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Job overview
This operational leadership role oversees end-to-end services for a small construction services firm, from conceptual estimating through later project phases. Reporting to company ownership, the manager is responsible for day-to-day operations and deliverable accuracy while expanding the firm’s market presence among architecture and engineering firms, developers, property owners, and commercial and residential clients. The position is primarily remote, with business travel as required.
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Full job description
Description
The Company is a construction and development consulting firm that advises architects, developers, and property owners on project feasibility, budgeting, cost management, and construction planning. In recent years, its primary focus has been budget development and cost management throughout the design and construction lifecycle. Core services include estimating, market cost analysis, constructability reviews, scheduling, entitlements and permitting support, and insurance loss investigation.
This is an Operational Leadership role for a small Construction Services firm. This role will have responsibility for all in house services end-to-end, from initial conceptual estimating through subsequent phases of work, while actively expanding Company's market presence with Architectural and Engineering Firms, Developers, Property Owners, and Commercial/Residential clients across the country. This role will report directly to Company ownership, and will be directly responsible for day-to-day operations and the accuracy of deliverables.
Required Qualifications
15+ years of progressive experience in commercial/residential/industrial construction, with extensive budgeting/estimating experience, and business development leadership
Established network among commercial real estate developers, architects, and owners
Experience in new business acquisition, market growth, and the development of expanded service offerings
Experience in recruiting, training and developing employees
Experience with preconstruction efforts (estimating, BIM, scheduling, procurement)
Proposal development skills from initial outreach through completion of final Proposal deliverable to Clients
Must enter into a non-compete and NDA agreement as condition of employment
Although this is considered primarily as a Remote role, the ability to travel for business as may be required
A Bachelor's Degree in an Industry related Engineering discipline or an equivalent combination of work experience and education
Knowledge of emerging methods and technology in commercial construction, especially in AI use cases
Expertise in contract and documentation practices used in commercial construction
Working knowledge of financial reports and financial analysis
Additional Skills & Qualifications
Strong communication and presentation skills as well as the ability to engage and influence at the Owner/Developer level
Strong organizational, scheduling, and planning skills
Comfortable learning new technologies and formats
Extensive budgeting and cost estimating skills
Excellent verbal and written communication as well as strong listening skills
Ability to be flexible, adaptable, and manage stress under pressure when experiencing setbacks and challenges
Ability to oversee, delegate and assign responsibility to others
Job Type & Location
This is a Permanent position based out of Moorpark, CA.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $150000.00 - $180000.00/yr.
Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.
Will provide company benefits at later date.
Job Type & Location
This is a Permanent position based out of Moorpark, CA.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Nov 13, 2026.
Workplace Type
This is a fully remote position.
About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email [email protected] for other accommodation options.
San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.
How this job compares
Set against the 4,214 open Construction Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$150–180K/yr
- California median$130–180K/yr185 salary ranges
- US median$105–165K/yr2,093 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $165K, is 5% above the California median midpoint ($158K) — in the middle half of Construction Manager salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 250 open Construction Manager jobs in California and 4,214 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- CDM Smith33 open
- Jacobs33 open
- Turner & Townsend13 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 15 years of experience — more than three in four Construction Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 8 years, across 3,629 postings).
- Education
- 1,612 of the 4,214 open Construction Manager jobs (38%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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