Construction Manager

One Tech; Georgetown (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

One Tech Engineering in Georgetown, Colorado, seeks a Construction Manager to lead owner-side construction management for hydroelectric turbine, generator, and infrastructure work. The role emphasizes field oversight, coordination with EPC and subcontractors, and ensuring safety, quality, and schedule adherence.

You will review drawings and specifications, manage field teams, track RFIs and changes, participate in pre-job planning, and liaise with project leadership and plant operations to

Qualifications

• Previous hydroelectric power-generation construction, maintenance, overhaul, or major-project experience.

Responsibilities

• Represent the owner’s construction interests during project execution.
• Provide day-to-day field construction management and oversight of EPC contractors, specialty contractors, and subcontractors.
• Provide oversight of hydro turbine and generator work, including removal, disassembly, inspection, refurbishment, repair, installation, alignment, reassembly, and testing activities.
• Monitor construction activities for compliance with drawings, specifications, contractual requirements, approved work plans, safety requirements, and quality expectations.
• Coordinate construction interfaces between the contractor, project management, engineering, operations, safety, quality, commissioning, and other stakeholders.
• Review upcoming work for constructability, sequencing, access, lifting, logistics, safety, quality, operational impacts, and outage constraints.

Skills

Hydro power experience

Construction leadership

Safety and quality focus

Field coordination

Job description

One Tech Engineering is searching for a Construction Manager for a position located in Georgetown, Colorado. The Construction Manager will provide owner-side construction management and field oversight in support of turbine, generator, and associated infrastructure work.

The candidate must be a US citizen or hold a green card. The candidate will have previous hydroelectric power generation experience.

• Represent the owner’s construction interests during project execution.
• Provide day-to-day field construction management and oversight of EPC contractors, specialty contractors, and subcontractors.
• Provide knowledgeable oversight of hydro turbine and generator work, including removal, disassembly, inspection, refurbishment, repair, installation, alignment, reassembly, and associated testing activities.
• Monitor construction activities for compliance with drawings, specifications, contractual requirements, approved work plans, safety requirements, and quality expectations.
• Provide oversight of turbine- and generator-related work, major equipment removal and installation, mechanical systems, structural work, concrete, rigging, lifting activities, demolition, temporary works, and supporting electrical scopes.
• Understand the interfaces between hydro turbines, generators, shafts, bearings, governors, cooling systems, lubrication systems, balance-of-plant equipment, and associated electrical and mechanical systems.
• Participate in daily construction coordination meetings, pre-job planning meetings, schedule discussions, safety meetings, and project reviews.
• Coordinate construction interfaces between the contractor, project management, engineering, operations, safety, quality, commissioning, and other stakeholders.
• Review upcoming work for constructability, sequencing, access, lifting, logistics, safety, quality, operational impacts, and outage constraints.
• Identify emerging field issues and communicate potential impacts to safety, quality, cost, schedule, equipment integrity, and project execution.
• Track construction deficiencies, open items, RFIs, field changes, inspection requirements, and other construction-related issues through resolution.
• Participate in inspections, testing activities, hold points, equipment installation verification, alignment verification, and turnover activities.
• Monitor contractor staffing, productivity, sequencing, and progress against the approved project schedule.
• Maintain accurate construction documentation, including daily reports, photographs, progress information, field observations, and issue tracking.
• Support outage, shutdown, and other time-sensitive construction activities requiring close coordination with hydro plant operations.
• Provide input to project leadership regarding contractor performance, construction risk, schedule concerns, technical concerns, and recommended corrective actions.
• Support safe execution of critical and high-risk activities, including heavy lifts, turbine and generator component handling, rigging, confined-space work, demolition, heavy equipment movement, and other complex construction operations.

Requirements of the Construction Manager:

• Previous hydroelectric power-generation construction, maintenance, overhaul, or major-project experience.
• Working knowledge and practical field experience with hydroelectric turbines and generators.
• Experience with turbine and/or generator disassembly, overhaul, repair, refurbishment, installation, reassembly, or major maintenance activities.
• Understanding of major hydro generating-unit components and their interfaces, including turbines, generators, shafts, bearings, governors, lubrication systems, cooling systems, and associated balance-of-plant equipment.
• Significant construction management, superintendent, construction supervision, or senior field leadership experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing or overseeing complex power-generation or heavy industrial construction.
• Experience working within operating generating facilities and coordinating construction activities with plant operations.
• Strong understanding of construction safety, quality, scheduling, sequencing, and field execution.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, construction documents, work plans, equipment documentation, and technical information.