Sr. Construction Manager (Power Plant)

Spacex; Starbase (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Spacex is seeking a Sr. Construction Manager (Power Plant) to lead on-site construction of large-scale gas-turbine power facilities in Texas.

You will direct civil, mechanical, and electrical installation from field execution through mechanical completion and handoff to commissioning, and you will be in the field managing work, not at a desk. This role requires directing contractors and company staff, owning the daily plan, enforcing safety and quality, managing craft loading, and coordinating

Qualifications

• 5+ years of field leadership experience building utility-scale power plants.
• Experience directing contractors and field staff with safety and schedule accountability.
• Ability to manage cross-discipline installation and closeout.

Responsibilities

• Lead on-site construction for gas turbine power plants and balance of plant.
• Direct contractors, superintendents, and staff; own the daily plan.
• Run direct-hire craft and subcontract crews through superintendents and foremen; set craft loading by area.
• Hold safety, quality, and schedule; stop work that is wrong.
• Own the site safety program: LOTO, permit-to-work, hot work, NFPA 70E, and stop-work authority for everyone on site.
• Set quality hold points for welding, NDE, hydrotest, and rotating-equipment alignment.
• Sequence civil, mechanical, electrical, and controls installation so commissioning can start on time.
• Manage OEM and EPC field presence, laydown, lifts, and tie-ins.
• Own critical lift plans for turbines, generators, transformers, and skid or module sets.
• Plan tie-ins, outages, and energizations around energized equipment already on site.
• Verify installed quantities and contractor progress; manage field changes and change orders.
• Turn over by system with walkdowns done, punch categorized, and test records and redlines in the dossier; a date on the schedule is not a turnover.

Skills

Field leadership

Safety management

Project planning

Quality control

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a related engineering discipline

Job description

the company was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today the company is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal ofenabling human life on Mars.

SR. CONSTRUCTION MANAGER (POWER PLANT)

the company is building and operating large-scale power generation for launch and compute. This role runs construction of the power plant in the field: civil, mechanical, and electrical installation of turbines and balance of plant, through mechanical completion and handoff to commissioning. This is not a desk job. You will be in the field, running the work.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead on-site construction for gas turbine power plants and associated balance of plant
• Direct contractors, superintendents, and the company construction staff; own the daily plan
• Run direct-hire craft and subcontract crews through superintendents and general foremen; set craft loading by area
• Hold safety, quality, and schedule; stop work that is wrong
• Own the site safety program: LOTO, permit-to-work, hot work, NFPA 70E, and stop-work authority for everyone on site
• Set quality hold points for welding, NDE, hydrotest, and rotating-equipment alignment
• Sequence civil, mechanical, electrical, and controls installation so commissioning can start on time
• Manage OEM and EPC field presence, laydown, lifts, and tie-ins
• Own critical lift plans for turbines, generators, transformers, and skid or module sets
• Plan tie-ins, outages, and energizations around energized equipment already on site
• Verify installed quantities and contractor progress; manage field changes and change orders
• Turn over by system with walkdowns done, punch categorized, and test records and redlines in the dossier; a date on the schedule is not a turnover

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
• 5+ years of experience constructing utility-scale power plants in a field leadership role