Nuclear Outage Construction Manager

The Day & Zimmermann Group, Inc.; Soddy-Daisy (TN); On-site; USD 96,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Day & Zimmermann is seeking a Construction Manager (Outage) to lead outage-related construction and field execution at the TVA Sequoyah Nuclear Plant site in Soddy Daisy, TN. The role is onsite with start ASAP and duration through the fall outage.

Requires 8+ years of construction or PM experience in power facilities; nuclear outage experience strongly preferred, plus a technical degree or equivalent. Expect collaboration with engineering, maintenance, and subcontractors.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of construction or project management experience within power?generation facilities; nuclear outage experience strongly preferred.
• Technical degree or equivalent industrial field experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct construction activities during scheduled outages, ensuring alignment with outage scope, milestones, and critical-path priorities.
• Coordinate daily outage tasks, monitor progress, and adjust labor and resources to maintain schedule integrity.
• Enforce nuclear safety, human?performance tools, and quality standards in all work activities.
• Supervise craft labor through union craft leadership, providing clear direction and oversight in a high?tempo outage environment.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, maintenance, operations, procurement, and subcontractors to support outage planning and execution.
• Manage outage-related work packages, permits, tagouts, and required inspections.
• Identify and mitigate schedule risks, emergent work, and interface issues that may impact outage duration or plant restart.

Skills

Outage planning

Project management

Nuclear safety

Scheduling

Education

Technical degree or equivalent industrial field experience

Job description

Day & Zimmermann is seeking a Construction Manager (Outage) to lead outage-related construction and field execution at the TVA Sequoyah Nuclear Plant site in Soddy Daisy, TN. The role is onsite with start ASAP and duration through the fall outage.

Requires 8+ years of construction or PM experience in power facilities; nuclear outage experience strongly preferred, plus a technical degree or equivalent. Expect collaboration with engineering, maintenance, and subcontractors.