Sr Construction Technical Specialist

AvanSix•Hopewell, VA

13d•$42 - $62•Onsite

About The Position

The Construction Technical Specialist provides technical and construction support to the capital execution team and construction contractors. This role ensures safe construction practices, interfaces with engineering teams, and maintains compliance with construction standards. The specialist is involved in all project phases, from scoping and design to procurement and execution, ensuring constructability and managing contractor performance. They act as a key point of contact for contractors, manage project status and safety meetings, and support commissioning and start-up activities. Some travel is required.

Requirements

10-15 years of experience in leading construction execution as a foreman, superintendent, or other leadership role in the chemical and Petrochemical industries.
Proven experience leading construction projects.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Must be results driven and a self-starter, anticipating and initiating solutions to problems.
Must be action-oriented and a team player.
Excellent analytical and technical skills in one or more areas including: mechanical equipment, electrical, instrumentation, piping, structural steel, concrete, proven industry mechanical experience.
Must be willing to work overtime and extended and flexible hours as needed with contractor schedules.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a related field
Experience using SAP is desired.

Responsibilities

Ensure safe construction practices and techniques are executed by construction contractors.
Interface with engineering teams during all project phases to ensure mechanical and civil technical items are addressed and constructed appropriately.
Ensure compliance with mechanical/civil construction packages to engineering and construction standards.
Assist in the development of the field staffing plan during project scoping.
Attend design/constructability reviews, provide input to constructability review efforts, help PM in developing construction strategy, and support review of field construction bid packages during detailed design.
Help in evaluating contractors and services, participate in pre-bid walks, assist in evaluating bids, assist in answering construction related pre-bid RFIs, take part in bid review for field construction packages, and enter requisitions or notify Project Manager for field material shorts during procurement phase.
Responsible for the field project construction contractor execution, including monitoring any changes to the plan and escalating properly to Construction Manager and Project Manager as required.
Responsible for the safety, quality, assigned contractors interface, construction operations, and labor productivity.
Become familiar with construction documents, scope of work, change notices, exceptions, site procedures and policies, including review of construction supplier estimates.
Continuously evaluate site conditions and requirements.
Provide value added input on constructability of projects during front end of project cycle.
Act as key point of contact for construction contractors in all areas onsite.
Ensure excellence in relationships between engineering, suppliers, and site stakeholders.
Manage weekly project status and safety meetings.
Manage the field redline as built drawings and pass to PM.
Participate in PSSR, supervise completion of PSSR and related punch list items and turn over documentation.
Support commissioning and start up activities with the CSU team.
Issue daily progress reports to Construction Manager(s) and their manager(s).