Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Construction Manager to provide owner-side field leadership for a cargo facility relocation project at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). This role will oversee day-to-day construction activities in an active airport environment, with responsibility for contractor coordination, field progress, safety, quality, schedule performance, operational impacts, commissioning, turnover, and closeout. The successful candidate will be comfortable independently managing field workstreams, anticipating construction constraints, and coordinating work around ongoing cargo and airport operations.

Note: This opportunity is available at multiple levels. Final placement will be determined based on the selected candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with business needs. We are committed to providing fair and equitable consideration for all applicants.

Organizational Responsibilities

• Participate in preconstruction and ongoing field planning, including constructability, phasing, site logistics, sequencing, shutdowns, tie-ins, and coordination around active cargo and airport operations.
• Provide day-to-day oversight of contractor activities and document progress, field conditions, constraints, deficiencies, staffing, and items requiring follow-up or recovery action.
• Monitor compliance with project safety, security, access-control, quality, inspection, testing, and corrective-action requirements.
• Manage field documentation and facilitate resolution of RFIs, submittals, design clarifications, unforeseen conditions, and record-document requirements.
• Review proposed field changes and assist in validating scope, installed quantities, constructability, and potential schedule impacts.
• Coordinate commissioning, turnover, punch-list completion, closeout documentation, and final acceptance requirements.
• Maintain effective coordination with contractors, consultants, airport stakeholders, and project team members while independently advancing assigned workstreams.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant construction management experience, including oversight of complex commercial, industrial, aviation, or similar capital projects.
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related technical discipline. Relevant professional experience may be considered in lieu of, or as a supplement to, the education requirement.
• Demonstrated field leadership experience in an active airport or similarly complex operational environment, including the ability to independently oversee contractors and multiple workstreams.
• Strong working knowledge of construction safety, quality management, scheduling, inspections/testing, document control, field change management, commissioning, and project closeout.
• Experience coordinating operational shutdowns and phased construction.
• Cargo, logistics, warehouse, or material-handling facility construction experience preferred.
• Prior SFO or airline owner-representative experience preferred.
• California Professional Engineer (PE) license, CCM, PMP, or other relevant professional certification or credential preferred.

$149,833 - $212,719 a year

The salary range for this position is $149,833 to $212,719.

A hired employee will be placed within this salary range based on a variety of legitimate business reasons, including but not limited to the individual's scope of relevant experience and geographic location.

Location and Commitments

• Overtime work may be required occasionally to ensure certain deliverables are completed on time
• Weekend work is rare but occasionally may be necessary

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

An employee must meet the physical demands described here to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Please note that physical requirements may vary based on client needs.

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office environment including the use of stairs.
• Ability to adjust focus, especially due to concentration on a computer screen.
• Must communicate frequently with other departments and employees both verbally and in writing.
• May need to lift and carry up to 15 pounds and/or position the body to reach items on the floor/below knee level or overhead.

Additional Requirements

Physical: Standing or sitting for long periods; must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times and spend extended hours in front of a computer screen.

Cognitive: Problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills; computer and software skills; and ability to read and interpret text online or in printed form.