Construction Manager

Construction Manager With over 19 years of experience and hundreds of millions of dollars in completed projects, Hays Electrical Services provides high-quality electrical construction services across commercial, hospitality, mission-critical, and other specialty markets. Hays approaches every project with a collaborative mindset, working closely with owners, general contractors, trade partners, and internal teams toward the common goal of safe, efficient, and successful project delivery.

Responsibilities

• The Construction Manager is responsible for leading field execution across assigned projects from preconstruction and mobilization through commissioning and project closeout.
• This role is accountable for constructability, manpower planning, labor productivity, prefab execution, field coordination, schedule adherence, safety, quality, and overall operational performance.
• The Construction Manager serves as a key connection between project leadership and field operations, ensuring projects are properly planned, staffed, coordinated, and executed.
• This position works closely with Project Executives, Project Managers, Field Operations Managers, Superintendents, Project Controls, BIM/VDC, Prefab, Procurement, Safety, and Operational Assurance.
• A primary focus of this role is driving field productivity and operational consistency .
• The Construction Manager will proactively identify project risks, remove field constraints, maximize prefab utilization, monitor manpower and production, and implement recovery plans when projects are not performing to expectations.
• Reports To Executive Leadership / Operations Leadership Direct & Indirect Reports Depending on project structure, the Construction Manager may provide leadership and oversight to: Field Operations Managers General Superintendents Superintendents Assistant Superintendents General Foremen and Foremen Field Labor Teams Core Responsibilities Lead field operations and construction execution across assigned projects.
• Ensure projects are appropriately staffed based on schedule, production targets, project phase, and workload.
• Drive accountability throughout Field Operations Managers, Superintendents, and field leadership teams.
• Participate in preconstruction planning, constructability reviews, project turnover, and mobilization.
• Develop field execution strategies in partnership with Project Management and Operations.
• Coordinate closely with BIM/VDC, Prefab, Procurement, Project Controls, and project leadership.
• Drive prefab planning and utilization to reduce field labor requirements and improve productivity.
• Review manpower forecasts and proactively identify upcoming labor requirements.
• Monitor labor productivity, installed quantities, earned value, and overall production performance.
• Coordinate with Project Controls and P6 scheduling teams to ensure field activities align with project milestones.
• Identify schedule and production risks early and implement corrective or recovery plans.
• Identify and remove constraints impacting field production.
• Ensure field teams maintain company safety and quality standards.
• Ensure proper utilization of Kojo, ProjectSight, OpenSpace, P6 , and other required project management and field technology platforms.
• Support material planning and ensure materials are available when required by the field.
• Maintain consistent communication between field leadership and project management.
• Mentor and develop Field Operations Managers, Superintendents, General Foremen, and other field leaders.
• Promote consistent field processes, standards, and best practices across assigned projects.
• Support commissioning, turnover, punch-list completion, and project closeout activities.
• Daily Deliverables Review field manpower, productivity, and production status.
• Identify immediate project constraints and operational risks.
• Coordinate active field issues and escalation items.
• Monitor critical schedule activities and recovery actions.
• Review material, equipment, and prefab requirements affecting field production.
• Communicate priorities with project and field leadership.
• Weekly Deliverables Participate in operations, manpower, and project planning meetings.
• Review manpower forecasts and upcoming staffing requirements.
• Review production tracking and earned-value performance.
• Review project schedules, milestones, and recovery plans.
• Review prefab utilization and upcoming prefab requirements.
• Review labor productivity by project and scope.
• Review safety observations, quality issues, and corrective actions.
• Coordinate upcoming project needs with BIM/VDC, Procurement, Prefab, and Project Controls.
• Monthly Deliverables Conduct operational reviews of assigned projects.
• Review manpower forecasts with Field Operations Managers and project leadership.
• Evaluate labor productivity and earned-value trends.
• Review prefab adoption and opportunities for increased utilization.
• Evaluate schedule performance and milestone completion.
• Conduct leadership development reviews with field teams.
• Identify operational trends and implement process improvements.
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Performance will be measured against key operational metrics, including: Labor productivity versus estimated production rates.
• Earned-value performance.
• Milestone completion.
• Schedule adherence.
• Manpower forecasting accuracy.
• Safety performance and reduction of preventable incidents.
• Prefab utilization.
• Reduction in unnecessary field-built assemblies.
• Field reporting compliance.
• Material coordination and availability.
• QA/QC performance and punch-list reduction.
• Successful commissioning and project turnover.

Requirements

• Experience 10+ years of electrical construction experience , with progressive field leadership responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience managing large-scale commercial, industrial, mission-critical, or complex electrical construction projects.
• Experience leading Superintendents, Foremen, and large field teams.
• Strong understanding of electrical construction means, methods, systems, and installation sequencing.
• Demonstrated knowledge of manpower planning, labor productivity, and production tracking.
• Experience developing and executing short-term and long-term field plans.
• Strong understanding of constructability planning and project scheduling.
• Experience implementing prefab strategies.
• Experience coordinating with Project Management, Project Controls, BIM/VDC, Procurement, Safety, and other operational teams.
• Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Preferred Experience Mission-critical/data center construction experience.
• Large-scale commercial or industrial electrical construction experience.
• Experience overseeing multiple projects or large, multi-phase projects.
• Experience managing large electrical field organizations.
• Experience with commissioning, energization, and project turnover.
• Familiarity with Kojo, ProjectSight, OpenSpace, and Primavera P6 .
• Experience utilizing BIM/VDC and prefab as part of an integrated field execution strategy.
• Leadership Expectations The Construction Manager is expected to: Operate with urgency and ownership.
• Maintain a strong field presence.
• Drive accountability at every level of field leadership.
• Make decisions based on safety, schedule, productivity, quality, and profitability.
• Anticipate problems rather than react to them.
• Hold field leadership accountable for manpower and production.
• Remove obstacles preventing crews from being productive.
• Aggressively drive prefab and operational efficiencies.
• Develop the next generation of field leaders.
• Maintain clear communication between the field and project leadership.
• Continuously improve field execution and operational performance.
• Dynamic and supportive work environment.
• Hays Electrical Services and help lead the successful execution of complex electrical construction projects.

Preferred

• If you have a strong electrical construction background, proven field leadership experience, and a track record of driving safety, productivity, schedule, and quality, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits

• Benefits Competitive salary based on experience.
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).
• Leadership development and continuing education opportunities.
• Career growth opportunities within a rapidly expanding organization.