Construction Manager

Freese and Nichols

Construction Manager overseeing construction contracts and compliance for transportation, water, and facilities projects. Managing team and ensuring adherence to project plans and specifications.

Posted 6/3/2026full-timeAustin • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Administer the construction contract by managing, observing, and reporting on ongoing construction on a variety of transportation, water and/or facilities infrastructure projects to verify compliance with approved plans and specifications
Provide support, day to day guidance, and limited supervision of other team members
Supervise the observation and inspection of ongoing construction work including material sampling and testing as well as measuring qualities
Review contractor’s work for compliance with contract documents, clarify contract documents for the contractor, and manage contractor requests for payment
Oversee the development and management of Change/Field orders, Updates to construction schedule, Submittals, Request for Information (RFI), Claims, Pay requests, Construction meetings, and construction closeout process
Communicate with contractor about non-conforming work
Prepare for and facilitate construction meetings including minutes
Correspond with client, contractors, and other employees
Read plan and specifications to ensure construction is in accordance with plans and specifications
Collaborate with design teams to facilitate responses to RFIs and submittals and/or construction issues
Communicate with owner to understand owner’s needs and clarify owner’s objectives and relay information to Freese and Nichols and contractor
Support the design phase process as assigned
Directly manage staff and the execution of their daily work including hiring/firing, performance reviews, and development
Conduct pre-bid and pre-construction conferences
Responsible for tasks related to sales and marketing including leading business development efforts

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelors degree in related field or equivalent experience
10+ years relevant experience in the construction field serving as a construction manager or superintendent
Fully proficient and ability to mentor others using project management information systems (Example e-Builder, Buzzsaw, FNI Manager, Site Manager, etc.)
Good written and verbal communication skills
Understanding of Alternate Project Delivery Methods
Working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, etc.)
Preferred Certification/License: P.E. CCM CCCA

Benefits

Comp & perks

paid overtime for salaried employees
annual bonus
access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico and Banner Elk, North Carolina
flexible work environment
hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work
alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday

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Hard Skills & Tools

construction managementproject managementmaterial samplingtestingcontract compliancechange order managementschedule managementRFI managementclaims managementbusiness development

Soft Skills

communicationleadershipteam managementguidancecollaborationproblem-solvingsupervisionperformance reviewclient relationsfacilitation

Certifications

P.E.CCMCCCA