Construction Manager at Fermi in Amarillo, TX

Job description

Description Fermi America is developing the largest next generation private power campus in the United States to serve the compute demand of artificial intelligence. As hyperscale load growth outpaces the capability of the legacy grid, Fermi is delivering behind the meter, utility scale power at a speed and density the incumbent market cannot match. Project Matador, our flagship development in Carson County, Texas, is planned to scale to approximately 17 GW of generation, comprising roughly 11 GW of natural gas, 5.4 GW of nuclear, and 600 MW of solar, supporting millions of square feet of high density data center infrastructure. This is not incremental infrastructure. It is sovereign scale energy development, executed on an owner led delivery model. POSITION SUMMARY The Construction Manager is Fermi America's owner representative in the field for an assigned construction area on Project Matador, within the Capital Projects organization that holds single point accountability for capital project delivery. The role is accountable for the day to day direction of the contractors executing that area, for the safe and productive delivery of the work, and for the owner interfaces that the contractors depend on to keep work fronts open: engineering deliverables, owner furnished equipment, laydown and logistics, permits, site access, and adjacent scopes. This is a field leadership position. The Construction Manager is on the work daily, knows the status of every active work front without waiting for a report, and holds contractors to the Fermi America standard for safety, quality, schedule, and cost. The role represents the owner in field level commercial matters, including field change identification, documentation of contractor performance, and substantiation of positions that Project Controls, the Project Manager, and the Construction Director take forward. This role sits on the owner side of the table. It is not a contractor coordination position and it is not a support function. The Construction Manager is expected to direct contractors, make field decisions within delegated authority, and defend them with facts. Assigned Areas Fermi America is hiring several Construction Managers at this level. Each will be assigned one of the following areas, with the potential for reassignment as the campus phasing evolves. These seats sit alongside the existing Construction Managers for Power and for Electrical and HV. Power. Reports to the Construction Director, Site. Gas turbine generation blocks including simple cycle and combined cycle units, heat recovery steam generators, cooling systems, fuel gas conditioning, balance of plant, and the offload, laydown, and set of owner furnished major equipment. The current Construction Manager Power directs the Firebird SGT-800 and GE Frame 6B and TM2500 programs. Site Infrastructure. Reports to the Construction Director, Site. Site civil and earthwork, campus roads and drainage, water and wastewater systems, natural gas supply and metering infrastructure, temporary facilities, laydown yards, fencing and security infrastructure, and campus utilities serving generation and data center parcels. Data Centers. Reports to the Construction Director, Data Centers. Assigned by tenant campus: data center shell, core, and site works, data center substations and campus electrical interfaces, and field management of the tenant design build contractor, working with the Project Manager Data Centers for that tenant. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Field Execution and Contractor Direction Direct the EPC and construction contractors executing the assigned area as the owner's field representative, including daily coordination, work front planning, and resolution of field issues. Own the construction execution plan for the assigned area, including work sequencing, area logistics, crane and heavy haul planning, temporary facilities, and interfaces with adjacent areas. Maintain a current, first hand understanding of progress, manpowe