Job Description

RCS Staffing has an immediate need for a Construction Manager in Edwardsville, Illinois. This is a full-time contract On-Site assignment with our client, Monday through Friday, approximately 50 hours per week.

Overview of YOUR role as a Construction Manager

As a Construction Manager, you will serve as the dedicated on-site representative for utility-scale and distributed generation solar photovoltaic (PV) projects. You will provide field oversight, safety coordination, quality verification, and progress validation from mobilization through commissioning, turnover, and closeout. You will work under the direction of the Project Manager as their primary field resource.

As a Construction Manager YOU will:

· Serve as the Project Manager’s primary on-site field resource
· Monitor subcontractor productivity, workmanship, sequencing, and field performance
· Verify that construction complies with approved drawings, specifications, permits, and contract documents
· Conduct routine site walks, inspections, safety observations, and QA/QC verification
· Identify and escalate safety, quality, schedule, and constructability risks
· Coordinate site access and activities with subcontractors, vendors, clients, engineers, inspectors, and AHJs
· Maintain daily reports, progress records, and photo documentation in Procore
· Participate in look-ahead planning and communicate field constraints and material needs
· Support commissioning, energization, turnover, and closeout activities
· Enforce safety expectations and exercise stop-work authority when unsafe conditions are observed

YOU are the ideal Construction Manager candidate if you have:

· Minimum 5 years of construction experience on utility-scale solar PV, distributed generation, electrical, civil, industrial, power generation, or related projects (required)
· Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Renewable Energy, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience (required)
· Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, permits, and schedules (required)
· Experience coordinating subcontractors, vendors, inspectors, and project stakeholders (required)
· Knowledge of OSHA requirements and construction safety practices (required)
· Proficiency with Procore, Microsoft Office, and digital construction documentation platforms (required)
· Valid driver’s license in good standing (required)
· Ability to remain assigned full-time at the project site for the duration of the project (required)
· Strong written and verbal communication, organization, and problem-solving skills

It’s a BONUS if you have:

· Utility-scale or distributed generation solar PV construction experience
· Experience with medium-voltage collection systems, substations, or utility interconnections
· Experience supporting commissioning, energization, and turnover
· Experience with QA/QC inspections, testing programs, and punch-list management
· Electrical license, journeyman certification, or electrical construction background
· OSHA 30 certification

About Our CLIENT

Our Client is a leading cleantech integrator and renewable energy solutions provider, delivering comprehensive energy efficiency and infrastructure upgrades to organizations across North America and Europe. The company specializes in developing, designing, financing, and operating energy projects that help customers reduce energy consumption, lower costs, and improve sustainability. Our Client serves a wide range of clients, including government agencies, schools, healthcare facilities, and commercial and industrial enterprises.

Who WE Are

RCS Staffing is a certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) specializing in the recruitment of professionals for best-of-class companies throughout the United States. Since 1994, RCS recruits top talent for direct hire, temp-to-perm and contract staffing positions and provides customized payroll services. Our Recruiting Specialties consist of all Engineering Disciplines, Project Management, Project Controls, Information Technology, Energy Efficiency and Business Professionals.

RCS is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. RCS recruits, hires, and promotes for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, genetic information or age. All terms and conditions of employment such as compensation, benefits, work assignment, availability of facilities and privileges of employment are administered on the same basis of equality.