What are the responsibilities and job description for the Construction Manager position at bp?
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Job Description:
This role provides leadership for construction execution and capital delivery across a diverse portfolio, including new-to-industry sites, acquisition retrofits, raze and rebuild projects, remodels, heavy maintenance, and emergency capital work from concept through turnover.
The position carries full accountability for execution excellence, schedule performance, cost discipline, reporting rigor, and construction quality, while aligning internal clients and external delivery partners across design, permitting, construction, and opening.
The role also supports strategic growth through site evaluation, capital planning, maintenance coordination, and operational readiness, with particular emphasis on retail fuel and UST environments, field execution, and transparent escalation of delivery risks to leadership.
Core accountabilities
- Leads construction delivery across a multi-site portfolio, directing internal project advisors, third-party project managers, contractors, architects, engineers, and consultants to deliver safe, timely, and cost-effective outcomes.
- Owns end-to-end delivery from project kickoff through turnover, including scope alignment, schedule management, key metric reporting, open-date readiness, punch-list resolution, and financial closeout.
- Provides disciplined stewardship of capital and expense budgets, payments, change orders, cost forecasting, and budget performance while ensuring adherence to financial controls and governance standards.
- Aligns decisions and information flow across Real Estate, Design, Operations, IT, Hospitality, Finance, Facilities Services, HSSE, Legal, and related partners to accelerate approvals, resolve issues, and sustain delivery momentum.
- Leads response to emergency capital repairs and major field issues, mobilizing resources quickly while protecting safety, quality, schedule, and cost performance.
- Directs project kickoffs, site visits, review meetings, and turnover activities to reinforce construction quality and ensure timely punch-list completion.
- Supports strategic growth through site surveys, cost estimating, capital planning, and due diligence for new builds, acquisitions, refreshes, and other investment opportunities.
- Maintains disciplined project documentation, reporting cadence, and file integrity while providing senior leadership with clear insight into critical risks, delivery impacts, and cost exposure.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree preferred in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Business, or a related rigor.
- Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in construction, capital delivery, or multi-site retail development, with demonstrated leadership in project execution, contractor management, and cross-functional alignment.
- Deep expertise in construction operations, budget stewardship, schedule management, change control, and project reporting across complex, field-based programs.
- Experience in retail fuel, UST systems, petroleum, convenience retail, or other highly regulated construction environments is strongly preferred.
- Executive-level communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage leadership, business partners, contractors, consultants, and field teams in fast-paced environments with shifting priorities.
- Strong operating rigor and sound organizational judgment, with the ability to balance competing priorities, navigate ambiguity, and sustain execution across a complex portfolio.
Preferred credentials
Industry certifications, including OSHA and petroleum- or construction-related credentials such as API, are advantageous.
Why join us
At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and ambitious environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.
There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits (https://exploreyourbenefits.com/landing.html) to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others!
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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Legal Disclaimer:
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.
If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.
Legal Disclaimer:
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.
If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.
Our innovative Energize recognition points programme and spot awards translate exceptional performance into tangible rewards, to motivate our high performers.
Pay
bp offers competitive pay in line with industry standards, making us an employer of choice.
Discretionary bonus
We offer discretionary bonuses to reward strong company, business unit and individual performance, and recognition awards, including those related to long service to recognize commitment to the company.
Retirement & savings
We offer a range of discretionary retirement and savings plans to help provide you and your family with financial security.
Insurance benefits
To give you additional peace of mind, bp provides valuable insurance benefits in some countries. These are designed to provide financial assistance to employees and their families if employees become unwell or die in service.
Equity
Depending on your location and job level, there may be equity (stock and share) options you are eligible to join so you can be part of bp’s success.
Disclaimer
This is a high-level summary only of terms and current discretionary benefits applicable to certain roles. Some rewards, benefits and policies are at managers’ discretion and vary depending on where you work within the business. All terms subject to contract and all discretionary benefits subject to policy and eligibility.
Benefits:
401K Plan, Health Insurance, Vacation & Paid Time Off