Construction Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Construction Manager

Job Description

This role leads alternative delivery construction projects from early pursuit through handoff to operations, with a focus on large-scale transportation and heavy civil infrastructure. The construction manager builds strong client and partner relationships, drives competitive pursuit strategies, and coordinates multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality, compliant, and cost-effective projects. The position combines business development, preconstruction leadership, technical proposal development, and project management responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Identify, track, and support new alternative delivery opportunities by developing client relationships and engaging with target markets.
• Participate in business development efforts, including client outreach, market strategy development, and pursuit planning for transportation and civil infrastructure projects.
• Collaborate closely with legal, finance, marketing, and technical teams to develop competitive pursuit strategies and high-quality proposal submissions.
• Assist with evaluating and selecting joint venture partners, design consultants, and key subcontractors to ensure strong, capable project teams.
• Participate in go/no-go evaluations for project pursuits, providing insight on risk, competitiveness, and alignment with organizational goals.
• Lead technical writing efforts for qualifications packages, proposals, and other project-related submittals, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and compliance with procurement requirements.
• Serve as the primary point of contact during preconstruction and design phases for assigned projects, ensuring consistent communication and alignment with stakeholders.
• Lead project meetings, workshops, design reviews, and stakeholder coordination sessions to drive decisions, resolve issues, and maintain project momentum.
• Manage relationships with external partners, including clients, joint venture partners, consultants, and subcontractors, to ensure contract compliance and project alignment.
• Coordinate with internal departments to support integrated project delivery and foster collaboration across functional teams.
• Lead teams in developing technical solutions, project schedules, budgets, cost estimates, and comprehensive project execution plans.
• Support team growth by participating in recruiting, onboarding, mentoring, and professional development initiatives for project and preconstruction staff.
• Prepare and review Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) packages and facilitate a smooth transition from preconstruction to operations and construction teams.
• Oversee alternative delivery projects from initial pursuit through construction handoff, maintaining continuity, quality, and alignment with project objectives.
• Represent the organization at industry events, conferences, client meetings, and public forums, promoting the company’s capabilities and building market presence.

Essential Skills

• Ability to manage multiple concurrent pursuits, projects, and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills, including the ability to present complex technical information clearly.
• Proven ability to develop compelling technical proposals and client-facing content for alternative delivery and transportation projects.
• Excellent leadership, negotiation, relationship-building, and interpersonal skills to guide diverse internal and external teams.
• Strong organizational skills with a high level of attention to detail across documentation, schedules, and project deliverables.
• Knowledge of alternative delivery procurement processes, including design-build and related models.
• Understanding of transportation project funding mechanisms and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Experience working with joint venture agreements and consultant contracts on large infrastructure projects.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale transportation infrastructure projects such as highways, bridges, rail, or other heavy civil projects.
• Working knowledge of scheduling, estimating, project controls, and project management software tools.
• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
• Five or more years of experience in project management, construction management, alternative delivery, or related transportation infrastructure roles.
• Experience developing pursuit strategies, pricing approaches, schedules, and proposal content.
• Experience with technical proposal and qualifications writing for major infrastructure pursuits.
• Valid driver's license.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred.
• Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) certification preferred.
• Background in construction, roadway, and civil infrastructure projects.
• Experience managing change orders and coordinating with multiple stakeholders in construction environments.

Work Environment

The construction manager works in a dynamic, fast-paced environment focused on alternative delivery and large transportation infrastructure projects, including highways, bridges, rail, and other heavy civil works. The role involves frequent collaboration with legal, finance, marketing, and technical teams, as well as regular interaction with clients, joint venture partners, consultants, and subcontractors. Work is performed in both office and field settings, with extensive use of scheduling, estimating, project controls, and project management software to plan and monitor pursuits and projects. The position includes participation in industry events, conferences, and client meetings, requiring professional presentation and communication. Hours may vary based on pursuit deadlines, proposal submissions, and key project milestones, and travel may be required to attend meetings, site visits, and stakeholder engagements.

This is a Permanent position based out of Mt. Juliet, TN.

The pay range for this position is $115000.00 - $145000.00/yr.

FULL TIME BENEFITS, PTO AND HOLIDAYS

This is a fully onsite position in Mt. Juliet,TN.

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 27, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

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