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Construction Manager
About the role
• Responsible for the total construction effort and overall management and administration of the project
• Provide accurate and timely construction issue support to the project execution team
• Coordinate contractors at site and monitor compliance with Air Products safety standards, construction standards, and procedures
• Monitor contractor work, workmanship, materials, quality, and compliance with contract requirements
• Manage design queries and review contractor schedules and manning levels
• Monitor daily progress and prepare daily records, weekly reports, monthly reports, construction weekly reports, and other required reports
• Assess and forecast workload and skills demands to support the schedule
• Ensure receipt, inventory, storage, and safe handling of Air Products materials and equipment at the job site
• Report labor shortages, strikes, equipment delivery delays, document issues, customer complaints, safety hazards, and unsafe conditions
• Arrange and witness testing and maintain quality audit logs
• Review rigging studies and supervise heavy equipment installation, perlite filling, insulation, painting, oxygen cleaning, and flat-bottom tank erection
• Ensure compliance with specifications, site conditions, job safety analysis, safety work permits, building permits, and national health and safety requirements
• Issue Field Change Requests according to procedures
• Review and approve contractor and supplier invoices
• Write and update the Construction Execution Plan and construction organization chart
• Develop the contracting plan with the Project Manager and Supply Chain Manager
• Ensure site teams follow Air Products’ zero-accident philosophy and applicable EHS, OSHA, HASAP, and project safety plans
• Ensure contractor quality, qualifications, schedule, budget, contract, drawing, and specification compliance
• Manage and direct CM field staff
• Review and approve contractor field changes
• Maintain daily project logs and submit final close-out documentation
• Approve CM employee expense reimbursements and staff time
• Coordinate weekly contractor meetings covering safety, commercial, technical, quality, and schedule issues
• Participate in monthly project reviews and lead construction updates for senior leadership
• Bachelor degree or above, majored in construction engineering or equivalent
• 10+ years working experience in total
• 8+ years in construction projects for industrial gas plant construction projects, chemical or petrochemical projects
• Ability to multi-tasks, managing several activities at any time
• Knowledge of project execution & site management, especially in construction projects
• Good communication and interpersonal skills among various functions
• English skill in writing
• P/C (MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel) skill
• Use of electronic mail and the Internet
• Willingness to travel and be based in remote location in Korea
• Willingness to work in a field-based environment
• Ability to work extended hours if needed, including weekends and some holidays, subject to local laws and approval
• Fluent spoken and written English (advantage)
• Knowledge and experience of industrial gas projects or plant construction projects including civil, mechanical and piping, electrical and instrument activities (advantage)
• Experience in construction management and/or construction estimation in an international engineering company or high-ranked local EPC (advantage)
• Knowledge and experience on construction subcontract management (advantage)
• Knowledge and experience on various construction types of contracts (advantage)
• Certificates, licenses or experience related to construction activities (advantage)
• Construction-related certificates such as Engineer Construction Safety, Engineer Industrial Safety, Engineer Gas, or Engineer Electricity (advantage)
• Alternative leave or overtime payment for weekend and holiday work according to company policy
• Full-time employment
• Opportunities to work on major industrial gas, chemical, petrochemical, and world-scale production facility projects