CONSTRUCTION MANAGER RESUME EXAMPLE

Published: May 29, 2025 – The Construction Manager leads construction safety culture and ensures compliance with site policies while managing a team aligned with project and business goals. This role involves overseeing construction strategies, processes, and resource planning to support engineering, procurement, and contracting. The manager also builds strong stakeholder relationships and drives continuous improvement through performance measurement and productivity initiatives.

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1. Construction Manager, Granite Ridge Builders Inc, Fort Wayne, IN

Job Summary: 

  • Develop a strategy for awarding construction vendors that contemplates cost, crew availability, quality of work product, etc.
  • Review and redline zoning drawings and construction drawings
  • Interface with the site and project management teams to ensure the timely delivery of sites
  • Report project status and performance data to management
  • Coordinate hand construction activities, including site walks and inventory coordination
  • Ensure permits are closed out correctly
  • Ensure that power deliveries are synchronized with construction activities
  • Interface with multiple teams to ensure project completion on time and within budget


Skills on Resume: 

  • Vendor Selection (Hard Skills)
  • Drawing Review (Hard Skills)
  • Project Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Status Reporting (Hard Skills)
  • Site Inspection (Hard Skills)
  • Permit Management (Hard Skills)
  • Power Scheduling (Hard Skills)
  • Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)

2. Construction Manager, Evergreen Design Build Solutions, Spokane, WA

Job Summary: 

  • Developing and maintaining detailed schedules for each project and actively managing and driving the scheduled tasks internally and externally.
  • Analyzing implications of changes from the original schedule and suggesting required corrective actions to ensure the project stays on track.
  • Ensuring data integrity and tools, and identifying improvements needed.
  • Providing regular and meaningful project status reports to management and the project team.
  • Identifying process limitations and collaborating with stakeholders and other cross-functional teams to identify and implement time and/or cost-efficient improvements.
  • Creating new processes or modifying existing ones to increase efficiency and understanding


Skills on Resume: 

  • Schedule Management (Hard Skills)
  • Change Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Data Integrity (Hard Skills)
  • Status Reporting (Hard Skills)
  • Process Improvement (Hard Skills)
  • Stakeholder Collaboration (Soft Skills)
  • Efficiency Optimization (Hard Skills)
  • Process Creation (Hard Skills)

3. Construction Manager, Redwood Valley Contracting Group, Santa Rosa, CA

Job Summary: 

  • Manage the day-to-day jobsite activities and operations for the construction of the project (residential houses).
  • Responsible for project quality control.
  • Provide leadership to the subcontractor workforce.
  • Review the plans and specifications for the project.
  • Prepare, manage, and update the project schedule, including determining the sequence for work and scheduling all material deliveries.
  • Conduct weekly safety meetings to ensure that safety measures are understood and followed.
  • Address any safety issues on the jobsite as they arise and report any incidents to all appropriate parties.
  • Complete any necessary paperwork responsibilities, including daily records of field activity.
  • Manage site logistics, coordinate site visit inspection requests.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Site Operations (Hard Skills)
  • Quality Control (Hard Skills)
  • Team Leadership (Soft Skills)
  • Plan Review (Hard Skills)
  • Schedule Management (Hard Skills)
  • Safety Training (Hard Skills)
  • Incident Reporting (Hard Skills)
  • Site Logistics (Hard Skills)

4. Construction Manager, Blue Horizon Construction Services, Augusta, GA

Job Summary: 

  • Work closely with the managing team and stakeholders to ensure this time, cost, and HSE efficiency on site
  • Ensure the highest execution standards and ensure that the company's quality standard is met
  • Review and prepare contractors' and subcontractors' tender requirements for selection
  • Coordinate interfaces with the EPC Contractor and its subcontractors
  • Maintain and drive project scope, budgets, resources, and timelines
  • Prepare and review Topography plans and procedures
  • Analyse, manage, and mitigate site activities risks
  • Ensure that project planning is in line with the contractual agreement and follow up on potential changes


Skills on Resume: 

  • Stakeholder Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Quality Assurance (Hard Skills)
  • Tender Review (Hard Skills)
  • Contractor Interface (Soft Skills)
  • Scope Management (Hard Skills)
  • Topography Planning (Hard Skills)
  • Risk Mitigation (Hard Skills)
  • Contract Compliance (Hard Skills)

5. Construction Manager, Riverstone General Contractors, Des Moines, IA

Job Summary: 

  • Work directly with the Project Manager and the Project Engineer to define the project baseline, scope, resource allocation, and deliverables.
  • Communicate with both the Project Manager, Segment Managers and Production Leads to ensure that project scope and specifications are met.
  • Coordinates with local utility companies for interconnection timing.
  • Escalate issues impacting safety, budget, schedule, or quality.
  • Promote a safe and efficient construction site.
  • Manage sub-contractors; ability to approve change orders up to a set limit per job.
  • Develop schedule and budget forecasts and update the Project Manager with job progress for both internal and external reporting.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Scope Definition (Hard Skills)
  • Stakeholder Communication (Soft Skills)
  • Utility Coordination (Hard Skills)
  • Issue Escalation (Soft Skills)
  • Site Safety (Hard Skills)
  • Subcontractor Management (Hard Skills)
  • Schedule Forecasting (Hard Skills)
  • Progress Reporting (Hard Skills)

6. Construction Manager, Sunfield Urban Builders LLC, Lakeland, FL

Job Summary: 

  • Managing offshore construction activities according to the relevant standards for the project
  • Leading, coordinating, and executing all offshore operational activities (Drilling and Grouting) from a technical, techno-commercial, and organizational point of view
  • Reporting to the project management, liaise with other teams like commercial, workshop, quality, and HSE, supervise and lead the staff
  • Troubleshooting and inspections, and ensuring the performance of offshore construction works on time and within budget
  • Focusing on comprehensive and good work preparation in coordination with the relevant team and monitoring performance following plans, specifications, standards, schedule, and work instructions


Skills on Resume: 

  • Offshore Management (Hard Skills)
  • Operational Leadership (Soft Skills)
  • Team Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Technical Reporting (Hard Skills)
  • Cross-Team Liaison (Soft Skills)
  • Troubleshooting (Hard Skills)
  • Work Preparation (Hard Skills)
  • Performance Monitoring (Hard Skills)

7. Construction Manager, New Leaf Developments LLC, Norman, OK

Job Summary: 

  • Teams with a Lead Construction Manager to provide ownership of job site activities within a Data Center Campus (150MW of IT Space over 5 buildings), inclusive of the live environment on assigned projects
  • Single point of contact for external partners (GC, Trade Partner, Landlord, Supplier, etc.)
  • Responsible for oversight and development of the Construction Execution Plan (CEP) with the General Contractor and ensures it aligns with the Project Execution Plan (PEP)
  • Provide input into the constructability review for all projects
  • Aid in the creation and maintenance of project schedules with the General Contractor and with support from Project Controls
  • Facilitate project priorities with the General Contractor based upon the Project Manager's feedback
  • Escalate key issues quickly to the Lead Construction Manager for coordination with the Facility Operations Project Manager
  • Responsible for tactical execution and performance of assigned projects (Financial, Schedule, Safety, Quality)
  • Monitor contractors to ensure compliance with approved Quality and Safety Plans
  • Manage the CMOP development and submission process for assigned projects
  • Coordinate the development of change order packages and ensure the accuracy of cost and schedule impacts
  • Responsible for project closeout
  • Participate and contribute to initiatives outside of project work to improve the performance of the team


Skills on Resume: 

  • Site Ownership (Hard Skills)
  • Partner Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Execution Planning (Hard Skills)
  • Constructability Review (Hard Skills)
  • Schedule Maintenance (Hard Skills)
  • Issue Escalation (Soft Skills)
  • Performance Oversight (Hard Skills)
  • Compliance Monitoring (Hard Skills)

8. Construction Manager, Prairie Wind Construction Inc, Wichita, KS

Job Summary: 

  • Key stakeholder to the Change Control Board/process to review and analyze variation events and define the response strategy
  • Identify, report, and monitor project risks both within and outside of the work domain
  • Collaborate to execute the project ramp-up plan (staff onboarding, sub-co assessments, assigns project team roles and responsibilities, etc)
  • Competence development planning and training of all teams under the supervision (Construction, Design, Warehousing & Logistics, etc)
  • Identify, report, and support up-scope with the Customer Project Management team
  • Collaborate to execute the project ramp-up plan (staff onboarding, sub-co assessments, assigns project team roles & responsibilities, etc)
  • Competence development planning and training of all teams under his supervision (Construction, Design, Warehousing & Logistics, etc)
  • Identify, report, and support up-scope with the Customer Project Management team
  • Read, analyze, and maintain a solid understanding of the contract and construction scope. Identify contractual issues/risks and validate pre-sales risk assumptions.
  • Conduct knowledge transfer and training for the project team on project expectations, construction scope, and variation management
  • Ensure that the project execution and outcome meet all quality standards and identify any continuous improvement opportunities
  • Identify, report, and support cost improvement and efficiency improvement opportunities.
  • Accountable that daily progress tracking is in place (rollout managers, supervisors, subcontractors, design, warehousing and logistics, etc), including the updates on the relevant tools (e.g. RoT/WF)
  • Accountable for cost control measures in the work area
  • Key contributor to the compliance and implementation of H&S requirements
  • Produce ad-hoc reports


Skills on Resume: 

  • Change Control (Hard Skills)
  • Risk Monitoring (Hard Skills)
  • Ramp-Up Execution (Soft Skills)
  • Competence Training (Soft Skills)
  • Contract Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Knowledge Transfer (Soft Skills)
  • Quality Assurance (Hard Skills)
  • Cost Control (Hard Skills)

9. Construction Manager, Ironwood Infrastructure Group, Loveland, CO

Job Summary: 

  • Lead and drive construction safety culture and performance.
  • Provide effective owner oversight for all project-related construction activities. 
  • Assure site policies and practices are understood and adhered to.
  • Lead a team of construction management professionals. 
  • Ensure they are aligned with project and business objectives. 
  • Build their current and future capability.
  • Develop construction execution and contracting strategies for projects and the overall site.
  • Own construction work process and practices. 
  • Assure necessary processes are in place, well understood, and effective.
  • Provide guidance and direction to the construction team, HSSE, quality assurance, project controls, and contractor partners.
  • Lead construction scheduling, assignment of resources, and forecasting for projects.
  • Provide construction input into the early stages of projects to support engineering, procurement, and contracting.
  • Establish and maintain quality relationships with all stakeholders, including project management, procurement, project services, operations, (process) safety, engineering, and contractors based on mutual trust and respect.
  • Promote a continuous improvement culture, identify and drive productivity improvements for construction. 
  • Ensure competitive targets are in place and appropriate performance measurement, tracking, and controls are in place.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Safety Leadership (Soft Skills)
  • Owner Oversight (Hard Skills)
  • Policy Compliance (Hard Skills)
  • Team Leadership (Soft Skills)
  • Capability Building (Soft Skills)
  • Strategy Development (Hard Skills)
  • Process Ownership (Hard Skills)
  • Stakeholder Relations (Soft Skills)

10. Construction Manager, Sterling Peak Construction Services, Fargo, ND

Job Summary: 

  • Accountable for the rollout of the deployment activities of the Outside Plant Network
  • Ensure the project is delivered within the scope of contractual obligations and within forecast cost, time, and required quality, and compliant with applicable H&S regulations
  • Oversee the feasibility of the deployment schedule in collaboration with the project management team in terms of resources (internal and subcontractor teams) to ensure Nokia meets the contractual scope of work, milestones, and customer pre-requisites
  • Day-to-day and operational management of all teams under his supervision (Construction, Design, Warehousing and Logistics,…), 
  • Set up and maintain clear and effective internal and external communication with the relevant project stakeholders, participating in reviews
  • Escalation point for all escalations related to Network deployment and all supporting activities (design, material supply, warehousing and logistics, etc)
  • Be a key stakeholder in the subcontractor selection process with the project management team and procurement, as well as the subcontractor onboarding process
  • Own and manage all senior and executive management relationships with the subcontractor, including escalation management.
  • Build and maintain relationships with senior and executive construction stakeholders in the customer team
  • Own and manage senior and executive management relationships with 3rd party stakeholders (municipalities, asset owners, road authorities/owners, public safety officials, the general public, etc) that are directly or indirectly impacted by the deployment of the network.
  • Review periodically the progress reporting in the applicable Nokia tools and collect actual delivery performance information, compare actual performance with the baseline, and perform necessary escalations
  • Validate any variation or change in the deployment that has an impact on cost or schedule is supported by an approved change
  • Report any variation or change not already supported by an approved change


Skills on Resume: 

  • Deployment Management (Hard Skills)
  • Contract Compliance (Hard Skills)
  • Schedule Oversight (Hard Skills)
  • Team Supervision (Soft Skills)
  • Stakeholder Communication (Soft Skills)
  • Escalation Handling (Soft Skills)
  • Subcontractor Management (Hard Skills)
  • Progress Reporting (Hard Skills)