Sr. Engineering Construction Manager (Power Plant)

Spacex; Starbase (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Spacex in Starbase, Texas is seeking a Senior Engineering Construction Manager to lead field power-plant construction projects. This is a hands-on, on-site role focused on civil, mechanical, and electrical installation through mechanical completion and handoff to commissioning.

You will direct contractors and staff, own the daily plan, enforce safety and quality standards, manage tie-ins and lifts, and coordinate outages to ensure on-time startup.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, electrical, or civil engineering.
• 5+ years of field leadership experience in utility-scale power-plant construction.

Responsibilities

• Lead on-site construction for gas turbine power plants and balance of plant.
• Direct contractors and site staff; own the daily plan.
• Manage craft and subcontract crews; set loading by area.
• Enforce safety, quality, and schedule; stop incorrect work.
• Own site safety program: LOTO, permits, hot work, NFPA 70E.
• Set quality hold points for welding, NDE, hydrotest, and alignments.
• Sequence installation to support timely commissioning.
• Manage OEM/EPC field presence, lifts and tie-ins.
• Plan outages and energizations around energized equipment on site.
• Verify quantities and progress; manage field changes and turnover.

Skills

Field leadership

Construction management

Safety leadership

Project planning

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Civil Engineering

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. ENGINEERING 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