Senior Construction Manager

• →Lead pre-construction planning for assigned projects, including the construction execution plan, site logistics plan, laydown and crane strategy, and constructability and sequencing input to design reviews while changes are still inexpensive.
• →Own site access and logistics: haul route surveys, heavy haul and oversize permits, road use agreements, entrance permits, and delivery sequencing for major equipment.
• →Manage construction real estate needs, including laydown and staging leases, temporary construction easements, craft parking, and construction boundaries with adjacent third party work.
• →Lead labor force planning: build and maintain the manpower curve, assess regional craft availability, and set the craft housing, per diem, and local hire strategy with construction contractors.
• →Define, procure, and manage early works packages such as clearing, grading, drainage, stormwater controls, temporary power and water, site security, and aggregate sourcing.
• →Support contractor selection with construction execution evaluation, mobilization readiness reviews, and schedule realism assessments.
• →Serve as Atlas's designated construction representative to construction contractors for assigned projects or stages, including weekly construction meetings, look ahead reviews, and issue escalation.
• →Direct assigned Construction Managers and field staff, set daily reporting and progress verification standards, and assign coverage across projects, stages, and buildings.
• →Verify contractor progress against the schedule and recommend or withhold pay application approval in coordination with Project Controls and QA/QC.
• →Coordinate field changes, RFIs, and design clarifications between construction contractors and engineering, and ensure dispositions are timely and documented.
• →Coordinate major equipment delivery, installation, and care, custody, and control transfer with the CFE Logistics & Materials Coordinator and construction contractors.
• →Monitor manpower, productivity, and schedule recovery plans and hold contractors to commitments.
• →Enforce Atlas safety expectations on site for all contractors, review incident reports, and exercise stop work authority.
• →Coordinate permit conditions affecting construction (stormwater, air, county, and utility) with the permitting consultant and ensure they are reflected in construction scopes and field practice.
• →Lead mechanical completion walkdowns and the construction to commissioning turnover of each system with the Systems Completion & Turnover Coordinator.
• →Review contractor claims, notices, and change requests with the Contracts function and provide construction fact finding.
• →Report construction status, risks, and decisions needed to the Director and project leadership.
• →Other duties as assigned.

• →Best People and Team. Great Place to Work , Hire Vets, Top Place to Work For – Austin American Statesman
• →Your Well-Being is a Priority. 100% covered Medical, Dental, and Vision
• →Invest in Your Future. 401K with company match, immediate vesting
• →Relax and Recharge. Paid time off (non-rotational roles), 15+ company paid holidays

• Required:

• Bachelor of Science in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent field experience
• 15 or more years of construction experience on large industrial or power projects, including at least 5 years in a senior construction management role
• Demonstrated experience as an owner's representative over construction contractors on projects over $500 million
• Experience across the full construction lifecycle, from site development and early works through execution and turnover to commissioning
• Experience managing multi building or multi phase construction with large craft workforces
• Working knowledge of civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical construction for industrial or power generation facilities
• Experience with progress verification, pay application review, and construction change management
• Ability to lead a team of managers and to hold contractors accountable while maintaining working relationships
• Effective verbal and written communication with executives, contractors, landowners, public agencies, and customers
• Ability and willingness to be site based for extended periods
• Valid Driver's License

• Preferred:

• Reciprocating engine, gas turbine, or battery storage power plant construction experience
• Experience planning and executing site development and early works packages ahead of main contractor mobilization
• Experience on behind the meter or islanded generation projects with a customer presence on site
• Pipeline or utility lateral construction exposure
• OSHA 30 or equivalent construction safety training
• Professional Engineer license or Certified Construction Manager (CCM)

• Location: West Texas project site with periodic travel to the Austin, TX office
• Work Environment: Field; active construction and industrial plant environments, including work around energized equipment, heavy equipment, and operating machinery
• Travel %: Site based during active construction; 10-25% travel to the Austin office and other project sites

• Reports To: Director of Construction & Commissioning
• Supervisory Responsibilities:
  • Yes - directs the Project Managers and Construction Managers assigned to facility construction

Schedule/Work Arrangement: Full-Time

• Regular use of hands to handle, finger, and reach tools, test equipment, and materials
• Required to stand, walk, bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, and climb as needed, including work at elevation on ladders, scaffolds, and equipment platforms
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and heavier items with appropriate assistance or mechanical aids
• Required vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• Must be able to work in and around energized electrical equipment while wearing required personal protective equipment
• Must be able to tolerate conditions associated with field and construction environments, including heat, cold, dust, noise, and limited climate control

• You have run construction on a billion dollar job and you know what the fourth month looks like before it arrives.
• You get involved in the front end because you know the execution problems are created there.
• You verify progress in the field, not in the pay application.
• You hold contractors to their word without burning the relationship you need next month.
• You hand systems to commissioning complete, with records, and on the date you said.
• You work as one team with your peer Senior Construction Manager, and contractors never hear two Atlas answers.