Senior Construction Project Manager

Anduril Industries•Costa Mesa, CA

2d•$146,000 - $194,000

About The Position

We are looking for a Senior Construction Project Manager to join our rapidly growing team in Costa Mesa CA. This individual with help us bring our growing test site portfolio to life. This role involves rapid operational troubleshooting, process redesign, and managing high-impact strategic projects—such as new site launches and construction management. Success in this position requires a solid understanding of the business levers, with active engagement across program management, engineering, production, and central G&A teams. WHAT YOU'LL DO Own operational projects end-to-end, from definition, to solution development, to implementation. You will be handed ambiguous problems with little prescription on how to solve them. The role will ask you to couple first principles thinking with creative and iterative analysis to fully detail the impacts of potential decisions. Collaborate with the corporate real estate team on construction projects to ensure our teams’ requirements are being met and the projects are being delivered on time and on budget Translate requirements to facilities requirements for new builds and retrofits by closely collaborating with business leads. Project manage across large groups of stakeholders including, leading large meetings, managing large Slack channels, and wrangling stakeholders towards a solution. Maintain strong relationships with contractors, consultants, vendors, and authorities having jurisdiction. Collaborate closely with external project management teams to ensure alignment of construction activities with overall project objectives. Facilitate regular meetings with external project managers to discuss project updates, resource allocation, and potential challenges.

Requirements

7+ years of working experience with a minimum of 3+ years in a construction, operations, or product/program management role.
Travel 50% to Texas
Demonstrated expertise in stakeholder and executive engagement, this role will have significant leadership visibility. You should be comfortable and skilled in balancing when to pull in leaders into the problem solving process and when you should lead independent change
Strong emotional intelligence and ability to solve operational problems not only from a data-driven lens, but also in a people-centric way by building strong cross functional relationships across the company and within the hardware engineering organization.
Strong background in design advisory, pre-construction, and project kickoff/setup.
Extreme orderliness when it comes to document control.
Excellent project management skills, with a proven track record of delivering large-scale projects on time and within budget.
You have an appetite to build clear frameworks to structure problems.
Combined ability to execute on a tactical level as well as put together a strategy to solve complex, ambiguous, cross-functional problems.
You are comfortable rolling up your sleeves and diving deep into executing operational tasks that require high attention to detail and high organization skills, but you can also zoom out at a 30,000 foot level to create a strategy that solves high level problems for the business line, division, and company.
A strong communicator across a wide dynamic range - Ability to translate and articulate thoughts clearly and simply across a wide range of roles (working level engineers, finance partners, and cross functional leadership).
High ownership with the horsepower to juggle multiple (3-5+) large projects and priorities in parallel, at a rapid pace, and report out on progress regularly without dropping any balls.
Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

Own operational projects end-to-end, from definition, to solution development, to implementation.
Collaborate with the corporate real estate team on construction projects to ensure our teams’ requirements are being met and the projects are being delivered on time and on budget
Translate requirements to facilities requirements for new builds and retrofits by closely collaborating with business leads.
Project manage across large groups of stakeholders including, leading large meetings, managing large Slack channels, and wrangling stakeholders towards a solution.
Maintain strong relationships with contractors, consultants, vendors, and authorities having jurisdiction.
Collaborate closely with external project management teams to ensure alignment of construction activities with overall project objectives.
Facilitate regular meetings with external project managers to discuss project updates, resource allocation, and potential challenges.

Benefits

Healthcare Benefits US Roles: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
UK & AUS Roles: We cover full cost of medical insurance premiums for you and your dependents.
IE Roles: We offer an annual contribution toward your private health insurance for you and your dependents.
Additional Benefits Income Protection : Anduril covers life and disability insurance for all employees.
Generous time off : Highly competitive PTO plans with a holiday hiatus in December.
Caregiver & Wellness Leave is available to care for family members, bond with a new baby, or address your own medical needs.
Family Planning & Parenting Support: Coverage for fertility treatments (e.g., IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carriers, along with resources to support you and your partner from planning to parenting.
Mental Health Resources: Access free mental health resources 24/7, including therapy and life coaching. Additional work-life services, such as legal and financial support, are also available.
Professional Development: Annual reimbursement for professional development
Commuter Benefits: Company-funded commuter benefits based on your region.
Relocation Assistance: Available depending on role eligibility.
Retirement Savings Plan US Roles: Traditional 401(k), Roth, and after-tax (mega backdoor Roth) options.
UK & IE Roles: Pension plan with employer match.
AUS Roles: Superannuation plan.