Construction Manager Power Generation
SpaceXAI builds frontier AI models and products including the Grok conversational assistant and a multimodal developer API.
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About SpaceXAI
SpaceXAI is a US-based AI company focused on accelerating scientific discovery and understanding the universe through reasoning, voice, image, video, and generative AI systems. Formerly xAI, it was acquired by SpaceX effective February 2, 2026, while continuing to operate the x.ai site and services.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will lead on-site construction for a power generation plant, coordinating contractors, OEMs, engineering, and operations through commissioning and turnover. You will manage schedules, risks, safety, quality, change orders, progress reporting, and field issues across electrical, mechanical, and process scopes.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience managing large-scale power generation, industrial plant, or mission-critical construction projects
- Deep expertise in construction management, commissioning, and site operations
- Ability to lead on-site and build trust with vendors, OEMs, partners, and technical teams
- Experience managing large programs with multiple vendors and dynamic priorities
- Strong cross-disciplinary communication skills
- Ability to solve complex real-time problems with adaptability and composure
- Ability to travel as needed
- Ability to pass pre-employment drug testing and random drug and alcohol testing
- Ability to pass pre-employment and annual post-employment background checks
- Comfort working in an environment with noise exposure
- Availability to work evenings and weekends as site needs require
- Ability to lift 25+ pounds
Responsibilities
- Act as the senior construction representative for the Memphis and Southaven power generation plant
- Manage relationships with EPC contractors, OEMs, trade partners, and internal stakeholders
- Oversee project execution from pre-construction through turnover to operations
- Coordinate vendors across civil, mechanical, process, and electrical scopes
- Identify and mitigate schedule, quality, safety, and operational-readiness risks
- Drive generation and balance-of-plant construction progress and resolve field roadblocks
- Align construction schedules with generation and infrastructure goals
- Guide commissioning, start-up, and punch-list close-out with engineering and operations
- Deliver KPI and dashboard updates to internal and external stakeholders
- Ensure technical and quality standards for electrical, mechanical, and process systems
- Perform quantity take-offs and field verifications
- Manage change orders and control costs
- Lead site safety initiatives, including LOTO, NFPA 70E, arc-flash, and hot work
- Support cross-functional partners as plant needs evolve
Benefits
- Relocation required