Construction Manager Resume Example (2026 Guide)
Construction Manager resume example
A complete sample in the Modern template FitMyRole exports. The person and employers are fictional; the structure, skills and bullet style are what to copy.
Curtis Shepherd
[email protected] • (555) 010-6624 • Phoenix, AZ • linkedin.com/in/curtisshepherd
Professional Summary
Construction Manager with 15 years of experience delivering commercial, healthcare and education projects for general contractors in Arizona, from preconstruction through closeout. Runs a portfolio of $140M in active work across four projects, leading project managers, superintendents and engineers and managing 60+ subcontractors. Has delivered 21 projects with a combined value of $410M, 19 of them on or ahead of schedule, with zero lost-time incidents over the last six years. Plans in Primavera P6, controls cost in Procore and Sage 300, and runs owner, architect and trade meetings with the same discipline as the schedule.
Core Skills
- Project Management: Preconstruction, budgeting and cost control, change order management, contract administration, owner and architect relations, closeout
- Scheduling: Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, critical path method (CPM), pull planning, three-week look-aheads, recovery schedules
- Subcontractor Management: Bid packaging, buyout, scope reviews, subcontract negotiation, pay applications, performance tracking
- Safety & Quality: OSHA 1926, site-specific safety plans, infection control risk assessment (ICRA), quality control plans, punch lists, third-party inspections
- Construction Technology: Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Bluebeam Revu, Sage 300 CRE, Navisworks, drone site surveys
- Delivery Methods: CM at risk, design-build, GMP contracts, lump sum, Lean Construction, Last Planner System
Education & Certification
- Del E. Webb School of Construction; capstone produced the full estimate, schedule and site logistics plan for a four-story medical office building.
Work Experience
Senior Construction ManagerMay 2019 – PresentDesert Forge Construction, Phoenix, AZ
- Delivered 9 projects worth $265M, including a $92M four-story hospital tower, with 8 finishing on or ahead of the contract schedule and all within the guaranteed maximum price.
- Lead 4 project managers, 5 superintendents and 6 project engineers across four active jobs totaling $140M, setting weekly priorities and reviewing every cost report monthly.
- Recovered 6 weeks of delay on a $48M school campus by resequencing structural steel and running a Last Planner pull plan with 25 trade partners, opening before the school year began.
- Held change orders to 2.1% of contract value on the hospital tower by running constructability reviews with the design team before buyout and tracking every RFI in Procore.
- Kept zero lost-time incidents over 1.4 million work hours by enforcing site-specific safety plans, weekly superintendent audits and ICRA controls in occupied hospital areas.
- Negotiated and bought out 60+ subcontracts a year, capturing $3.8M in buyout savings shared with owners under GMP contracts.
- Wrote the company’s Primavera P6 scheduling standard and monthly schedule review, now required on every project above $10M.
Project ManagerMarch 2015 – April 2019Mesquite Hill Construction, Tucson, AZ
- Managed 8 commercial and higher-education projects from $6M to $32M, finishing 7 on schedule and returning $1.2M in unused contingency to owners.
- Won 5 negotiated projects with repeat university and healthcare clients by preparing GMP estimates and preconstruction schedules with the estimating team.
- Coordinated 30+ subcontractors per project through weekly meetings, three-week look-aheads and scope reviews before mobilization.
- Closed out every project within 60 days of substantial completion, delivering O&M manuals, warranties and as-builts through Procore.
- Coached 3 project engineers into assistant project manager roles through monthly reviews and shared ownership of owner meetings.
Project EngineerJune 2011 – February 2015Sonoran Ridge General Contractors, Phoenix, AZ
- Processed 900+ RFIs and 1,100 submittals across 4 projects, including a $40M office building, with an average RFI turnaround of 5 days.
- Updated three-week look-aheads and monthly P6 schedules with superintendents, flagging critical path slips at each owner meeting.
- Caught $210,000 in duplicate billing over two years by checking subcontractor pay applications and change order logs against budget.
- Ran quality inspections and punch lists with superintendents, handing over a medical office building with 40% fewer punch items than the prior phase.
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Tailor my resumeWhy This Resume Works
- Budget and schedule results are stated together, the two numbers an owner or GC executive checks first: 21 projects worth $410M, 19 on or ahead of schedule.
- Subcontractor management is proven with scale and savings: 60+ subcontracts bought out a year and $3.8M in buyout savings under GMP contracts.
- Safety is quantified the way contractors report it, with zero lost-time incidents over 1.4 million work hours and ICRA controls named for hospital work.
- Scheduling keywords are backed by a recovery story: 6 weeks recovered on a $48M school campus with a Last Planner pull plan and resequenced steel.
- The CCM, OSHA 30 and LEED AP credentials sit in their own dated section, and the progression from project engineer to senior construction manager reads cleanly in 15 years.
Common Resume Mistakes
- No budget or schedule metrics.
- Missing scheduling or sub keywords.
- Generic "managed construction" without scale.
Keywords Recruiters Look For
- Construction
- Project management
- Scheduling
- Subcontractors
- Budget
- Safety
- Primavera
- GC
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