Site Manager

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Project Overview:

Bechtel’s focus on renewables and clean energy is helping our customers deliver transformational renewables and clean energy projects. Bechtel renewables team will perform the project management, engineering, procurement, and construction the Sunfish 2 project for a 360MW DC solar plant in Calhoun County, Michigan. 
 

Job Summary:

In this role, you will manage the organization and direction of project construction activities and oversee total site management including supervision of construction craft personnel, field engineering, contract administration, cost and schedule, field procurement, and finance and accounting. Your leadership will ensure project operations are compliant, safe, timely, within scope and budget, and clients are satisfied. The Site Manager will be responsible day to day for the field construction team during the construction and start-up of utility-scale solar facilities and provide input to the Renewables team on required cost and services, execution methodology, schedule, risks, and strategy during the execution of the project.  

The Site Manager will maintain relationships with project personnel, particularly individual discipline group leaders, have ongoing contacts with working and supervisory level personnel of other departments and will interface with the functional construction team in implementing applicable Bechtel construction standards and processes. The Site Manager will also have regular contacts with clients, landowners, permitting authorities, third party inspectors, and government agencies.

Major Responsibilities:

Leadership/Supervision

• Manages the organization and direction of construction and related activities of a single construction project, including actions of Bechtel, subcontractors, suppliers, clients, and their representatives.
• Acts as primary client contact for all project field activities. 
• Oversees total site management including supervision of construction craft personnel, field engineering, contract administration, cost and schedule, field procurement, finance and accounting services, and craft resource personnel as applicable.   
• Maintains client relationship and is the primary contact for client’s communication with the field activities and effective relation with other functional departments. 
• Coordinates all project contractual activities. and participates in the development of contract, subcontract, or vendor scopes of work, budgets, contract formation, and negotiations
• Resolves issues and coordinates the final turnover of the project to the customer.
• Provides leadership for the development and maintenance of a high-performance project team.

Planning

• Oversees jobsite expenditures for labor equipment, material and services and ensures field operations are within the budget. 
• Establishes project field procedures and objectives within corporate policies and procedures as necessitated by conditions at a jobsite. 
• Develops, implements, and administers a jobsite security plan and coordinates the activities with corporate security department. 

Safety & Quality

• Ensures development and execution of Project Automation Plan, Environmental Compliance Plan, safety plan, site survey plan, non-manual staffing plan, subcontracting plan, labor strategy, Construction Execution Plan, and job-site work rules. 
• Plans and establishes procedures to ensure construction operations meet engineering designs and specifications.
• Manages quality control program to ensure processes are implemented according to the plan and are consistent

Education and Experience Requirements:

Requires bachelor's or master's degree (or international equivalent) and 13-15 years of relevant experience or 17-19 years of relevant work experience

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Possess basic understanding of construction law and generally accepted business practices.
• Knowledge of and experience in implementing the Bechtel SWPPs are required
• 3+ years of solar site management experience desirable.
• 10+ years of supervisory experience in a related construction industry desirable (i.e. power generation, utilities, heavy civil, industrial)

Total Rewards/Benefits

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