Construction Project Lead Jobs in New Mexico
Construction Project Lead jobs in New Mexico concentrate in commercial building, infrastructure, and energy-sector construction, with steady demand from government-funded projects and private development across a range of seniority levels from field supervisor to senior project lead. Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Las Cruces are the primary hiring hubs, where employers like Hensel Phelps, M.A. Mortenson, and Jaynes Corporation maintain lasting construction operations. The most in-demand specialties are federal and tribal infrastructure, healthcare facility construction, and renewable energy site work. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Top employerCUPERTINO ELECTRIC
Top cityAlbuquerque, NM
Cities hiring5
Work type100% On-site
Top industryConsulting
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Strategic Management Solutions, LLC
Project Manager of Construction
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JLL
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Cherokee Federal
Senior Construction Project Manager
Gallup, New Mexico
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Project Manager of Construction
Strategic Management Solutions, LLC·Los Alamos, New Mexico
Job functions:
On-Site
201-500 employees
Job Description
SMSI provides expert management consulting, program and project management, and technical consulting services to government and private sector clients. SMSI has grown and evolved by building an outstanding reputation for client-focused performance and for delivering results that enable clients to meet commitments and milestones.
SMSI is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Job Summary:
Strategic Managemement Solutions, LLC is seeking multiple Project Managers of Construction to join our team. These individuals will be responsible for overseeing and ensuring the succesful execution of assigned Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) construction projects. They will contribute to the overall administration and technical direction, coordinate, and direct line responsibilities for field construction, including maintain and ensure safety and security training, compliance, and make safety and security an integral part of every task; including taking the necessary steps to stop work if continuing the job is unsafe or compromises security. This position demands a strong on-site and "in the field" presence, to successfully manage the execution of assigned projects.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating and managing the project activities of assigned projects.
- Provides direction to project teams and/or group leaders to achieve project related activities.
- Monitors project performance against budget, overall progress against schedule, identifies other deviations from project plan and implements corrective action(s).
- Provides for project and/or group personnel administration, assigns personnel for key project positions and approves appointment of others.
- Provides input to, and approval of project budgets and schedules.
- Reviews project construction estimates, budgets, forecasts, schedules, and costs for acceptability. Also reviews specifications and drawings for economic constructability.
- Participates in the resolution of problems involving staffing, material delivery, and contract/subcontract administration. As a deployed resource in a strong-matrixed team, you will coordinate with Project Management, Design Engineering, Procurement, Project Controls and other functional departments and personnel in establishing and maintaining priorities to ensure the success of the project.
- Identifies issues for the project manager to ensure the success of the project.
- Provides counseling, guidance, and direction to Site Managers to facilitate the successful execution of the construction project.
- Participates in the development and/or review of operations controls, such as project procedures.
- Participates in proposal preparation, project planning, and scheduling by furnishing expertise on construction methods, equipment, labor, productivity guidelines, estimates of distributable expenses and labor rates.
- Reviews and approves preliminary estimates and project schedules as assigned.
- Participates in project engineering, construction review management project review meetings where approval of proposed construction budgets and schedules are required.
- Monitors distributable expenses in the field.
- Staff’s construction project site teams and monitors construction personnel performance, quality, and technical adequacy.
- Ensures that the appropriate field procedures are in place and being adhered to. Concurs with the selection of the appropriate construction controls for the project from the generic project control system.
- Ensures that appropriate project training programs are identified and implemented.
- Fosters a mutually respectful work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment.
- May serve as a Control Account Manager (CAM) responsible for planning, budgeting, managing, and controlling costs and schedule performance for a project or subproject and serve as a point of contact for project controls, including account scope, schedule, budget and technical performance.
- Ensure work packages realistically represent the duration and budget necessary to perform work and perform variance analysis reviews, determine cause and effect of schedule or cost variance, and define achievable corrective action plans.
- May be expected to present project management performance plans, status updates, trends, or issues to federal sponsors.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- 15 + years of experience
- Demonstrated knowledge of and successful experience in all aspects of project or program management work, including developing project plans; managing to scope, schedule, budget, documenting reports and change control actions.
- Demonstrated ability to successfully organize, lead and monitor a variety of team efforts to completion, often with competing deadlines, while minimizing risk.
- Thorough knowledge of all phases of construction operations, construction quality, subcontract management, construction technologies, and project management.
- Understanding of government compliance standards, environmental laws and requirements.
- Experience coordinating with the Project Management, Design Engineering, Procurement, Project Controls and other functional departments and personnel in establishing and maintaining priorities to ensure successful project execution in compliance with approved procedures.
- Demonstrated experience acquiring resources and coordinating efforts of team members in order to deliver projects according to plan.
- Demonstrated knowledge of project planning tools and techniques, experience in effective decision-making, creative problem solving, cause analysis, and continuous improvement programs.
- Ability to identify, effectively communicate and resolve project issues and risks.
- Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated proficient skills in leading, coaching and engaging people.
- Demonstrated ability to interact with varying levels of management and staff both internal and external, building trust, gaining consensus and resolving conflicts.
- May be expected to present assessments, reports, plans, status updates, and issues to Senior Management to federal sponsors.
- Experience as a contractor for the Department of Energy (DOE) managing construction projects or functional portfolios.
- Experience working under nuclear quality standards (NQA-1, etc.).
- Experience working in nuclear industry is a plus. Other industries that are preferred but not required are: gas, general construction, remediation, other DoE site experience, Navy nuclear experience, etc.
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance.
- Candidates with active or recently inactive Q or Top Secret clearances are preferred but not required.
- The candidate must have an active Real ID diver's license for badging and onboarding.
- Candidates with previous experience at LANL are preferred but not required.
- Must be able to work fulltime hours onsite and LANL. This is a 24/7 project so shift work is available. The most recent available schedules include working 4 12 hour shifts per week:
- Tuesday – Friday day shift or graveyard shift
- Friday – Monday day shift or graveyard shift
Educational Requirements:
- Recognized degree in an engineering or scientific discipline, or specialized courses in project management, and/or fifteen (15) years experience in two or more of the following functions: project management, engineering, construction, project controls and procurement work leading to a thorough understanding of the knowledge described above, or any combination of education and experience.
Strategic Management Solutions, LLC
Project Manager of Construction
Los Alamos, New Mexico
New 1m ago201-500 employees
Job functions:
On-Site
Job Description
SMSI provides expert management consulting, program and project management, and technical consulting services to government and private sector clients. SMSI has grown and evolved by building an outstanding reputation for client-focused performance and for delivering results that enable clients to meet commitments and milestones.
SMSI is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Job Summary:
Strategic Managemement Solutions, LLC is seeking multiple Project Managers of Construction to join our team. These individuals will be responsible for overseeing and ensuring the succesful execution of assigned Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) construction projects. They will contribute to the overall administration and technical direction, coordinate, and direct line responsibilities for field construction, including maintain and ensure safety and security training, compliance, and make safety and security an integral part of every task; including taking the necessary steps to stop work if continuing the job is unsafe or compromises security. This position demands a strong on-site and "in the field" presence, to successfully manage the execution of assigned projects.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating and managing the project activities of assigned projects.
- Provides direction to project teams and/or group leaders to achieve project related activities.
- Monitors project performance against budget, overall progress against schedule, identifies other deviations from project plan and implements corrective action(s).
- Provides for project and/or group personnel administration, assigns personnel for key project positions and approves appointment of others.
- Provides input to, and approval of project budgets and schedules.
- Reviews project construction estimates, budgets, forecasts, schedules, and costs for acceptability. Also reviews specifications and drawings for economic constructability.
- Participates in the resolution of problems involving staffing, material delivery, and contract/subcontract administration. As a deployed resource in a strong-matrixed team, you will coordinate with Project Management, Design Engineering, Procurement, Project Controls and other functional departments and personnel in establishing and maintaining priorities to ensure the success of the project.
- Identifies issues for the project manager to ensure the success of the project.
- Provides counseling, guidance, and direction to Site Managers to facilitate the successful execution of the construction project.
- Participates in the development and/or review of operations controls, such as project procedures.
- Participates in proposal preparation, project planning, and scheduling by furnishing expertise on construction methods, equipment, labor, productivity guidelines, estimates of distributable expenses and labor rates.
- Reviews and approves preliminary estimates and project schedules as assigned.
- Participates in project engineering, construction review management project review meetings where approval of proposed construction budgets and schedules are required.
- Monitors distributable expenses in the field.
- Staff’s construction project site teams and monitors construction personnel performance, quality, and technical adequacy.
- Ensures that the appropriate field procedures are in place and being adhered to. Concurs with the selection of the appropriate construction controls for the project from the generic project control system.
- Ensures that appropriate project training programs are identified and implemented.
- Fosters a mutually respectful work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment.
- May serve as a Control Account Manager (CAM) responsible for planning, budgeting, managing, and controlling costs and schedule performance for a project or subproject and serve as a point of contact for project controls, including account scope, schedule, budget and technical performance.
- Ensure work packages realistically represent the duration and budget necessary to perform work and perform variance analysis reviews, determine cause and effect of schedule or cost variance, and define achievable corrective action plans.
- May be expected to present project management performance plans, status updates, trends, or issues to federal sponsors.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- 15 + years of experience
- Demonstrated knowledge of and successful experience in all aspects of project or program management work, including developing project plans; managing to scope, schedule, budget, documenting reports and change control actions.
- Demonstrated ability to successfully organize, lead and monitor a variety of team efforts to completion, often with competing deadlines, while minimizing risk.
- Thorough knowledge of all phases of construction operations, construction quality, subcontract management, construction technologies, and project management.
- Understanding of government compliance standards, environmental laws and requirements.
- Experience coordinating with the Project Management, Design Engineering, Procurement, Project Controls and other functional departments and personnel in establishing and maintaining priorities to ensure successful project execution in compliance with approved procedures.
- Demonstrated experience acquiring resources and coordinating efforts of team members in order to deliver projects according to plan.
- Demonstrated knowledge of project planning tools and techniques, experience in effective decision-making, creative problem solving, cause analysis, and continuous improvement programs.
- Ability to identify, effectively communicate and resolve project issues and risks.
- Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated proficient skills in leading, coaching and engaging people.
- Demonstrated ability to interact with varying levels of management and staff both internal and external, building trust, gaining consensus and resolving conflicts.
- May be expected to present assessments, reports, plans, status updates, and issues to Senior Management to federal sponsors.
- Experience as a contractor for the Department of Energy (DOE) managing construction projects or functional portfolios.
- Experience working under nuclear quality standards (NQA-1, etc.).
- Experience working in nuclear industry is a plus. Other industries that are preferred but not required are: gas, general construction, remediation, other DoE site experience, Navy nuclear experience, etc.
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance.
- Candidates with active or recently inactive Q or Top Secret clearances are preferred but not required.
- The candidate must have an active Real ID diver's license for badging and onboarding.
- Candidates with previous experience at LANL are preferred but not required.
- Must be able to work fulltime hours onsite and LANL. This is a 24/7 project so shift work is available. The most recent available schedules include working 4 12 hour shifts per week:
- Tuesday – Friday day shift or graveyard shift
- Friday – Monday day shift or graveyard shift
Educational Requirements:
- Recognized degree in an engineering or scientific discipline, or specialized courses in project management, and/or fifteen (15) years experience in two or more of the following functions: project management, engineering, construction, project controls and procurement work leading to a thorough understanding of the knowledge described above, or any combination of education and experience.
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Find JobsConstruction Project Lead Jobs by City in New Mexico
Where New Mexico roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Albuquerque
6 jobsSanta Teresa
5 jobsLos Lunas
3 jobsLos Alamos
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1 jobConstruction Project Lead Job Market in New Mexico
A snapshot from current New Mexico openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- CUPERTINO ELECTRIC3
- Mortenson Construction3
- HITT Contracting2
- RK1
- HDR1
Top Industries Hiring
- Consulting & Professional Services5
- Construction & Real Estate4
- Technology & Software1
What New Mexico Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in construction project lead jobs across New Mexico.
- Active New Mexico Construction Industries Division contractor registration or equivalent recognized credential
- Proven experience managing construction schedules, budgets, and subcontractor coordination on commercial projects
- Proficiency with project management software such as Procore, Primavera P6, or Autodesk Build
- Bachelor's degree in construction management, civil engineering, or a closely related field preferred
- OSHA 30-hour certification and demonstrated knowledge of safety compliance requirements
- Strong communication skills for coordinating with owners, engineers, subcontractors, and inspectors
Construction Project Lead Jobs in New Mexico: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a construction project lead in New Mexico?
Most construction project leads in New Mexico move into the role after several years in field or junior project management positions with a degree in construction management or civil engineering. New Mexico's Construction Industries Division oversees contractor licensing in the state, and leads working for licensed contractors benefit from understanding CID requirements and inspections. Employers across Albuquerque and Las Cruces commonly promote from project engineer or assistant superintendent roles, with OSHA certification and Procore proficiency giving candidates a clear hiring edge.
Which companies hire construction project leads in New Mexico?
Employers hiring construction project leads in New Mexico right now include CUPERTINO ELECTRIC, Mortenson Construction, and HITT Contracting, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. New Mexico's concentration of federal, tribal, and energy infrastructure projects means general contractors and specialty firms with government contracting experience are among the most consistent hirers in the state.
Which New Mexico cities have the most construction project lead jobs?
Albuquerque, Santa Teresa, and Los Lunas have the most construction project lead openings in New Mexico. Albuquerque drives the largest share of demand as the state's commercial and institutional construction center, while Santa Fe draws openings tied to government and historic preservation projects, and Las Cruces benefits from healthcare expansion and proximity to large federal and military installation work at White Sands and Fort Bliss.
Are there remote construction project lead jobs in New Mexico?
Yes, but they're rare. About 0% of construction project lead openings tied to New Mexico are remote or hybrid as of July 2026, reflecting how heavily the role depends on on-site coordination, inspections, and subcontractor management. The portions of the role most suited to remote work are pre-construction planning, scheduling, and document control rather than active site oversight.
How can I get hired as a construction project lead in New Mexico with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is through a project engineer or field coordinator role at a mid-size general contractor in Albuquerque or Las Cruces, where you gain hands-on exposure to scheduling, RFI management, and subcontractor oversight. Companies like Jaynes Corporation and Hensel Phelps periodically bring on entry-level project staff. Completing an OSHA 10 or 30 certification, building Procore proficiency, and pursuing a degree through the University of New Mexico's construction management program all signal readiness to move toward a lead role.
Where can I find and apply to construction project lead jobs in New Mexico?
You can find and apply to construction project lead jobs in New Mexico on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings across the state. Find the roles that fit your experience and location and apply directly to the employers posting them.
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