Construction Manager

Construction Manager

Primary Location


US-TN-Oak Ridge

ID


2026-4981

Category


Construction Services

Position Type


Regular Full-Time

Remote


No

Overview

Longenecker & Associates (L&A), a Geosyntec Company, is a trusted partner enabling critical missions across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) complex for more than 35 years. We contribute to DOE's nuclear security and environmental remediation enterprise by providing the highest-caliber staff and experts. We are seeking a motivated Construction Manager to contribute to our mission supporting our work at Centrus Energy in Oak Ridge, TN.

Geosyntec is an innovative, international engineering and consulting firm serving private and public-sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. Our engineers, scientists, technical and project employees serve our clients from offices across the world. Ranked by ENR as one of the top environmental engineering design firms, Geosyntec is internationally known for its technical leadership, broad experience, and exceptional client service.

We invest in our people. Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too. We offer competitive pay and benefits, and well-being programs to support you and your family.

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Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The Construction Manager supports and guides construction activities across assigned projects. This role works closely with Project Managers, Procurement, contractors, and site personnel to ensure construction execution aligns with scope, schedule, budget, safety, and contractual requirements. The Construction Manager serves as the primary liaison between company and contractors, fostering a strong safety culture and ensuring work is performed in accordance with project and site safety requirements.

Responsibilities:

Lead preconstruction efforts from project concept through design development and into construction handover.
1. Support planning, needs assessment, alternative ideas permitting, regulatory compliance, and early procurement activities
2. Identify and mitigate potential risks, including site conditions, design conflicts, material availability, and regulatory issues.
3. Assists in development of SOWS, RFQ, RFP
4. Assist with development of schedules, phasing plans, logistics, and sequencing
5. Works with PM to guide construction projects
6. Assist in evaluation of bids, RFQ, RFP, and determination of best contactor
7. Directs Construction Managers II & Constructin coordinators
8. Leads pre-construction meetings, status meetings, close out
9. Manage contractor-related issues, including change orders, changes in conditions, safety concerns, and contractual matters.
10. Oversee and maintain policies and procedures for project documentation, including RFIs, submittals and preconstruction records.
11. Maintains construction schedule
12. Works with procurement on vendors, materials, types of contracts, proposal evaluations
13. Manage site logistics
14. Coordinate communications between site and contractors
15. Approves payment requests
16. Support overall construction needs

Education and Licensure

HS Diploma

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Required Skills, Experience, and Qualifications

• Demonstrated commitment to construction safety, including experience leading projects with a strong safety culture and compliance with established safety programs.
• Strong understanding of construction scheduling, contract administration, contractor oversight, and field execution.
• Ability to lead meetings, manage multiple stakeholders, and drive issue resolution.
• Strong communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced field environment and coordinate across multiple stakeholders.
• Due to federal contract security requirements, candidates must be able to successfully pass a federal background investigation to secure and maintain DOE Q security clearance if required.
• Due to federal contract security requirements, this position requires U.S. Citizenship.
• Successful candidates will be able to perform the essential functions of the job with reasonable accommodation. This job posting reflects management's assignment of essential functions and the descriptions listed do not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
• Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing.
• Please note that marijuana remains a Schedule III controlled substance under Federal Law. Federal contractors must follow Federal drug-free workplace rules, which prohibit marijuana use, even if medical or recreational use is permitted under State Law.

Preferred Qualifications and Location Details

• Experience in a DOE environment.
• Active Q clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or related field.
• Position is onsite at Centrus Energy in Oak Ridge, TN.

As an L&A employee, you will be eligible for a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare (medical and dental), 401K plan, and paid time off. We believe in investing in our employees beyond compensation and as an L&A employee, you will have access to in-house training, career pathing, mentoring, award programs, tuition reimbursement and much more.

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