Construction Manager

About the role

ACS Professional Staffing is seeking a Construction Manager to work on‑site with a client in Richland, WA. This role is a key member of the nuclear projects field implementation management team, ensuring that power‑block projects are successful, on schedule, and on budget. The Construction Manager interacts frequently with nuclear industry contractors at the General Superintendent, Supervisor, General Foreman, and Foreman levels, and works directly with contracted craft, suppliers, work order planners, Health Physics, Radiation Protection, and station personnel to support the Project Manager in completing capital projects, testing, and system turnover. The position requires a high level of initiative and experience managing implementation teams for nuclear projects, may involve back‑shift work during outages, and takes place in an active heavy‑industrial nuclear power plant setting that includes both office and field work, with frequent interfacing with construction personnel, traversing tight areas, climbing ladders, and wearing fall protection while working at heights.

Responsibilities

• Manage a construction team to ensure that project activities are completed safely, on schedule, within budget, and at the appropriate quality level.
• Communicate with other leaders daily for management direction and feedback.
• Participate in presentations to internal customers regarding project status, including complex technical, organizational, and financial issues.
• Conduct considerably complex analysis of problems involving construction activities.
• Develop innovative alternative action strategies enabling the early achievement of milestones.
• Perform risk analyses and provide decision authority for defining and approving corrective actions and establishing priorities.
• Ensure that construction efficiency is optimized by providing efficient construction input and involvement in projects throughout the conceptual design phases, construction, turnover, and completion phases.
• Foster a "team concept" when interfacing with Operations, Maintenance, and other departments.
• Attend scheduled and unscheduled meetings, provide reports on the status of construction activities, and identify, address, and resolve complex problems.
• Ensure that various construction teams have the capability to execute assigned scope in a safe, secure, and cost‑effective manner in accordance with cost, technical, schedule, dose, and quality baselines.
• Balance and prioritize construction resources to support successful execution.
• Represent projects on assigned teams.
• Work with all other functions (Operations, Design, Design Authority, etc.) to safely execute project scope within all baselines.
• Ensure ongoing communication to maintain necessary resources from outside organizations and address related concerns appropriately.
• Review project level performance for effective cost and schedule performance through reporting and project analysis.
• Ensure appropriate corrective actions are taken.
• Monitor and analyze project safety, cost, schedule, and quality performance.
• Communicate to the applicable project supervisor and/or manager on baseline status, manpower needs, and recommended corrective actions on a regular basis to ensure project success.
• Hold construction team members accountable for performance and compliance to policy and procedures.
• Take actions necessary to meet project quality, scope, budget, and schedule baselines.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Project Management, or a related field preferred.
• 5+ years of commercial nuclear power plant experience required.
• Experience managing large‑scale external contractors required.
• Demonstrated in‑depth knowledge of construction, cost and schedule management, subcontract administration, and the ability to develop and evaluate construction strategies and methodologies.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project planning at the tactical level, as well as operations, maintenance, project startup, construction management, and subcontract administration, preferred.
• Experience executing work in radiological areas (nuclear) with a history of executing and planning work in radiological environments.
• Ability to manage complex, high‑risk, large‑scale projects.
• Experience with commercial nuclear power plant system replacements and upgrades.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Work sponsorship is not available at this time; third‑party candidates will not be considered.
• Because the employer is a federal government contractor, this position requires U.S. citizenship.

Benefits

• Sick Leave: One hour of paid sick leave for every 40 hours worked (eligible after 90 days of employment).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short‑Term Disability, Voluntary Long‑Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, Hospital Indemnity.
• 401(k) (eligible after one year and 1,000 hours worked – employer match up to 4%).
• Calm App.
• LifeBalance Discount Program.

Pay

Pay range: $39.13 - $67.93 per hour.

Schedule

This full‑time position may require back (night) shift work during outage implementation timeframes.