Nuclear Plant Outage Construction Manager

The Day & Zimmermann Group, Inc.

Spring City (TN)

On-site

USD 96,000 - 210,000

Full time

16 hours ago

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Job summary

Day & Zimmermann is seeking a Construction Manager (Outage) to oversee outage-related construction and field execution at TVA Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in Spring City, TN. This temporary role supports the fall outage with start ASAP, coordinating with engineering, maintenance, operations, and subcontractors to meet milestones.

Applicants should have 8+ years in power-generation construction, nuclear outage experience preferred, and a technical degree or equivalent.

Qualifications

8+ years of construction or project management experience in power-generation facilities; nuclear outage experience preferred.
Technical degree or equivalent industrial field experience.

Responsibilities

Lead and direct construction activities during 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.