Traveling Construction Manager | Packaging

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In addition to a positive atmosphere, a happy, healthy, and supportive work environment is especially important. Upon joining CSM Group, we will provide you with a robust onboarding program to expose you to broad aspects of the organization by meeting with operations, business leaders, and peers to better understand how we operate.

The Construction Manager – Packaging (CM) provides leadership, direction, and technical oversight for packaging equipment projects inside fully operational food and beverage manufacturing plants. The CM bridges packaging engineering and field construction: defining packaging equipment scope and specifications up front, then coordinating installation, start-up, and closeout in a live 24/7 plant environment.

The CM typically manages multiple small and several medium-sized projects of moderate complexity and supports senior project leaders on larger, complex, or corporate capital projects. The CM helps develop scope documents, including Front End Loadings (FELs) and Technical Briefs, and serves as a technical resource to plant and project teams. The CM predicts and resolves conflicts before they impact the project and delivers timely, cost-effective solutions.

The Construction Manager ensures that the client's highest expectations are met by delivering all projects on time, within budget, in a safe manner, and in compliance with people-safety and food-safety standards. This role is a key project team member and does not have direct people-management responsibility.

This is a full-time, FLSA-exempt position. It requires at least 40 hours per week, with the ability to work more if necessary, including off-hours and overtime to support plants that operate 24/7.

Industry: Food & Beverage Manufacturing (Consumer Packaged Goods)

• →Scope Development & Preconstruction (15%)
• →Supports packaging equipment scope development and specification, including Front End Loadings (FELs) and Technical Briefs, for Growth/Innovation and Supply Chain projects.
• →Delivers cost-effective, high-quality scope through risk management, scope alignment, standard designs, and specifications.
• →Develops and manages, and occasionally works with the Project Director on, the Phasing Plan, Schedule, and Bid Process (Pre-Bid, BRFI, Post Bids).
• →Works with Pre-Construction and Safety to develop Site Logistics Plans.
• →Participates in Constructability and A/E progress meetings.
• →Leverages plant networks, equipment vendors, technologies, and subject matter experts to develop best-value solutions.
• →Manages the Submittal Process.
• →Construction & Installation (20%)
• →Submits daily logs using Procore to track labor hours, communication, equipment, materials, and job site events.
• →Coordinates construction and equipment installation activities, including subcontractor and vendor working hours, materials, equipment, and meetings (progress, plant, union), and establishes all paper flow and document control with the client, contractors, regulatory agencies, and others under the supervision of the project and program manager(s).
• →Communicates client requirements to the internal team and makes sure any changes are reviewed and understood.
• →Ensures project quality and compliance with project plans/specifications, client specifications/design standards, and sanitary design.
• →Ensures project compliance with all client contractor work rules, people-safety and food-safety standards, OSHA 1910 General Industry, OSHA 1926 Construction Safety regulations, and contractor orientations.
• →Assists in processing cost issues: T&M validation, proposal reviews, and field change order management.
• →Manages the overall project schedule and resolves conflicts across competing project timelines.
• →Brings together key stakeholders to resolve project issues and secures the right resources for successful completion.
• →Post Construction & Start-Up (60%)
• →Develops and manages the start-up plan with the Project Manager and Plant.
• →Creatively solves problems that arise during plant testing, commissioning, and scale-up.
• →Organizes final inspections, develops the punch list, completes punch list items, and follows up on warranty items.
• →Schedules final sanitation.
• →Assists in closeout documentation.
• →Technical Leadership & Continuous Improvement (5%)
• →Provides technical guidance to plants and project teams on packaging equipment and production systems.
• →Recommends new processes, technologies, and sustainable packaging solutions, informed by market trends and competitor technologies.
• →Advances standards and specifications to improve efficiency, reliability, and cost.
• →Mentors and coaches other engineers and construction staff to build team technical capability.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Key Working Relationships:

• →Internal: Process Engineering, Packaging Materials, Project Plant Liaisons, Capital Director, and CSM project and program leadership.
• →External: Equipment vendors, contract manufacturers, subcontractors, and Engineering Service Providers.

• Communicates Effectively
• You are effective in a variety of communication settings: 1:1, small and large groups, or among diverse styles and position levels.
• You attentively listen to others.
• You adjust to fit the audience and the message.
• You provide timely and helpful information to others across the project team and organization.
• You communicate in ways that influence project direction and management.
• You encourage the open expression of diverse ideas and opinions.
• Business Acumen
• You know how the business works.
• You are knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, technology, and information affecting the business and organization.
• You know the competition, including differences in competitor technologies.
• You are aware of how strategies and tactics work in the marketplace.
• Ensures Accountability
• You follow through on commitments and make sure others do the same.
• You act with a clear sense of ownership.
• You take personal responsibility for decisions, actions, and failures.
• You establish clear responsibilities and processes for supervising work.
• You conduct postmortems after milestone efforts, win or lose.
• Manages Conflict
• You step up to conflict and see it as an opportunity.
• You work out tough agreements and settle disputes equitably.
• You facilitate breakthroughs by integrating diverse views and finding common ground or acceptable alternatives.
• You settle differences productively with minimum noise.
• Resourcefulness
• You effectively organize resources (people, material, etc.) to get things done.
• You effectively orchestrate multiple activities simultaneously to accomplish your project.
• You get the most out of limited resources.
• You apply knowledge of internal structures, processes, and culture to resourcing efforts.
• Technical Expertise
• You develop expertise in one or more complete production systems and multiple unit operations.
• You serve as a subject matter expert, team leader, or platform leader on packaging equipment.
• You use engineering tools and project-flow documents effectively.

• Minimum bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Construction Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related construction or engineering degree.
• Five (5) years' experience in the construction or manufacturing engineering industry, with at least two (2) years in Project Management.
• OSHA 30-Hour Training and/or STSC certification.
• Understands GMP – Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office products (Excel, MS Project, etc.).
• Ability to manage multiple and sometimes conflicting priorities, extended work schedules, and specific time constraints.
• Ability to travel approximately 30–50% and to work overtime and off-hours to support plants that operate 24/7.

Preferred Qualifications

• Mechanical Engineering degree.
• Packaging equipment experience in Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) or food and beverage manufacturing.
• Experience developing FELs, Technical Briefs, or equipment specifications.
• Experience with Procore.

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Please reach out to People Operations should you require such accommodation(s).

While performing this job, the employee may be regularly required to drive to and from the job sites/assigned locations, sit, walk, stand, talk, hear, and smell. A major portion of the employee's tasks require extensive walking around the jobsite, including active construction areas and operating production and packaging areas. The employee is required to traverse uneven terrain and work from ladders, scaffolds, and other structures, as well as work at variable heights. The employee is frequently required to use hands to handle tools, controls, and for fine motor coordination like computer work. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl. The employee must also occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

For field positions, while performing this job, the employee must frequently inspect the project site and may be exposed to ongoing construction activities, operating plant equipment, vibrations, noise, and various outside weather conditions (in all seasons). The role requires approximately 30–50% travel and the ability to work full shifts, overtime, and off-hours to support plants that run 24/7. The work environment involves moderate risks that may require safety precautions. The noise level in the work environment may range from quiet to loud. The proper use of Personal Protective Equipment (including but not limited to safety boots, hardhat, and protective eyewear), along with compliance with plant GMP and food-safety requirements, is required on the jobsite. This Position Description reflects the position's essential functions and does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

CSM Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). We celebrate diversity and invite all qualified applicants to apply without fear of judgement and pledge to not discriminate against individuals because of their race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, gender or gender identity, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, veteran status, age, or any other status protected under applicable laws.