Construction Manager - Life Sciences

About the role

Wood is recruiting a Construction Manager for its Life Sciences business. This position is Onsite and based in Maryland.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all aspects of construction management project of various sizes and complexities
• Accountable for the overall contract construction effort and commissioning strategy; including safety, planning, cost and delivery of all field works on the Contract
• Supervise, organize and coordinate head office, site construction and commissioning teams to provide high quality support in accordance with the Contract
• Ensure full construction integration to project delivery by encouraging regular engineering, procurement and construction interface meetings
• Provide construction expertise during FEED, Detail Design, in the form of constructability reviews, scope minimization and ensuring safest and most efficient construction methods adopted
• Engage with other contractors/sub-contractors to ensure seamless delivery at site(s)
• Engage with individual project teams to ensure correct level and sequence of Work Breakdown Structure adopted at project kick off
• Ensure all Site activities are performed in a safe, environmentally responsible manner with integrity and quality delivering HS&E targets
• Oversight of home office team to ensure quality construction input to the integrated engineering and planning processes
• Delivery of site teams to meet Client’s business schedules
• Delivery of reduced costs at site by continual review of performances and improvements by the site teams
• Manage and control project cost and schedule of assigned discipline / subset of on site construction
• Utilize Commercial processes to capture variations effectively
• Works with engineering in the design phases to influence the design for optimum constructability

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience in a relevant industry, preferably in Life Sciences
• Proven experience in the management of site construction and commissioning teams
• Strong preference for candidates in the area of Montgomery County, MD
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Proficiency in document creation and editing (Microsoft Office Products such as Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Excel)
• Well-developed interpersonal skills are necessary in order to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing requirements to a wide range of client groups (internal and external)
• Self-motivated, ability to work independently, or in a team environment, and provide leadership, support, direction, and consultation
• Able to manage multiple initiatives with strong organizational skills to meet project deadlines
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to organize, analyze and report on various parameters and data sets
• Able to proactively detect challenges to safety, quality, cost and schedule that will ensure development and execution of effective prevention, mitigation, or corrective actions
• Able to establish and maintain a positive and effective customer relationship, ensuring payment terms are met, and communicating any delays
• Well organized, observant, good interpersonal and communication skills
• Able to work with timelines/targets