Construction Manager

One Tech Engineering is searching for a Construction Manager for a position located in Georgetown, Colorado. The Construction Manager will provide owner-side construction management and field oversight in support of turbine, generator, and associated infrastructure work.

The candidate must be a US citizen or hold a green card. The candidate will have previous hydroelectric power generation experience.

Construction Manager Responsibilities:

• Represent the owner’s construction interests during project execution.


• Provide day-to-day field construction management and oversight of EPC contractors, specialty contractors, and subcontractors.


• Provide knowledgeable oversight of hydro turbine and generator work, including removal, disassembly, inspection, refurbishment, repair, installation, alignment, reassembly, and associated testing activities.


• Monitor construction activities for compliance with drawings, specifications, contractual requirements, approved work plans, safety requirements, and quality expectations.


• Provide oversight of turbine- and generator-related work, major equipment removal and installation, mechanical systems, structural work, concrete, rigging, lifting activities, demolition, temporary works, and supporting electrical scopes.


• Understand the interfaces between hydro turbines, generators, shafts, bearings, governors, cooling systems, lubrication systems, balance-of-plant equipment, and associated electrical and mechanical systems.


• Participate in daily construction coordination meetings, pre-job planning meetings, schedule discussions, safety meetings, and project reviews.


• Coordinate construction interfaces between the contractor, project management, engineering, operations, safety, quality, commissioning, and other stakeholders.


• Review upcoming work for constructability, sequencing, access, lifting, logistics, safety, quality, operational impacts, and outage constraints.


• Identify emerging field issues and communicate potential impacts to safety, quality, cost, schedule, equipment integrity, and project execution.


• Track construction deficiencies, open items, RFIs, field changes, inspection requirements, and other construction-related issues through resolution.


• Participate in inspections, testing activities, hold points, equipment installation verification, alignment verification, and turnover activities.


• Monitor contractor staffing, productivity, sequencing, and progress against the approved project schedule.


• Maintain accurate construction documentation, including daily reports, photographs, progress information, field observations, and issue tracking.


• Support outage, shutdown, and other time-sensitive construction activities requiring close coordination with hydro plant operations.


• Provide input to project leadership regarding contractor performance, construction risk, schedule concerns, technical concerns, and recommended corrective actions.


• Support safe execution of critical and high-risk activities, including heavy lifts, turbine and generator component handling, rigging, confined-space work, demolition, heavy equipment movement, and other complex construction operations.

Requirements of the Construction Manager:

• Previous hydroelectric power-generation construction, maintenance, overhaul, or major-project experience.


• Working knowledge and practical field experience with hydroelectric turbines and generators.


• Experience with turbine and/or generator disassembly, overhaul, repair, refurbishment, installation, reassembly, or major maintenance activities.


• Understanding of major hydro generating-unit components and their interfaces, including turbines, generators, shafts, bearings, governors, lubrication systems, cooling systems, and associated balance-of-plant equipment.


• Significant construction management, superintendent, construction supervision, or senior field leadership experience.


• Demonstrated experience managing or overseeing complex power-generation or heavy industrial construction.


• Experience working within operating generating facilities and coordinating construction activities with plant operations.


• Strong understanding of construction safety, quality, scheduling, sequencing, and field execution.


• Ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, construction documents, work plans, equipment documentation, and technical information.