Construction Project Manager

HADRIAN - MANUFACTURING THE FUTURE

Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America. By combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we help aerospace and defense companies build rockets, satellites, aircraft, ships, and other mission-critical systems up to 10x faster and at significantly lower cost.

Following our $1.37B Series D at a $7.87B valuation, Hadrian is rapidly expanding our manufacturing footprint, launching new capabilities across welding, casting, forging, electronics, additive manufacturing, and more, while scaling our Factory-as-a-Service platform to transform how critical products are built.

Backed by leading investors including JPMorgan Chase, Valor Equity Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, 137 Ventures, Lux Capital, T. Rowe Price, and Morgan Stanley, we’re building the future of American manufacturing—and looking for exceptional people to help make it happen.

If you’re ready to take on the most challenging and rewarding work of your career while helping create American manufacturing jobs for generations to come, you’re exactly who we’re looking for.

The Role

The Construction Project Manager leads the strategic effort to launch new manufacturing facilities at Hadrian, driving construction execution with the rigor and ownership mindset of an engineering leader: systematic, schedule-focused, and driving outcomes. This role sits at the intersection of construction management and factory development, ensuring what gets built matches what production actually needs. This role also acts as the main point of communication between external architects/general contractor groups and internal Hadrian engineering groups. It requires a dynamic leader who is constantly finding ways to make forward progress through uncertainty and take calculated risks. Ultimately, this role partners closely with engineering to intake requirements and translate them into a built reality, on schedule and on budget.

What You'll Do

- Facility Launch Leadership: Own the end-to-end launch of new manufacturing facilities, from early planning through turnover. Set the strategy, intake requirements, sequence the work, and keep the project moving toward production readiness.

- Field Execution & Contractor Oversight: Serve as the day-to-day Owner's Representative on active construction sites. Translate Hadrian requirements to executable facility designs. Hold General Contractors and subcontractors accountable to schedule, quality, and sequencing. Identify and resolve issues before they escalate.

- Schedule & Problem Solving: Own construction scheduling - managing the critical path and any blockers. Apply first-principles thinking to recover lost time and protect delivery milestones. The way Hadrian launches factories is phased – we introduce the 1st phase of production while construction is still active in other areas. So a dynamic, production-first schedule needs constant attention and realignment.

- Requirements Partnership: Intake facility requirements from engineering, often driven by production equipment selection and operational flow. Drive engineering requirements or provide clear signal when they are blocking progress or pushing schedule. Push back on requirements that are driving unnecessary cost, complexity, or time to the construction project.

- Change Management & Documentation: Manage RFIs, submittals, pay applications, and change orders. Proficient in Procore for change order and drawing management, and familiar with Bluebeam for markups and document control. We have a separate team that will maintain a digital twin / CAD layout of the factory – work closely with them to make sure we are always building to the latest & greatest facility design revision.

- Design Feedback: Participate in design reviews for current and future phases. Translate field conditions into constructability and sequencing feedback before they become costly problems.

- Commissioning & Turnover: Sequence inspections, testing, and commissioning to avoid downstream delays. Support documentation and turnover packages for regulated manufacturing environments.

What We're Looking For

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or relevant STEM field, or 8+ years of hands-on field experience in lieu of degree.

- 3+ years in construction management, capital project execution, manufacturing facilities development, or equivalent project management experience.

- Experience launching or standing up new manufacturing or production facilities, ideally in environments with engineering and production complexity similar to Hadrian.

- Direct field ownership of projects with GC or subcontractor oversight.

- Proficiency in Procore or equivalent.

- Willingness to travel up to 50%.

What Will Set You Apart

- Experience in high-quality-regulated or high-consequence industries (nuclear, energy, aerospace, defense, advanced manufacturing).

- Background bridging construction execution and manufacturing operations, especially launching production facilities from the ground up.

- Familiarity with Lean construction or pull planning methodologies.

- Exposure to design-for-construction or design-for-operations efforts.

- Experience working on expedited timelines or fast paced industries.

Compensation

For this role, the target salary range is $106,000 - $181,000 (actual range may vary based on experience).

This is the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee's pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

BENEFITS FOR FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES

- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees

401k

- Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need.

- Flexible vacation policy

- Equity

ITAR REQUIREMENTS

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

USE OF AI IN HIRING

Hadrian uses AI-assisted tools in our recruiting and hiring processes to help our team work more efficiently. This may include tools that help organize and analyze recruiting data, as well as an AI-powered notetaker that can record and transcribe interviews and help coordinate feedback. These tools support our team and are not used to make hiring decisions. All candidate evaluations and hiring decisions are performed by humans. If an interview will be recorded, you will be notified in advance and may opt out at any time with no impact on your candidacy. Candidate data processed through these tools is subject to the same protections described in our Privacy Policy https://www.hadrian.co/privacy-policy.

CONSIDERATION OF CRIMINAL HISTORY

Hadrian will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws. We do not ask about criminal history on our application, and we do not consider criminal history before making a conditional offer of employment.

HADRIAN IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Hadrian does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental status, physical disability or any other legally protected status. When necessary, the Company also makes reasonable accommodations for disabled candidates and employees, including for candidates or employees who are disabled by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.