Conventional Facilities Construction Manager

At Jefferson Lab, you’ll champion cutting-edge science and operational excellence while shaping the future of discovery. Join us and make your mark – where excellence meets purpose, and great minds matter. Salary: $118,400.00 - $187,000.00 (SE III) What Your Job Will Be Like Responsible for oversight of conventional facilities capital project’s daily management, supervision, coordination, and execution to ensure completion on time and within budget. Ensures all work meets safety, scheduling, estimating, and contract administration requirements, and manages project scope, schedule, and budget throughout the project lifecycle. Identifies and resolves issues related to project implementation by presenting options and sharing them with the Project Director, Director, and senior management when decisions are needed. In This Job You Will Oversee the conventional facilities project’s daily management, supervision, and coordination, ensuring successful completion within time and cost objectives. Focus on work safety, quality, scheduling, estimating, and contract administrative functions. Achieve project requirements on time and on budget, including DOE Notable Outcomes, milestones, performance and technical requirements, and key performance parameters. Collaborate with JLab and customer stakeholders to define project objectives, requirements, and key performance parameters. Identify JLab staff and other resource and service requirements, and secure their timely acquisition or procurement. Engage JLab stakeholders and subject matter experts to identify hazards, potential environmental impacts, and coordinate development of plans and controls for mitigation throughout the project life cycle. Provide project direction, oversight, and feedback to assigned project staff. Oversee and manage project closeout, including turnover to end‑user/operations and disposition of documents and records. Utilize tools and develop solutions to conflicts related to project implementation by presenting options to senior management when decisions are needed. Identify project issues and adverse trends, and implement timely and effective recovery plans when needed. Issue timely and accurate project reports and communicate project performance to JLab and DOE stakeholders. Oversee and manage all aspects of project execution, including safety, risk, scope, cost, schedule, and change control. Work with all technical groups to ensure alignment of schedules, logistics, and budget for the successful technical startup of the facility. Utilize project management tools to track and report project cost estimation, cost updates, change control, and contingency draw‑down as appropriate. Monitor contractor performance and identify opportunities to improve quality and reduce cost. Lead – Supervisory – Management Receive minimal direction from the Project Director and Facilities Division Head. Provide functional and operational direction to reporting support, clerical staff, and junior engineering staff if assigned. Be responsible for budget and manpower estimates. Provide technical direction to internal FML staff and external subcontractors. Manage activities necessary to ensure appropriate, quality products are achieved and cost, schedule, and all code, performance, safety, and environmental objectives are met. Experience Required: 10 or more years of increasingly responsible professional experience managing complex design and construction projects over $50M. Project management experience relating to overall control of a project’s budget, scope, and schedule. Required: In‑depth knowledge of construction and industrial safety practices. Required: Demonstrated competency in estimating, scheduling, budgeting/cost control, and field supervision. Required: Demonstrated competency in field supervision, financial reporting, client relationship, interpersonal skills, computer skills, and ability to communicate both written and oral. Required: Experience with Primavera scheduling software or equivalent. Education Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related field. Preferred: Master’s Degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related field. Experience And Education Exchange Education above the minimum may be substituted for experience. Licenses and Certifications Required: OSHA 10 Certification upon hire. Preferred: Project Management Professional (PMP) within 1½ years. Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities Strong capital and operating cost knowledge for scientific laboratory facilities and campus site utilities. Strong leadership, supervisory, and analytical skills with the ability to identify and resolve complex problems, make recommendations to management, conduct risk analysis, and make timely, risk‑informed decisions. Team‑building skills, including the ability to work effectively with peers, other organizations, project sponsors, stakeholders, and suppliers. Knowledge of work breakdown structure (WBS), sequencing, resource loading, and other cost/schedule controls. Superior communication and presentation skills to provide adequate levels of transparency to all members of the project team and stakeholders. Excellent computer skills (PC/Mac). Proficient in Microsoft Office, including advanced Excel functions. Excellent verbal and written communications, time management, interpersonal, and organizational skills. Ability to direct and coordinate work among teams/groups and collaborate with individuals at all levels in a team environment. Developing and creating new or more effective ideas, approaches, methods, procedures, and training. Strong organizational skills, with ability to execute multiple parallel projects. About Jefferson Lab Join a community with a common purpose of solving the most challenging scientific and engineering problems of our time. Jefferson Lab is located in southeastern Virginia within a vibrant technology community. A career here offers more than a job — it’s part of “big science” and collaborative work with leading scientists and engineers worldwide. Benefits Medical, Dental, and Vision Care Plans Flexible Spending Accounts Paid Time‑off and Leave Programs (Paid Parental, vacation, holidays, and sick leave) 401(k) Plan – 9% Lab Contribution; 100% vested Flexible Work Arrangements (Remote & Alternate Work Schedules available) Tuition Assistance, Training and Professional Development Programs Live near the Chesapeake Bay region with access to nearby beaches, mountains, and major metropolitan centers on the East Coast Equal Opportunity Employment SURATech, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. SURATech is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities (unless doing so will result in an undue hardship). If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email View email address on click.appcast.io or contact Human Resources. 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