Construction Site Manager - Power Plant - Washington

Black & Veatch Family of Companies; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Safety culture

Job summary

Black & Veatch is seeking a seasoned Site Manager to lead on-site construction management for a brownfield coal-to-gas power plant conversion. You will oversee contractors, coordinate with engineers, operations, and commissioning teams, and ensure adherence to safety and project standards while minimizing disruption to plant operations.

The role emphasizes leadership of multi-contractor interfaces, schedule adherence, quality control, and risk management within an operating facility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
• Fifteen (15+) years of industrial construction experience with progressively increasing leadership responsibilities.
• Experience managing multi-discipline construction activities on power generation, energy, heavy industrial, or process facility projects.
• Experience executing projects within operating brownfield facilities.
• Proven track record leading construction teams under owner-managed or construction-management-at-risk delivery models.
• Strong understanding of contractor management, contract administration, change management, and field execution planning.
• Experience coordinating union and non-union contractors in complex industrial environments.
• Working knowledge of construction scheduling and progress measurement tools, including Primavera P6.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day Construction Management activities during project execution.
• Serve as primary field interface between Owner, EPC/engineering team, plant operations, contractors, and commissioning personnel.
• Coordinate activities across multiple owner-held construction contracts.
• Lead contractor coordination and progress meetings and facilitate resolution of field issues.
• Monitor contractor performance related to safety, quality, productivity, schedule, staffing, and contract compliance.
• Oversee construction within an operating brownfield facility, including outage and tie-in activities.
• Coordinate interface management between union and non-union contractors while maintaining site labor compliance.
• Review and validate contractor progress, change requests, payment applications, and field reports.
• Drive schedule adherence and recovery planning with contractors and project controls personnel.
• Promote a culture of safety, environmental stewardship, quality, and operational excellence.
• Provide routine reporting to Owner and project leadership on performance, risks, and mitigation actions.
• Support construction completion, turnover, system walkdowns, start-up, and commissioning activities.

Skills

Construction Management

Leadership

Primavera P6

Contract Administration

Change Management

Field Execution

Stakeholder Management

Safety Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Job Summary

The Site Manager serves as Black & Veatch's senior on-site representative and is responsible for leading Construction Management services during execution of a brownfield coal-to-gas power plant conversion project. The Site Manager will provide leadership, oversight, coordination, and assurance across all construction activities performed under multiple owner-held contracts. Working within an active operating facility, the Site Manager will coordinate project stakeholders, engineering, commissioning, operations, safety personnel, and contractors to safely deliver the project while minimizing impacts to ongoing plant operations. Construction will be executed utilizing a combination of union and non-union contractors under client-managed contracts. The Site Manager is accountable for construction planning, contractor interface management, field coordination, schedule oversight, safety leadership, quality assurance, risk management, and reporting. This role does not include responsibility for supplying craft labor or direct management of self-perform construction forces. The Site Manager acts as the Owner's construction advisor and field leader, ensuring contractors execute work in accordance with contract requirements, project objectives, and site standards. This description aligns with responsibilities common to construction site management leadership in industrial projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day Construction Management activities during project execution.
• Serve as the primary field interface between the Owner, EPC/engineering team, plant operations, contractors, and commissioning personnel.
• Coordinate activities across multiple owner-held construction contracts.
• Lead contractor coordination and progress meetings and facilitate resolution of field issues.
• Monitor contractor performance related to safety, quality, productivity, schedule, staffing, and contract compliance.
• Oversee implementation of construction work within an operating brownfield power generation facility, including outage and tie-in activities.
• Coordinate interface management between union and non-union contractors while maintaining compliance with site labor practices and project requirements.
• Review and validate contractor progress, change requests, payment applications, and field reports.
• Drive construction schedule adherence and recovery planning in collaboration with contractors and project controls personnel.
• Promote a culture of safety, environmental stewardship, quality, and operational excellence.
• Provide routine reporting to the Owner and project leadership team regarding project performance, risks, and mitigation actions.
• Support construction completion, turnover, system walkdowns, start-up, and commissioning activities.
• These duties are derived from typical Site Manager responsibilities emphasizing contractor oversight, coordination, schedule management, stakeholder engagement, quality, and safety leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Coal, gas-fired generation, combined-cycle, or major power plant retrofit/conversion experience.
• Experience supporting system turnover, commissioning, and start-up activities.
• Knowledge of outage management and tie-in planning within operating generation facilities.
• Familiarity with industrial labor relations and mixed-workforce project environments.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
• Fifteen (15+) years of industrial construction experience with progressively increasing leadership responsibilities.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-discipline construction activities on power generation, energy, heavy industrial, or process facility projects.
• Experience executing projects within operating brownfield facilities.
• Proven track record leading construction teams under owner-managed or construction-management-at-risk delivery models.
• Strong understanding of contractor management, contract administration, change management, and field execution planning.
• Experience coordinating union and non-union contractors in complex industrial environments.
• Working knowledge of construction scheduling and progress measurement tools, including Primavera P6.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

CertificationsWork Environment/Physical Demands

Physical Demands:

• Lift and carry heavy items weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Stand, Kneel, Bend, Stoop, Move, and Walk long distances in and around confined, cluttered places, and uneven areas.
• See and hear naturally or with correction.
• Full range of motion and flexibility consistent with requirements of the job duties.
• Requires using hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls according to a set procedure.
• Requires repetitive movement.
• May require work above 5 feet in height.
• Climb and maintain balance on steel framework, stairs, ladders and scaffolds.
• Work up to a 12 hour shift doing hard physical labor in varying temperature extremes and other outside conditions.

Work Environment:

• Typical construction site environment:
• Requires working in cramped work spaces and getting into awkward positions.
• Requires working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32F degrees) temperatures and exposure to inclement weather such as dust, wind, snow, rain, etc.
• Requires working in extremely bright or low lighting conditions
• Includes exposure to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable.
• Work around hazardous equipment.
• Typical office environment.
• This position is considered a safety sensitive position.