Onsite Project Execution Lead — Modular Systems

Own the Number. Lead the Build. Delight the Client.

Ready to turn precision-built modules into finished buildings with speed, rigor, and finesse? Deploy's Client blends advanced manufacturing with innovative tech to deliver modular projects that raise the bar on quality, scalability, and sustainability.

Is This You?

• Do you run a jobsite like a business—owning schedule, P&L, safety, quality, and the client experience?
• Can you negotiate and execute subcontracts and Owner Change Orders with confidence?
• Do you thrive orchestrating set, permanent power, startup, inspection, and turnover in lockstep?
• Are you fluent with AHJ and State Health processes and unafraid to defend the JCR position?
• Do you mentor Field Engineers into leaders who can own outcomes next?

What You’ll Lead

Operations & Logistics

• Primary onsite authority for your assigned jobsite—results across schedule, P&L, quality, safety, and client satisfaction.
• Lead preconstruction planning, site logistics reviews, and pre-mobilization coordination.
• Run client walkthroughs and project meetings; keep information flowing and stakeholders aligned.

Schedule Ownership

• Hold and communicate the plan; make commitments to the client and internal teams—and meet them.
• Identify sequence risks across set, permanent power, startup, inspection, and turnover; drive recovery when trades slip.

Financial Stewardship

• Manage cost, margin, and performance to the JCR profit goal.
• Approve the jobsite JCR position; review and approve vendor invoices and pay apps within delegated limits.

Trades, Vendors, and Contracts

• Own subcontractor and vendor outcomes—award work within authority and remove non-performers as needed.
• Resolve disputes and claims early—before leadership intervention is required.
• Negotiate/review/execute subcontracts and Owner Change Orders.
• Protect entitlement under the prime and subcontracts through timely notice and documentation.

Quality, Safety, and Client Experience

• Set the tone for safety and quality; ensure every trade meets Deploy's Client standards.
• Own inspection success; rapidly resolve any AHJ or State Health finding.
• Be the daily face to the client; set expectations deliberately and communicate credibly in every forum.

Team Leadership

• Train, develop, and mentor Field Engineers; own direct report performance.
• Coordinate staffing with the Senior Field Project Manager; surface gaps early.

Your Authority

Boundary with the Program Team: Program Management owns the prime contract, the total project P&L, and program-let subcontracts. You own jobsite execution, field-let subcontracts, and the construction cost and margin position reported into the project JCR.

• Own/approve construction cost and margin for the jobsite in the JCR.
• Negotiate/execute field-let subcontracts and Owner Change Orders driven by field conditions (within delegated dollar authority) with concurrent notification to the Project Manager II who owns the project change order log.
• Issue routine contractual notice to preserve Deploy's Client position, notifying the Senior Field Project Manager concurrently.
• Approve subcontractor awards, vendor invoices, and pay apps within limits.
• Commit Deploy's Client to field schedule dates supported by verified capacity.
• Remove non-performing subcontractors within delegated authority.
• Direct Field Project Manager I and Field Engineer personnel and evaluate performance.
• Stop work for safety/quality and settle subcontractor disputes/backcharges including those beyond Field Project Manager I limits, within authority.

Escalate When

• Commercial positions, change orders, or settlements exceed delegated dollar authority.
• Owner Change Orders are not driven by field conditions (these belong to the Project Manager II or Senior Project Manager).
• Field personnel must be reallocated between jobsites (you recommend; Senior Field Project Manager decides).
• Commitments would consume manufacturing capacity or internal resources not already allocated.
• There is any owner claim/demand, notice of intent to claim, mediation, litigation, or termination exposure.
• Any change to prime contract terms, indemnity, insurance, warranty, or liquidated damages is contemplated.
• Field standards, tooling, or process decisions affect more than your jobsite.
• Hiring, termination, or compensation decisions are required.

What You Bring

Required

• 6–10 years of relevant construction experience.
• Robust knowledge of construction methods, sequencing, and the DMC methodology.
• Skill interpreting/administering drawings, specifications, contracts, and subcontracts.
• Experience with local AHJ and State Health permits and inspections.
• Track record owning jobsite cost, margin, and financial performance.
• Proven ability to negotiate/execute subcontracts and Owner Change Orders.
• Strong conflict resolution and negotiation capability.
• Risk identification, management, and escalation across cost, schedule, and scope.
• Experience mentoring/developing Field Engineers.
• Clear, concise communicator at all levels.
• Visible safety and quality leadership.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and Smartsheet; proficient with Bluebeam, Autodesk Construction Cloud, and Microsoft Office.
• Travel ~75% onsite, with occasional support travel to other jobsites.

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in Building Science, Engineering, Construction Management, or similar.
• Progress toward certifications (PMP, ASHE CHC, LEED AP, or similar).
• OSHA 30 and a relevant quality/safety credential.
• Experience delivering healthcare, data center, or other inspected occupancy types.
• Experience with modular set operations, crane logistics, custody transfer, and permanent power coordination.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics Business Central or similar ERP for jobsite cost reporting.
• Use of AI tools such as Claude.ai to enhance field reporting and coordination.

Growth: Path to Senior Field Project Manager

• Depth in construction methods, sequencing, and DMC methodology.
• Ethical, professional decision-making under pressure.
• AHJ/State Health experience across multiple jurisdictions.
• Strategic capacity beyond one job—sequence and resource multiple jobsites.
• Client-first mindset sustained through tough projects.
• Lead under pressure; prioritize across jobsites.
• Set a field execution standard others follow in your absence.
• Sustained safety and quality leadership.
• Delegate effectively and hold others accountable.

You Should Be Proficient In

• Leadership / People Management
• Construction Management
• Contract Negotiation Experience
• Microsoft Excel
• construction
• construction methods, sequencing and DMC methodology
• interpret and administer drawings, specifications, contracts and subcontracts
• navigation of local AHJ and State health permits and inspections
• preconstruction and pre-mobilization planning

Machines & Technologies You’ll Use

• autodesk construction cloud
• bluebeam
• Microsoft office suite
• smartsheet