Construction Manager - Renewables

Job Description:

1. Supervision Received

• Receives technical and operational supervision from Chief Construction Engineer or India Office Manager of Construction or designer.

1. Supervision Exercised

• Provides technical and administrative direction to subordinate construction engineers if assigned.
• Leads construction management teams at jobsites on PMC capacity.

1. Contacts

• Interface with the engineering design functional group, procurement and contracts, project controls, quality and project estimation and project proposal teams
• Jobsite contacts are with Project Directors, Project Field Engineer, Field Engineers/Superintendents, and other support disciplines.
• Construction teams of contractors, other project stakeholders, customer organization

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:

• Implement constructability program and provide constructability plan to project members on assigned project in collaboration with project and GBU construction teams.
• Representing Construction function in Project model reviews, project progress review meetings 
• Lead and conduct constructability workshops to project teams.
• Develop constructability concepts, prepare project specific constructability program, and provide guidance to the design efforts during early phase of the project.
• Participate in design development and suggest economical construction details for incorporation into the design and specifications by utilizing Construction Lessons Learned from other projects and best practices.
• Implement “Design for Safe Construction”, support construction productivity initiatives on the project, including effective implementation of datacentric construction and other work processes.
• Coordinate with Engineering to ensure Engineering deliverables are issued to support the construction schedule.
• Review Interdisciplinary deliverables from Engineering and Procurement, providing construction input on Constructability, Safe Construction and TIC perspective.
• Identify potential problem areas or trends, develop total installed cost estimates and address continues improvement issues.
• Coordinate constructability issues of vendor drawings, shop fabrication details, construction procedures.
• Review design (3D Model and 2D drawings), suggest preassembly and modularization ideas and provide construability inputs as per the work process procedures.
• Maintain effective interface between construction teams at other Bechtel offices and jobsites ensuring construction knowledge, lessons learned, construction initiatives are effectively communicated.
• Monitor completeness of engineering data in construction applications
• Understand and implement work breakdown structure, work packaging philosophy. Scoping and preparation of Installation work packages, Test Packages, material take-off.
• Assist preparation of construction manuals, field non-manual support proposal, internal desktop procedure
• Review project proposals and assist project development team and estimation team with construction input on construction schedule, manpower, equipment, modularization & preassembly suggestions and project execution plan.
• Support TBEs/TBQs and contractor selection
• Lead Construction team deployed at the jobsite in PMC capacity
• Responsible for overall delivery of construction scope ensuring construction schedule, ES&H, construction quality on the project.

JOB KNOWLEDGE:

• Typically requires bachelor’s or master’s degree in civil or mechanical engineering (or international equivalent) and a minimum
• 20 years of relevant experience, or 25 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• Proven construction experience on large renewable projects like PV Solar farms, wind farms  is mandatory.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.
• Effective communication skills and ability to work with multiple nationalities.
• Technical knowledge of all phases of construction engineering relating to the discipline interfacing with all areas
• Prior experience working in a field engineering or field supervision position in an organization supporting direct-hire work /subcontract is preferred.
• Experience of Advance work packaging (AWP) process is preferred
• Proficient in reading drawings, interpret design, specifications and industry standards and codes.
• Prior experience in project early works, Temporary Construction Facilities development, Site set-up.
• Prior experience with using tools and software’s related to Construction planning, proposals, execution, and monitoring is preferred.
• Ability to travel to international and domestic job sites on short-term or long-term assignments