Construction Manager - Americas
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Location: Austin, TX 78745
Description:
Construction Manager - Americas
Department: Operations
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Austin
Description
The Construction Manager is an experienced member of a flexible central Technical Team that sets standards, provides support to Cubico's local development and construction teams, and independently advises senior management and the Board. This is an Americas based regional role that is focused on evaluating construction risks and mitigations during development and acquisition; preparing projects for construction; ensuring structures and procedures are followed to govern construction; and providing guidance and support during construction and handover to operations.
The Construction Manager will be part of a small central team of Construction Managers and Analysts within the larger Technical Team. The ideal profile will be open and outward-looking by nature. They are self-motivated, with well-rounded interpersonal skills and adept at working in different cultures. The successful individual will be happy working in a flat, flexible team able to support regional and central offices as required and are internationally mobile.
Location: US (Austin) or Mexico (Mexico City)
Key Responsibilities
Key Stakeholders
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Department: Operations
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Austin
Description
The Construction Manager is an experienced member of a flexible central Technical Team that sets standards, provides support to Cubico's local development and construction teams, and independently advises senior management and the Board. This is an Americas based regional role that is focused on evaluating construction risks and mitigations during development and acquisition; preparing projects for construction; ensuring structures and procedures are followed to govern construction; and providing guidance and support during construction and handover to operations.
The Construction Manager will be part of a small central team of Construction Managers and Analysts within the larger Technical Team. The ideal profile will be open and outward-looking by nature. They are self-motivated, with well-rounded interpersonal skills and adept at working in different cultures. The successful individual will be happy working in a flat, flexible team able to support regional and central offices as required and are internationally mobile.
Location: US (Austin) or Mexico (Mexico City)
Key Responsibilities
- Lead by example on safety and act as a role model to contractors, project teams and the wider business
- Work closely with local teams to provide hands-on support throughout the development, pre-construction and construction phases, to:
- Successfully deliver construction projects on time and budget
- Ensure that construction projects achieve quality targets and can accomplish their long-term performance goals.
- Proactively Identify, manage and mitigate construction related risks.
- Manage key stakeholder and contractor relationships.
- Resolve construction related challenges and contractor claims.
- Identify and capture valuation upsides, e.g. through cost savings, early revenues and optimisation of contingency spend.
- Support the negotiation of EPC, TSA and BOP contracts as required, and work closely with the Head of Procurement on tenders for construction contracts and owner's engineers;
- Directly conducting project development and construction management activities in exceptional circumstances, e.g. prior to recruitment of a local project manager;
- Support the development, maintenance and improvement of a set of processes and procedures governing pre-construction and construction activities, to set a framework for Cubico teams and projects globally and to provide guidance to project managers and country teams;
- Act as a sounding board to local Construction/Project Managers and support them in preparation for Steering Committees;
- Support local construction teams in conducting an effective handover into operations;
- Gather lessons learned from Cubico's construction projects and disseminate around the wider business. Actively build the company's corporate knowledge and understanding of construction management and risks;
Key Stakeholders
- Head of Construction
- Local Construction/Project Managers
- Wider central Construction Team
- Head of Procurement
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Degree-level qualification in engineering
- Demonstratable success in the construction of renewable energy projects either in the capacity of owner, EPC contractor or investor.
- Track record in construction management and the ability to successfully execute projects through third party contracts.
- Good understanding of the engineering and design process.
- Significant and active experience in creatively solving the complex technical and commercial challenges typically experienced in the development and delivery of renewable energy projects
- Strong commercial and contractual acumen with a proven ability to negotiate, manage and implement the contractual frameworks typically found in utility scale renewable energy projects
- Working knowledge of project finance documents and how they relate to the construction of renewable energy projects
- Strong commitment to deliver health, safety and environmental best practice.
- Pro-active and diligent approach.
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Strong communication skills.
- Ability to explain complex technical issues and their resolution to senior stakeholders.
- Fluent in English essential. Fluent Spanish would be advantageous.