Construction Manager

Contra Costa Water District (CCWD) is an innovative leader in water management and provides employees with a fast-paced and stable work environment that encourages professional growth and development.   

Our Values: 

• Safety: We provide, as a top priority, a safe and healthful work environment for our team. 
• Trust: We protect the public trust with uncompromising integrity, commitment to our professional standards, full transparency, and fairness in all our business dealings. 
• Responsibility: We take ownership for our results and deliver on our performance outcomes to responsibly serve our customers, our community, and our planet. 
• Exceptional Service: We value our customers, act in their best interest, and take pride in delivering personalized service. 
• Employee Success: We share a meaningful sense of purpose in an environment that strives to offer professional growth, diversity, inclusivity, and work-life balance. 
• Teamwork: We engage in respectful, collaborative, trust-based relationships at all levels within the organization and with our business partners. 
• Continuous Improvement: We continuously seek opportunities to optimize our business practices and assets by engaging the expertise of our employees and embracing innovation.
• Recognition: We reward the positive contributions of our employees at the organization, team, and individual levels. 
• Communication: We strive for open, effective dialogues at all levels of the organization to ensure input is valued and considered and reasons for decisions are explained.

CCWD is seeking a skilled Construction Manager to oversee and manage all CCWD construction work within the Engineering Department. In this role, you will plan, organize, and allocate resources for construction work, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and according to approved policies and standards. You’ll coordinate with internal teams and external contractors; secure specialized expertise as needed and solve complex construction challenges. If you have experience leading construction projects and want to make a direct impact on critical infrastructure, we invite you to apply and join our team!

This position will be located at our Administrative Office in Concord, CA. We offer competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life insurance, retirement, and deferred compensation plans, plus a great working environment!

We are looking for someone who is: 

• A demonstrated leader that embraces CCWD’s Values and Mission.
• Solutions-focused and a creative problem-solver.
• A motivated self-starter with effective interpersonal and leadership skills. 
• An organized and results-driven leader.

 What you will typically be responsible for:  

• Building and maintaining positive working relationships with employees, contractors, consultants, vendors, and the public. 
• Developing project schedules and identifying priority tasks and critical path elements.

 A few reasons you might enjoy this job: 

• Your desire to make a positive difference in the lives of CCWD employees and the community.
• Working with highly effective and collaborative teams.
• Negotiating scopes of work, schedules, budgets and agreements with consultants and other stakeholders.
• Every day brings a variety of work challenges, opportunities, and rewards.

 The following will also benefit candidates with a few of the unique challenges related to this job:

• Technical expertise and the ability to engage diverse interests and obtain input and support for decisions. 
• Providing project leadership to gain project buy-in from internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrative use of technology, improved processes, or other means to improve operational efficiency.
• Understanding of regulatory requirements and successful experience completing complex and large untreated and/or treated water construction projects in California.

Apply today and be a part of our dedicated team at CCWD!