Technical Services Manager
- Lockhart, TX, United States
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Original job description
Job Overview:
Primoris Energy Services is seeking a Technical Services Manager (TSM) to lead project technical support across Field Engineering, Workface Planning, and Completions. This position connects engineering information with field execution by ensuring construction teams have the drawings, technical direction, work packages, and turnover documentation needed to perform their work.
The TSM partners with project management, construction, engineering, QA/QC, document control, subcontractors, and client representatives. The role provides daily leadership to assigned Technical Services personnel while implementing PES standards and supporting project safety, quality, schedule, and cost objectives.
**Team Leadership and Project Coordination**
- Lead assigned Field Engineering, Workface Planning, and Completions personnel, establishing clear responsibilities, priorities, and performance expectations.
- Evaluate staffing needs, support recruiting and onboarding, and coach employees in technical execution and professional development.
- Coordinate with project leadership and PES Technical Services leadership to resolve resource gaps, technical risks, and execution issues.
- Establish measurable performance indicators and report progress, constraints, and corrective actions.
**Field Engineering**
- Manage the identification, documentation, and resolution of field technical issues, including RFIs, drawing discrepancies, and construction interfaces.
- Coordinate with the Engineer of Record and project engineering team to obtain approved technical direction.
- Oversee technical support for material takeoffs, procurement packages, installation planning, testing, and field documentation.
- Maintain traceability between approved changes, field redlines, and final as-built records.
- Ensure field personnel work from current, approved documents and that deviations receive the required review and authorization. **Workface Planning**
- Oversee development and maintenance of Installation Work Packages aligned with construction priorities and the project schedule.
- Coordinate readiness reviews covering engineering, materials, access, equipment, labor, permits, safety, quality, and predecessor work.
- Maintain visibility of constraints, assign resolution responsibilities, and escalate issues affecting planned work.
- Work with construction supervision to ensure packages are practical, complete, and ready for field execution.
**Completions and Turnover**
- Lead planning for systemization, completion tracking, walkdowns, punch management, and turnover documentation.
- Coordinate with construction, QA/QC, the client, and commissioning representatives to establish completion requirements and acceptance criteria.
- Ensure required inspection records, test documentation, and supporting evidence are complete and traceable.
- Manage readiness for contractual completion milestones and turnover, including mechanical completion where applicable.
- Support commissioning interfaces within the contracted scope and defined responsibilities.
**Systems and Document Control**
- Ensure project technical records are maintained in Autodesk Construction Cloud/Autodesk Forma and other approved project systems.
- Coordinate with Document Control to maintain document status, revision control, and distribution.
- Support adoption of approved digital workflows and reliable project reporting.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated experience in industrial, power generation, or comparable heavy construction.
- Progressive responsibility in Field Engineering, Workface Planning, Completions, or related technical project execution, including experience leading personnel.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, technical requirements, and construction schedules.
- Working knowledge of RFIs, change documentation, work packaging, construction readiness, testing records, and turnover requirements.
- Proven ability to coordinate across disciplines, resolve issues, and hold teams accountable for commitments.
- Strong written communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
- Degree in engineering, construction management, construction science, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and construction experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting EPC and construction-only projects.
- Familiarity with Advanced Work Packaging and multidisciplinary construction.
- Experience with Autodesk Construction Cloud/Forma, completions management systems, and project reporting tools.
- Experience developing employees, establishing execution standards, and managing technical support through project closeout.
Work Environment This position supports active construction projects and requires field participation, project travel or assignment, and work schedules consistent with project needs. The TSM coordinates construction technical execution. Design approval remains with the authorized engineering organization, and project management retains overall responsibility for project delivery.
Company Overview:
Primoris Energy Services is a major direct-hire contractor in the U.S. delivering self-performed turnkey industrial construction and EPC services. We offer these services to our clients within the refining, gas processing, chemical/petrochemical, hydrogen, power generation, mining, pulp and paper industries from the first groundbreaking activity all the way through commissioning and start-up of the project. Primoris forms a partnership with our customers and major stakeholders from early-stage engineering through construction completion and commercial operation, safely, on-time, and within budget.
Benefits:
- Competitive compensation, paid weekly.
- Best-in-class medical, dental, vision, and LTD/STD coverage.
- 401(k) with company match, vested on day one.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan [ESPP].
- Pet coverage for your furry friends.
- Legal assistance coverage.
- Award-winning safety programs.
EEO Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Agency Statement
We are not accepting resumes from Third Party Recruiting Firms for this position. If you are an Agency or Search firm representative, contact the Primoris Talent Acquisition Manager directly for consideration. Primoris or its subsidiaries will not be responsible for any fees arising from the use of resumes and online response forms through this source. In addition, Primoris or its subsidiaries will not be responsible for any fees on unsolicited resumes that are submitted to any member of the Staffing or Operations team. Primoris has established an approved vendor program for this service and will only consider accepting submissions from those approved firms. For consideration in becoming an approved vendor, contact HR.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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Skills
- TSM
- Technical support
- Documentation
- Project management
- Leadership
- Team leadership
- Recruitment
- Onboarding
- Coach employees
- Procurement
- Inspection
- Reporting
- Read engineering drawings
- Packaging
- Communication skills
- Problem solving
- Construction management