- You'll serve as responsible-in-charge for assigned municipal public works and community infrastructure projects, owning project performance across scope, schedule, budget, quality, and safety.
- You'll manage and lead project teams including CM IIIs, inspection staff, and support personnel; provide direction, oversight, and quality review of all project deliverables.
- You'll own the agency client relationship; serve as the primary point of contact for city staff, project managers, and department directors on assigned projects and lead project coordination meetings; manage issue resolution and dispute administration with contractors and agencies.
- You'll oversee all construction administration activities including RFIs, submittals, pay applications, change orders, and schedule reviews; review and approve deliverables from the project team.
- You'll monitor contractor performance, schedule progress, staffing, equipment utilization, quality, and responsiveness; recommend and implement corrective actions as required and manage contractor payment processes, including review and recommendation of progress payments and adjustments.
- You'll oversee preparation and delivery of daily inspection reports and project documentation in full compliance with client requirements and review construction plans, specifications, and project changes for constructability; identify risk and recommend solutions.
- You'll enforce contractor compliance with contract documents, safety regulations, environmental requirements, and public agency standards and identify and immediately communicate critical project issues, delays, safety concerns, or stakeholder impacts to internal leadership and agency clients.
- You'll coordinate construction phasing, traffic control, and utility coordination within active public environments and manage multiple concurrent project assignments; allocate team resources effectively across the project portfolio.
- You'll ensure all field changes and modifications are accurately captured on record drawings.
- You'll support business development activities including proposal preparation, client presentations, and maintaining agency relationships in the Orange County market and perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned
- Onsite at client site: The work location for this role is onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery and cultivate our client relationships.
- With all our roles, there is some in-person time for collaboration, learning and building relationships with clients, peers, leaders and communities. As an employer, we will be as flexible as possible to support your specific work/life needs.
HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL NEED:- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or related field, plus either a valid California PE license and/or CCM.
- Minimum 15 years of construction management experience on municipal and/or public infrastructure projects, including direct responsibility (Resident Engineer or Lead Construction Manager) on projects delivered within Orange County, supported by current public agency references at the project manager or department director level.
- Demonstrated experience supervising and directing project teams, including inspection staff and junior construction managers, while managing multiple concurrent projects and multidisciplinary teams.
- Proven experience managing municipal roadway/street projects (including sewer, water, storm drain, and dry utilities) and public facilities (e.g., parks, libraries, fire stations, landfills) from construction through closeout.
- Demonstrated ability to manage construction in active public environments, including compliance with public agency standards, permitting and inspection requirements, stakeholder coordination, dispute resolution, and executive-level communication, with ability to travel locally (valid driver's license required).
- Onsite at client site: The work location for this role is onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery and cultivate our client relationships.
With all our roles, there is some in-person time for collaboration, learning and building relationships with clients, peers, leaders and communities. As an employer, we will be as flexible as possible to support your specific work/life needs.
BONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE:- Candidates must hold a current PE license in California or at minimum one of the CCM or PMP certifications to be considered. Holding both PE and CCM/PMP is strongly preferred.
$175,000 - $225,000 a year
Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia or Washington as set forth below.
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU- The biggest builds going. Hyperscale data centers, grid and generation, transit and rail, chip fabs, mines, water. If it's complex and it matters, it's on our list.
- You own the outcome. Not a workstream. Not a deliverable. Whether the program lands.
- AI that shows up on site. Program control that predicts instead of records. You'll use it, and you'll help shape it.
- Scale without the distance. More than 5,000 practitioners across the Americas, EMEA and APAC, on a team small enough that people know your name.
- Serious investment in you. Leadership development, technical upskilling and certification support.
- Work that outlasts you. People will use what you build for forty years without knowing your name. That's the point.
- Recognition that means something in this industry. Accenture Construct is ranked #6 globally in ENR's 2026 Top 50 Program Management Firms and #4 in Building Design + Construction's Top 80 Construction Management Firms for 2026.
