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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 Factory Construction Manager is the field-based owner of construction execution - the person on the ground making sure our factories get built on schedule, on budget, and to the quality standard our manufacturing operations demand. This role sits at the center of factory development, translating the project plan into daily forward progress and holding the field accountable to it. As we scale our manufacturing footprint, the pace and complexity of construction only increases; this role is what keeps that momentum from slipping. It requires someone who thrives in a dynamic, high-consequence environment, who runs toward problems rather than around them, and who treats the schedule as a commitment rather than a suggestion.
You will serve as the day-to-day owner's representative on active construction sites, working with project teams to drive progress against the schedule and customer milestones while holding general contractors and subcontractors accountable to safety, quality, and sequencing. You'll lead weekly coordination meetings to keep contractors aligned to the plan, track production and quantities in the field to catch schedule and budget drift early and mitigate any potential delays. You will write daily reports that give the broader project team clear visibility into progress and critical issues. Working cross-functionally with the project team, you'll support project planning sessions, validate contractor invoicing, and champion a strong safety and quality culture across every phase of the build. Ultimately, you own what gets built in the field - and you make sure it matches what the project promised.
What You'll Do

• Schedule Performance Oversight: Drive construction progress in the field in accordance with the project schedule and customer set milestones. Review the project schedule weekly to determine if any activities are behind schedule and address with contractors in weekly coordination meeting.
• Daily Construction Coordination: Support daily coordination with construction contractors in the field to ensure that work remains on track.
• Daily Construction Reporting: Write daily reports sighting construction progress and critical issues.
• Site Safety Ownership: Ensure proper safety programs and culture are being implemented in the field.
• Site Quality Ownership: Ensure that construction contractors are upholding quality standards throughout the lifecycle of the project
• Construction Project Planning: Support the project team in project planning sessions to stay ahead of work out in the field. Work with the contractors to develop necessary construction execution plans to drive work.
• Weekly Contractor Planning: Conduct weekly construction coordination meetings with subcontractors to establish a plan of action in accordance with the schedule.
• Weekly Production Tracking: Work with the project team to track quantities and measure progress out in the field. Work with the project team to analyze production rates in the field to compare to the schedule and budget.
• Invoice Approval Support: Work with project team to validate contractor invoicing.

What We're Looking For

• 15 years of construction management experience in capital project execution, manufacturing facilities, and/or industrial applications
• Direct field ownership of projects with GC or subcontractor oversight
• Proficiency in Procore, Bluebeam, and scheduling software (P6, MS Project, or Smartsheets)
• Willingness to travel up to 50%

What Will Set You Apart

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Construction Management
• An understanding of earned value metrics
• Strong scheduling skills
• CCM certification
• OSHA 30-hour certification
• FMEA risk assessment knowledge
• Site surveying skills

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 space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., 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.
Hadrian Is An Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the Company's policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. The Company does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race inclusive of traits historically associated with race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles, such as braids, locks and twists), color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, national origin (including, in California, possession of a drivers license), ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, height or weight, medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, exercise of reproductive rights, any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws, or any combination of the above characteristics. 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.