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Construction Manager

nVent · WI · Full time

Posted Jul 30, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about leading production teams that build both prefabricated and on-site metal buildings. How is managing them different?

What they are checking: Whether they understand the different risks of factory and field construction work.

How do you set daily priorities for a process team so everyone knows what matters?

What they are checking: Whether they give clear work direction that keeps teams aligned.

Tell me about a time you turned around a team that was missing its targets.

What they are checking: Whether they can diagnose people and process problems and lead improvement.

How do you develop supervisors and leads under you?

What they are checking: Whether they build leadership depth instead of making every decision themselves.

How do you work with engineering when a design is hard to build?

What they are checking: Whether they bring manufacturing feedback to engineering constructively.

What would you do

Your team is behind schedule and a supervisor wants to cut a safety step to catch up. What do you say?

What they are checking: Whether they keep safety first while still owning production results.

A customer changes requirements after production starts. How do you handle it?

What they are checking: Whether they can absorb changes without losing control of cost and schedule.

About the work

How would you find and remove waste across a value stream for one product family?

What they are checking: Whether they can apply Lean thinking across the whole flow, not just one station.

What metrics do you use to know if your operation is safe, efficient and on budget?

What they are checking: Whether they manage with numbers that reflect real performance.

How do you control costs on framed versus frameless building types?

What they are checking: Whether they understand the cost drivers in the different building types Trachte offers.

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The full job description

As published by nVent.

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions. This position will support our Trachte facility in Oregon, WI. As a part of nVent, Trachte is a leading manufacturer of highly engineered metal buildings for industrial and commercial applications. Today, nVent connects and protects our customers with inventive electrical solutions. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions for critical equipment, buildings and crucial processes. Offering both prefabricated and on-site building capabilities, framed and frameless building construction types, and products ranging from build kits and modular units to fully engineered integrated buildings. WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS ROLE: • Provide leadership for the operations and personnel of the production operations teams. • Lead and handle safe, efficient, productive, and economical manufacturing operations. • Increase the ratio of value to non-value and eliminate waste in the overall supply chain from start to finish, for a defined product family; and for ensuring the value stream meets or exceeds customer requirements. • Provide leadership and work direction for the process team to ensure that resources needed are adequate to meet key requirements related to safety, service levels, cost, and productivity • Utilization of lean tools to provide continuous improvement of all key cost and service metrics • Act as a change agent and drive out waste throughout the manufacturing operation using Lean methodologies. • Track daily performance; verify team leader counter measures and recovery plans are in place for missed targets. Ensure process center communication boards are being used every day. YOU HAVE: • Bachelor’s degree in business-related field preferred. • Ideally 5+years proven experience in construction management or manufacturing environment preferred • Ideally 3+ years proven experience in a leadership role • Prior experience in a Lean environment preferred • Experience with ISO9001 would be a plus • Prior knowledge of ERP systems is a plus WE HAVE: • A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day • nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation. • Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com . • Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work • We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide • Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money • Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being: • Innovative & adaptable • Dedicated to absolute integrity • Focused on the customer first • Respectful and team oriented • Optimistic and energizing • Accountable for performance • Benefits to support the lives of our employees Benefit Overview At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes: • Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance. • A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match. • Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection. At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth. #LI-Onsite #LI-AL1

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