Construction Manager CSA WPO (LSNA-NC)

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Your impact

At Jacobs, we’re not just building structures. We’re helping our clients innovate and grow by designing, engineering, and executing the construction of their advanced manufacturing facilities that are changing our world.

As a Work Package Owner, you’ll join our collaborative team providing our clients with award-winning planning, engineering, architectural design, construction management, and design-build project delivery. We are looking for a passionate Construction Manager CSA WPO Professional in Wilson/Cary, NC who is driven by collaboration, exceeding expectations, and challenging the status quo.

By developing and delivering on project scopes, budgets, reports, contracts, and schedules, you’ll help our teams achieve our client’s objectives. Your keen ability to multi-task, communicate effectively and tackle project challenges will allow you to thrive in our fast-paced environment. You’ll thrive as you solve complex problems to ensure the soaring success of our projects

Working together, we’ll help you grow and pursue what fulfills you so that we can make impacts on the future – big and small, global and local.

Some responsibilities will include:

• Develops a comprehensive Technical Bid Evaluation (TBE), which should include risk, sustainability, and schedule input.

• Ensures technical bids conform to intent of Bid, including identification of gaps and any not yet bought and scope exceptions

• Works with Subcontracts Administrator on Equalization/Normalization of bids

• Hosts weekly meetings with the Subcontractor and takes suitable notes. Aligns with Subcontract Administrator to ensure all items captured accurately. Distributes MM after each meeting to attendees

• Ensures that Subcontractor has latest version of all technical documents, including specification and other construction installation drawings

• Reviews all RFI’s & submittals assuring completeness prior to Subcontractor submission.

• Monitors return of RFIs and Submittals from the Subcontractor, and expedites assistance from engineering disciplines as required

• Reviews, coordinates any changes required, and approves pay applications before they get presented to the ACM for final approval

• Assists with the development of Value Engineering ideas that pertain to that discipline

• Provide assistance to Subcontract Administration on commercial matters, as applicable

• Ensures subcontractor Turn Over documents are uploaded promptly into ACC as work is progressed

• Works closely with Subcontracts Administration, Project Controls, Accounting, Quality and Turn over to ensure efficient close out of the Subcontract

Here's what you'll need

•At least 15 years of experience in managing construction projects.

• Strong working knowledge of pre-design and pre-construction, building systems/components and technology, contract management, project delivery methods, team building and client relationship building required.

• Demonstrated expert knowledge of CSA Systems, to include knowledge of geotechnical soil analysis, concrete, structural steel, and architectural finishes such as different types of doors, hardware, flooring, framing, and sheetrock.

• Experience leading contractors and Superintendents for current scope, engineering information, and document drawings/specifications for construction execution.

• Ability to manage scopes of work from the initial Bid Phase, through Execution, turnover, and close out of the Subcontract

• Experience in monitoring project budgets to ensure project requirements are met.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Strong communication skills both verbal and written

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Forward thinking, eager to learn best practices, and contribute with innovative ideas

• Displayed ability to learn quickly and driven to broaden knowledge base

• Ability to collaborate and work effectively in a variety of teams

• Ability to work with Engineering and Subcontracting to develop scopes of work for CSA related bid packages

• Liaise between Subcontracts Department and Engineering assuring that all Engineering requirements are met as they relate to the Bid Phase process along with any changes / additions to the Bid Phase documents.

• Works closely with the Subcontracts Administration team to identify bidders

• Attends any Pre-Bid, clarification and post-Bid meetings

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Posted Salary Range: Minimum

134,500.00

Posted Salary Range: Upper

220,000.00

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount. Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan. Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, and caregiver leave. And certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

The base salary range for this position is $134,500.00 to $220,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. Job posted on February 17, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

Onsite employees are expected to attend a Jacobs Workplace on a full-time basis, as required by the nature of their role.

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Locations

City State Country
Wilson	North Carolina	United States
Cary	North Carolina	United States