Construction Manager

Colorado Springs, CO, USA | 125000-135000 per year | Full Time

Construction Manager

DEFTEC delivers mission-critical solutions through skillfully delivered services and innovative products. We are inspired by our clients' critical missions and driven to provide the most effective solutions to execute their missions, operational challenges, and requirements. Our dedicated, experienced, and talented employees work closely with our clients to ensure the delivery of exceptional services and products.

Position Overview:

The Construction Manager serves as the technical expert for the full lifecycle of awarded construction projects, from design coordination through construction management, field surveying, and final project closeout, ensuring project delivery aligns with contract requirements, engineering standards, and mission needs. This role develops complete project requirement packages by identifying functional and technical needs, defining schedules and milestones, and preparing independent Government cost estimates to establish a clear basis for acquisition and budgeting, while managing and overseeing construction operations on large, complex, multi-discipline projects to verify compliance with approved plans, specifications, and quality requirements. The Construction Manager independently reviews technical submittals, RFIs, material proposals, and shop drawings recommending approval or disapproval per contract requirements and investigates and develops technical justification for complex contract change orders, supporting cost negotiations within delegated authority. Candidates must have at least 5 years of extensive construction and/or contract-related experience along with a degree in construction management or construction technology, knowledge of engineering and construction standards, methods, and cost estimating for facility, pavement, and utility systems, familiarity with federal, state, and local codes and contracting regulations and negotiating techniques, proficiency in automated data processing systems including AutoCAD, Microsoft Project, and NexGen IT, understanding of applicable health, safety, and environmental requirements, and the ability to analyze engineering drawings, specifications, and submittals against functional, performance, and constructability standards.

Job Responsibilities:

• Serves as the technical expert for the full lifecycle of awarded construction projects, from design coordination through construction management, field surveying, and final project closeout, ensuring that project delivery aligns with contract requirements, engineering standards, and mission needs.

• Develops complete project requirement packages by identifying functional and technical needs, defining schedule requirements and milestones, and preparing independent Government cost estimates from broad project goals, so that the Government has a clearly documented basis for acquisition, budgeting, and scope definition.

• Perform management and surveillance of construction operations on large, complex, multi-discipline projects to verify compliance with approved plans, specifications, and quality requirements. This includes interpreting design documents in the field, identifying and helping resolve construction problems, and evaluating the effectiveness of the quality control systems.

• Independently review and analyze technical submittals, Requests for Information, material proposals, and shop drawings and must recommend approval or disapproval in accordance with contract requirements and applicable standards. Must also investigate the need for complex contract change orders, develop or review the associated technical justification, and support negotiation of costs for required modifications within the limits of delegated authority.

Required Qualifications:

• Has extensive construction and/or contract-related experience of at least 5 years and a degree in construction management or construction technology.

• Knowledge of engineering and construction standards, methods, practices, techniques, and cost estimating as they apply to facility, pavement, and utility systems.

• Familiarity with federal, state, and local codes and regulations; standard contracting regulations, practices, procedures; and negotiating techniques.

• Proficiency in automated data processing concepts and systems, including Autodesk AutoCAD, Microsoft Project, and NexGen IT .

• Understanding of health, safety, and environmental requirements as outlined in applicable codes, standards, and regulations.

• Ability to analyze and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, statements of work, and material submittals to ensure they meet functional, performance, and constructability standards.

DEFTEC offers a comprehensive whole-life benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, holiday, paid time off, 401K with a match, life insurance, short/long-term disability, and educational reimbursement. The DEFTEC team comprises professionals who make a difference daily in crucial national security missions. Our leadership knows that this happens by employing a diverse team that is well cared for. Our top priority is our employees, making DEFTEC an ideal workplace.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Please get in touch with View email address on click.appcast.io if you require reasonable accommodations.

DEFTEC is a Drug-Free Workplace where post-offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria are met as outlined in our policies.

AAP/EEO Statement

DEFTEC Corp is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type based on actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, religious creed, disability (mental and physical) including HIV and AIDS, medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics ), genetic information, age, marital status, civil union status, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, denial of family and medical care leave, arrest record and/or any other characteristic(s) protected by federal, state or local law.

This policy applies to all terms of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities, and general treatment during employment.

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