Senior Construction Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Ensure coordinated field execution of large-scale, complex, or multiple projects for the National Fiber Team.

• Provide senior-level oversight to Construction Managers and field leadership teams.

• Convert operational priorities into actionable field plans.

• Address cross-team constraints and validate forecasts and performance metrics.

• Direct and mentor Construction Managers across various crews, shifts, or work areas.

• Set clear expectations for daily kickoffs, shift transitions, production reviews, and field accountability.

• Supervise execution against IFC drawings, scopes of work, customer standards, NTI standards, safety requirements, and approved timelines.

• Integrate three-week look-ahead plans, construction sequencing, access limitations, material readiness, and labor allocation.

• Coordinate installation, splicing, testing, validations, and closeout handoffs.

• Lead recovery strategies for underperforming work fronts.

• Promote a zero-incident culture and ensure safety compliance.

• Review safety audits, corrective actions, near misses, and lessons learned from past experiences.

• Own overall production performance and examine daily and weekly production reports.

• Balance crews and specialized resources to safeguard critical milestones.

• Analyze labor efficiency, output, crew utilization, and production challenges.

• Oversee field inspections, workmanship quality, test results, punch lists, and customer acceptance readiness.

• Confirm compliance with BICSI standards, manufacturer requirements, NTI quality standards, and customer specifications.

• Represent NTI in customer coordination meetings and handle field-level escalations.

• Provide updates on status, constraints, and recovery plans.

• Guide Construction Managers on planning, communication, performance management, and documentation practices.

• Assist with staffing, onboarding, training, performance evaluations, promotions, and leadership development initiatives.

• Monitor subcontractor safety, quality, manpower, productivity, and schedule commitments.

• Coordinate forecasts for materials, tools, vehicles, rental equipment, and specialty testing/splicing resources.

• Review risks associated with the critical path, cross-project dependencies, and workfront availability.

• Develop recovery actions, assign ownership, and set follow-up dates for schedule variances.

• Assess labor budgets, overtime, productivity, equipment utilization, rework, travel, and material waste.

• Identify change-order events and escalate them to Project Management.

• Ensure the accuracy of daily reports, headcount, production quantities, quality records, safety observations, and issue logs.

• Serve as the senior field coordination point among Operations, Project Managers, Construction Managers, Field Engineering, Safety, Logistics, customers, and subcontractors.

• Lead operational reviews and communicate decisions, ownership, deadlines, and escalations.

• Track KPIs related to safety, production, schedule adherence, quality, financial performance, leadership, and customer responsiveness.

• Halt unsafe work and mandate corrective actions before resuming operations.

• Escalate contract modifications, pricing changes, budget increases, significant resource reallocations, and customer commitments to authorized leadership.

⛳️ Requirements

• High school diploma or GED is required.

• At least 10 years of experience in telecommunications, structured cabling, or fiber optic construction.

• Minimum of 5 years in progressively responsible construction leadership roles, including directing Construction Managers, General Foremen, or equivalent leaders.

• Proven track record in delivering large, complex, mission-critical, commercial, or hyperscale data center projects.

• Experience managing multiple crews, shifts, subcontractors, and concurrent work projects.

• Demonstrated responsibility for labor forecasting, productivity, schedule recovery, quality assurance, and cost management.

• Established ability to lead projects from mobilization through to acceptance and closeout.

• Advanced practical knowledge of ISP/OSP fiber, bulk deployment, splicing, testing, structured cabling, pathways, racks/cabinets, and cross-connects.

• Strong capability to interpret IFC drawings, construction sequences, technical standards, optical budgets, and acceptance criteria.

• Familiarity with QA/QC processes, material planning, field change documentation, and customer turnover requirements.

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Teams, and Word.

• Competent with project management software, electronic drawings, digital field reporting, and scheduling tools.

• Valid driver’s license is required.

• OSHA 30 Construction certification is required.

• CPR / First Aid certification is required or ability to obtain it.

• All candidates must pass a background check and drug screening upon acceptance of an offer.

• An Associate’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering Technology, Telecommunications, or a related field is preferred.

• A Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or Business Management is preferred.

• Procore experience is preferred.

• Preferred certifications include PMP, BICSI TECH, BICSI RCDD, CFOT, relevant manufacturer certifications, and equipment-specific fusion splicing or fiber testing certifications.

• Preferred experience in leading hyperscale or AI data center deployments, campus fiber networks, large ISP projects, or multi-million-dollar telecommunications programs.

• Preferred experience in managing projects with over 100 field personnel or multiple Construction Managers.

• Preferred experience in hiring, conducting performance evaluations, developing field procedures, participating in customer executive meetings, and implementing complex recovery plans.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Life insurance

• Disability insurance

• Retirement savings options

• Professional growth opportunities

• Careful onboarding and thorough training programs

• Equal employment opportunity

• Union employee pay rates and benefit levels determined by union classifications