Construction Manager

Job title: Construction Manager

About the Role We are seeking a Construction Manager to support on-site delivery of Nscale’s Glomfjord data centre project and associated enabling works. This is a site-based owner-side role responsible for overseeing construction execution from site preparation through commissioning and turnover. The role will act as Nscale’s client-side construction lead, overseeing and challenging the main contractor on field execution, sequencing, safety, quality and progress.

What You'll Do

• Coordinate and oversee on-site construction activities across site preparation, structural, electrical, mechanical, commissioning, and turnover phases.
• Oversee and coordinate with the general contractors, subcontractors, and trade partners, ensuring work is properly sequenced and delivered to specification.
• Support construction schedule management by validating field progress, identifying critical-path risks and driving corrective action with the contractors.
• Support cost control and change management by providing field-based progress validation, construction input and early identification of scope, productivity or sequencing impacts.
• Promote and enforce a strong safety culture in line with Norwegian HSE regulations, project SHA/HSE plans, permit-to-work requirements and Nscale standards.
• Drive quality control across disciplines, including inspections, punch lists, testing, and commissioning of critical power and cooling systems.
• Serve as a primary on-site contact for project stakeholders, engineers, vendors, inspectors, and local authorities.
• Review drawings, RFIs, and submittals; resolve field conflicts and coordinate engineering clarifications.
• Coordinate procurement and logistics for materials and long-lead equipment to support uninterrupted progress.
• Support permitting, inspections, regulatory compliance, and local jurisdiction coordination.
• Report progress, risks, blockers and milestones to the Delivery Director and wider project leadership.

What We're Looking For

• Extensive progressive construction management experience, including significant time leading large-scale, complex, industrial, infrastructure, or mission-critical projects in the field.
• Experience in building data centres, power plants, industrial facilities, or other large mission-critical infrastructure.
• Strong working knowledge of electrical, mechanical, and structural systems, with the ability to read and interpret construction drawings and specifications.
• Demonstrated success managing schedules, budgets, contractors, and multiple trades on active job sites.
• Deep understanding of construction safety standards and OSHA HSE requirements, with a record of leading safe job sites.
• Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make sound decisions quickly in the field.
• Ability to work full-time on site in Glomfjord, Norway.
• Fluent in English; Norwegian advantageous.
• Experience working in Norway with contractors, local authorities, inspections, permit-to-work processes and construction-phase HSE/SHA requirements is strongly advantageous.

Nice to Have

• Fluent in English; Norwegian language skills advantageous.
• Experience working in Norway with contractors, local authorities, inspections, permit-to-work processes and construction-phase HSE/SHA requirements is strongly advantageous.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary not disclosed; no specific benefits information provided.