrial construction experience may substitute for formal education.
- Comfort working as a highly visible onsite leader with significant responsibility for safety, schedule, quality, and contractor performance.
- Ability to travel when business needs require, while primarily working onsite at the project location in Alabama.
- Experience supporting turnover and startup readiness for manufacturing equipment and infrastructure.
- Familiarity with tracking and reporting construction progress, risks, action items, change impacts, and potential budget effects.
- Experience working closely with project controls, scheduling teams, and executive stakeholders on large industrial initiatives.
- Demonstrated ability to operate with a high degree of ownership and autonomy in a field leadership role.

Work Environment This role is based at an active industrial construction site in Alabama and requires a fully onsite presence with regular field engagement. The typical workweek is approximately 40 to 50 hours, with additional time as project demands require. The Construction Manager II works closely with internal leadership, client representatives, engineering personnel, supervisors, general contractors, subcontractors, specialty trades, vendors, and project controls resources. The environment involves coordination across multiple trades and disciplines, frequent site walkdowns, and daily interaction with field crews and stakeholders. The role offers visible project impact, broad technical exposure across civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, utility, millwright, and equipment-installation scopes, and regular interaction with leadership. Benefits include accrued vacation, paid holidays, and a competitive hourly structure with overtime eligibility, supporting both professional growth and work-life balance.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Moulton, AL.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $55.00 - $60.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Moulton, AL.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Nov 17, 2026.
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Moulton,AL. About Actalent

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