# Construction Manager **Company**: WSP **Location**: New York, NY **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $212,000 - $259,100 **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Consulting **Apply**: https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/97628?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_e834b1fa-463 ## Description WSP is currently seeking a senior Construction Manager in the New York City region. The successful candidate will provide day-to-day leadership and oversight of complex rail transportation design-build projects. **Job Responsibilities:** - Provide day-to-day oversight of design and construction activities for large-scale rail transportation design-build projects. - Coordinate field activities among the Design-Builder, subcontractors, consultants, operations personnel, and other internal and external project stakeholders. - Monitor construction sequencing, site logistics, access requirements, work plans, and interfaces to support safe and efficient delivery. - Participate in, and direct progress, coordination and field meetings; document decisions, action items, responsible parties, and required follow-up. - Identify field issues early and coordinate timely resolution with engineering, quality, safety, project controls, and commercial teams. - Provide directions to subordinate support staff. **Contract Administration & Change Management:** - Review and interpret contract documents, drawings, specifications, approved submittals, and other governing requirements. - Oversee the administration of RFIs, submittals, nonconformance reports, field directives, change orders, payment applications, and contractor correspondence. - Evaluate proposed scope, cost, and schedule changes; assess supporting documentation and potential project impacts; and provide clear recommendations. - Confirm that project decisions and Design-Builder performance align with formal contract requirements and approved procedures. - Facilitate the maintenance of complete and traceable records to support issue resolution, negotiations, claims avoidance, and project closeout. **Schedule, Cost & Performance Monitoring:** - Monitor progress against the approved schedule, contractual milestones, budget, and performance requirements. - Review schedule updates, look-ahead plans, productivity assumptions, sequencing, recovery plans, and potential delays. - Coordinate with project controls personnel to track cost, forecast, progress measurement, risks, trends, and key performance indicators. - Identify emerging schedule or cost concerns and support development and implementation of corrective actions and mitigation plans. - Present concise status information at client meetings, internal reviews and executive briefings. **Technical, Quality & Constructability Oversight:** - Review ongoing construction activities for consistency with contract documents, approved designs, applicable codes, standards, and project requirements. - Coordinate design and construction interfaces and support resolution of technical clarifications, field conditions, and constructability concerns. - Participate in design reviews, constructability reviews, value engineering evaluations, and readiness assessments as required. - Oversee the Quality Manager’s activities and support audits, inspections, corrective actions, and closure of nonconforming work. - Oversee testing and commissioning teams to support system readiness, turnover, and acceptance activities. **Safety, Risk & Regulatory Compliance:** - Promote a strong safety culture and oversee compliance with project safety plans, procedures, and regulatory requirements. - Participate in identification, assessment, communication, and assist in mitigation of construction, operational, commercial, schedule, quality, and stakeholder risks. - Facilitate coordination with client stakeholders, railroad operations, Authorities Having Jurisdiction, utilities, and third parties. - Support safety, quality, environmental, and regulatory audits, reviews, and required corrective actions. - Escalate significant risks, noncompliance, and performance concerns through the appropriate project governance channels. **Stakeholder Management, Reporting & Closeout:** - Maintain clear, concise, and professional communication with the client, Design-Builders, project teams, and other stakeholders. - Oversee preparation of meeting materials, reports, logs, correspondence, dashboards, presentations, and decision records. - Coach and coordinate project staff to promote accountability, collaboration, timely follow-through, and consistent delivery practices. - Oversee the completeness of turnover and closeout documentation, including as-built records, testing records, punch-list items, warranties, and required approvals. **Requirements:** - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related discipline. - Minimum 12 years of progressive construction management or construction project management experience, including large-scale transportation, rail, infrastructure, or complex facility projects. - Demonstrated experience managing construction activities in a design-build or similarly complex project delivery environment. - Experience reading, interpreting, and administering construction contracts, drawings, specifications, schedules, and technical documentation. - Demonstrated experience coordinating multiple contractors, disciplines, stakeholders, and concurrent work activities in an active, safety-critical environment. - Strong leadership, field coordination, decision-making, problem-solving, and issue-resolution skills. - Solid understanding of construction means and methods, contract administration, change management, scheduling, cost control, quality, safety, risk, and closeout. - Ability to manage multiple priorities, maintain accurate documentation, and communicate effectively with technical and nontechnical audiences. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. - Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. - OSHA 10-hour certification or ability to obtain. **Preferred Qualifications:** - Advanced degree in construction related field. - 12 or more years of construction management experience on large, complex rail infrastructure projects. - Experience with rail or transit infrastructure is strongly preferred. - Prior experience with regional rail operators such as Metro-North Railroad, Long Island Rail Road, NYC Transit, Amtrak, or comparable rail and transit agencies. - Professional credentials such as PE, RA, CCM, PMP, or equivalent. - Proficiency with project and construction management systems; familiarity with BIM, AutoCAD, scheduling software, eBuilder, and Procore. **Compensation:** - Expected salary range: $212,000 - $259,100 ## Skills ### Required - construction management - design-build - project management - safety management - quality control - risk management - regulatory compliance - Microsoft Office Suite ### Nice to have - advanced degree in construction related field - experience with rail or transit infrastructure - professional credentials such as PE, RA, CCM, PMP - proficiency with project and construction management systems - BIM - AutoCAD - scheduling software - eBuilder - Procore --- Source: [Apply at emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com](https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/97628?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)