At Minnesota Cannabis Services, we’re not just building businesses — we’re building the people who make them great. Our team partners with leading operators across cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and retail to deliver world-class expertise in legal, finance, analytics, marketing, HR, and technology.

We’re looking for professionals who take pride in their work, move with purpose, and thrive in fast-changing environments. The kind of people who hold themselves to high standards, think creatively, and find satisfaction in solving hard problems.

When you join our team, you’ll work alongside some of the most experienced leaders in the industry — professionals who share their knowledge freely and lead by example. You’ll be challenged, supported, and trusted to take ownership of meaningful work that shapes the future of one of the fastest-growing industries in America.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are opening stores. The Construction Project Manager is the person who gets them open — on schedule, on budget, and through inspection.

You'll run our projects from preconstruction through turnover: scope and drawings, permitting and plan review, bidding and contracting, budget and change orders, schedule, field coordination, punch list, and closeout. Retail buildouts are the core of the work. Beyond that, you'll take on special projects across cultivation, manufacturing, wholesale, transport, and delivery locations — each with its own code path and its own way of going sideways if nobody is paying attention.

You'll manage general contractors, architects, engineers, and trades rather than swing a hammer yourself. But you'll be on site often enough to know the real condition of every project, not the one in the weekly report.

Cannabis construction is not general commercial work. Occupancy classification, hazardous-location design for solvent extraction, the electrical and environmental loads a grow demands, and state and local licensing conditions all drive decisions that are expensive to fix late. The best people in this role catch those things in design, not in the field.

If you are organized, direct, good with inspectors, and you'd rather deliver bad news early than explain it late — we should talk. You will report to the Director of Construction and Facilities.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Preconstruction & Planning

Participate in due diligence on prospective sites — site walks, existing conditions, utility capacity, zoning and setbacks, and anything that will drive cost or schedule
Coordinate with city, county, state, and OCM officials to confirm a site can actually meet the requirements of a licensed cannabis location
Build preliminary budgets, schedules, and scope documents to support go/no-go decisions
Manage architects, engineers, and consultants through design development and construction documents Lock down occupancy classification and code path with the design team and the authority having jurisdiction before drawings are issued
Own the master schedule, including long-lead equipment, permit durations, licensing milestones, and the opening date

Permitting, Plan Review & Inspections

Run the full permitting process — building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire, signage, and any conditional use or zoning approvals
Prepare submittals, respond to reviewer comments, and drive approvals to issuance
Own the relationship with code officials, fire marshals, and inspectors, and resolve corrections fast Schedule and attend inspections through certificate of occupancy
Line construction milestones up against licensing requirements and any facility approval required before a location can operate

Budget, Cost & Change Control

Own the project budget from preliminary estimate through final cost — hard costs, soft costs, equipment, FF&E, technology, contingency
Track committed, incurred, and forecast cost continuously, and report variance as it happens
Review, validate, negotiate, and document every change order, and reject the ones that don't hold up
Coordinate all changes with the Director of Construction and Facilities and upper management, and get full approval before anything is implemented