Requisition ID: 183186
Job Level: Mid Level
Home District/Group: TIC Power District
Department: Field Operations
Market: Power
Employment Type: Full Time
Position Overview
TIC Power is seeking an experienced Construction Manager to provide overall field leadership and execution oversight for large-scale power generation and industrial construction projects. This position is responsible for safely delivering project scope while maintaining accountability for schedule, cost, quality, productivity, and workforce performance.
The Construction Manager will work closely with Project Management, Superintendents, Field Engineering, Safety, Quality, Project Controls, subcontractors, and craft leadership to coordinate construction activities from mobilization through commissioning and turnover. The ideal candidate will bring approximately 15+ years of power or industrial construction experience, including 10+ years in progressively responsible leadership roles managing complex, self-perform construction operations.
District Overview
TIC Power (TICP) is a subsidiary of Kiewit Corporation that provides direct-hire construction services for Power Generation utilizing a non-union craft force. Strength in estimating and pre-project planning. Constructing cogeneration, combined-cycle, geothermal and waste-to-energy generation and resource facilities. TIC Power builds major EPC power plant projects throughout North America.
Location
Various Locations including Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Responsibilities
- Provide overall leadership and direction for field construction activities on large-scale power generation and industrial projects.
- Lead Superintendents, General Foremen, Foremen, Field Engineers, and craft teams to achieve project safety, quality, schedule, cost, and production objectives.
- Oversee major construction disciplines, including civil, structural, mechanical, piping, electrical, instrumentation, and equipment installation, as applicable to project scope.
- Develop and execute construction plans that align manpower, equipment, materials, engineering deliverables, and subcontractor activities with the project schedule.
- Coordinate closely with Project Managers and Project Controls to monitor schedule performance, productivity, cost trends, quantities, forecasting, and critical-path activities.
- Drive short-interval planning, look-ahead schedules, work packaging, and constraint removal to maintain efficient field execution.
- Promote a strong safety culture and ensure construction activities comply with project-specific safety requirements and applicable OSHA standards.
- Partner with Quality teams to ensure work is completed in accordance with drawings, specifications, inspection requirements, and established quality plans.
- Review drawings, specifications, construction sequencing, work packages, and constructability concerns prior to and during field execution.
- Coordinate subcontractor performance and ensure subcontracted work aligns with overall project priorities, schedule, quality, and safety expectations.
- Monitor labor productivity and workforce requirements, adjusting staffing and construction sequencing as project conditions change.
- Support Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) and workface planning practices where utilized to improve construction readiness and field productivity.
- Identify and resolve execution risks involving engineering, procurement, material availability, equipment, labor, access, and construction sequencing.
- Participate in project planning meetings, schedule reviews, progress meetings, and leadership discussions regarding overall project performance.
- Coordinate construction activities with startup and commissioning teams to support system completion, turnover, and project closeout.
- Build and develop field leadership through coaching, succession planning, performance management, and clearly defined accountability.
- Maintain effective working relationships with project leadership, clients, subcontractors, vendors, and other project stakeholders.
- Support lessons learned and continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen execution across future TIC Power projects.
Qualifications
- 15+ years of progressive experience in power generation, industrial, heavy construction, or energy infrastructure projects.
- 10+ years of construction leadership experience, including responsibility for Superintendents, field leadership, and craft operations.
- Significant experience managing construction execution on large, complex power or industrial projects.
- Strong understanding of multidisciplinary construction involving civil, structural, mechanical, piping, electrical, and instrumentation scopes.
- Demonstrated knowledge of construction planning, scheduling, cost control, workforce planning, productivity management, and field execution.
- Experience coordinating self-perform construction activities and subcontractor scopes.
- Working knowledge of project controls, look-ahead planning, critical-path schedules, work packaging, and construction progress measurement.
- Strong understanding of construction safety and quality requirements, including applicable OSHA regulations.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, contracts, schedules, and construction work packages.
- Experience coordinating construction completion with system turnover, startup, and commissioning activities.
- Ability to lead large, diverse project teams while maintaining clear expectations and accountability across multiple disciplines.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills in a fast-paced field environment.
- Ability and willingness to travel and/or relocate to project locations based on business and project needs.
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related discipline preferred; significant relevant construction experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Other Requirements:
- Regular, reliable attendance
- Work productively and meet deadlines timely
- Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.
- Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
- Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
- May work at various different locations and conditions may vary.
We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.
