Construction Manager

The role

This person will drive execution for an advanced nuclear manufacturing facility as an onsite decision-maker. They will manage contractors, schedules, and design intent to ensure successful construction and potential transition into operations leadership.

What you will do

• Serve as primary onsite authority representing ownership during all construction phases
• Maintain daily field presence to drive execution across GCs, subcontractors, and vendors
• Hold contractors accountable to schedule, manpower, sequencing, and quality commitments
• Identify and resolve issues early to avoid schedule or cost impact
• Review and manage RFIs, submittals, pay applications, and change orders
• Own day-to-day schedule awareness and near-term lookahead planning
• Support cost tracking and change management
• Ensure inspections, testing, and commissioning activities are sequenced to avoid delays
• Participate in design discussions for future construction phases or expansions
• Interface with local AHJs, inspectors, and third-party reviewers

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in construction management, owner’s representation, or capital project execution for industrial or manufacturing facilities
• Demonstrated success in onsite, field-driven roles with direct GC oversight
• Strong command of construction sequencing, schedule control, and change management
• Willingness to be fully onsite in Oak Ridge, TN, including weekends during active construction
• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as necessary

Nice to have

• Experience delivering projects in highly regulated or high-consequence environments (energy, nuclear, defense, aerospace, advanced manufacturing)
• Direct involvement in design-for-construction or design-for-operations efforts
• Background that supports long-term ownership of site facilities or future build phases

Benefits

• Substantial incentive stock plan for all full-time employees
• Medical: 100% up to base silver level plan for employee + 50% dependents, offers up to Platinum plans
• One Medical: Sponsored memberships for employees and their dependents
• Vision: 100% top tier plan coverage + 50% for dependents
• Dental: 100% top tier plan coverage, orthodontia extra, 50% for dependents
• Voluntary life, accident, hospital, critical illness, commuter and FSA/HSA offered as employee contributed benefits
• 8-weeks of paid parental leave for all parents
• Additional paid pregnancy leave for CA employees
• Nuclear Engineering Certificate Program: 100% covered educational program with Penn State University for eligible employees
• Daily catered lunch
• Free snacks and drinks
• Flexible PTO policy

Before you apply

• Any job offer will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls

About the company

Radiant is an El Segundo, CA-based company building the world's only mass-produced, transportable nuclear microreactors. Founded in 2020, Radiant is under contract to deliver power to the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force.