SR. CONSTRUCTION MANAGER (POWER PLANT)
SpaceX 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 SpaceX 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
- Experience leading construction of at least one large gas turbine installation (frame or aeroderivative), including balance of plant
- Direct experience managing contractors on a heavy industrial site
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- 10+ years of experience constructing utility-scale power plants in a field leadership role
- EPC construction management experience on power projects
- Mechanical installation of GE Vernova, Siemens Energy, Mitsubishi Power, or Doosan turbines, HRSGs, and large rotating equipment
- High-voltage and balance-of-plant electrical construction
- Fast industrial programs (data-center power, LNG, or mobile generation) in addition to utility plants
- Self-perform construction background, including time as a superintendent or general foreman
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary
- Must be available for full-time site presence
- Willingness to travel between sites
- Ability to work in an active construction environment, including outdoors, in heat, at heights, and in industrial PPE