Construction Site Manager (Energy Sector) [F/M/X]

Seraing, Belgique
Freelance
English, French

Job description

Profile:
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Construction Site Manager to oversee the construction of a large-scale combined cycle power plant in Liège. This role requires significant leadership, technical expertise, and coordination with multiple stakeholders to ensure the project is delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest safety and quality standards.

Key Responsibilities:

General:

  • Actively support and enforce the Project Health and Safety policies to achieve Zero Harm on-site.
  • Plan construction activities and ensure constructability reviews of the design at all stages.
  • Exercise strict quality control on all construction activities, following inspection plans.
  • Oversee construction of facilities, ensuring adherence to schedule, quality standards, and project specifications.
  • Manage operational interfaces between work packages, establishing segregated work areas and clarifying physical interfaces.
  • Identify, manage, and report on major risks associated with project construction.
  • Ensure adequate staffing of the construction team, aligned with project objectives and needs.
  • Serve as the key interface with all construction stakeholders and provide appropriate progress reporting to the Project Director and CTO.

Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE):

  • Together with the HSE manager, CTO, and Construction Team, ensure proper HSE policies and practices are implemented on-site.

Quality Management:

  • Supervise contractor work on-site and follow up on all inspections and tests.
  • Coordinate the management of all interfaces between stakeholders.
  • Organize the handover process from construction to commissioning teams.

Team Building:

  • Recruit, develop, and manage the site construction team.
  • Ensure the construction project is adequately resourced, escalating any issues to the CTO and Project Management team early on.

Construction Site Management:

  • Serve as the Project’s site representative, ensuring compliance with Project and Shareholder standards for all work packages.
  • Participate in site coordination, quality, and HSE management to meet Project requirements.

Budget and Schedule:

  • Manage the construction site budget, ensuring delivery according to the Project Management Plan, cost schedule, and stakeholder management plans.
  • Oversee the construction component of the project, ensuring alignment with the work breakdown structure and overall project goals.

Contractor Relations:

  • Manage interfaces with other key stakeholders, including sponsors, grid operators, and the local community.
  • Ensure work packages are managed according to project specifications and local requirements.

Commissioning and Handover:

  • Coordinate with the commissioning team to ensure smooth handover to the Operations & Maintenance management.

Profile Requirements:

  • Strong leadership and assertiveness to manage a large-scale, multi-year construction site.
  • Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to adapt to unexpected events.
  • Extensive experience as a Construction Manager for large-scale thermal projects (€50+ million budget, 10+ years of experience).
  • Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams (civil, mechanical, electrical, I&C).
  • Expertise with large rotating equipment (gas and steam turbines), complex piping systems, and knowledge of high-voltage equipment is a plus.
  • Experience with international EPC contractors and managing complex contractual setups.

Languages:

  • Fluency in French and English is mandatory.

What can you expect?

Amaris Consulting is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. We are committed to promoting diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environment. For this purpose, we welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, beliefs, age, marital status, disability or other characteristics.

Who are we?

Amaris Consulting is an independent technology consulting firm providing guidance and solutions to businesses. With more than 1000 clients across the globe, we have been rolling out solutions in major projects for over a decade – this is made possible by an international team of 7500 people spread across 5 continents and more than 60 countries. Our solutions focus on four different Business Lines: Information System & Digital, Telecom, Life Sciences and Engineering. We’re focused on building and nurturing a top talent community where all our team members can achieve their full potential. Amaris is your steppingstone to cross rivers of change, meet challenges and achieve all your projects with success.

At Amaris, we strive to provide our candidates with the best possible recruitment experience. We like to get to know our candidates, challenge them, and be able to give them proper feedback as quickly as possible. Here's what our recruitment process looks like:   

Brief Call: Our process typically begins with a brief virtual/phone conversation to get to know you! The objective? Learn about you, understand your motivations, and make sure we have the right job for you! 

Interviews (the average number of interviews is 3 - the number may vary depending on the level of seniority required for the position). During the interviews, you will meet people from our team: your line manager of course, but also other people related to your future role. We will talk in depth about you, your experience, and skills, but also about the position and what will be expected of you. Of course, you will also get to know Amaris: our culture, our roots, our teams, and your career opportunities!

Case study: Depending on the position, we may ask you to take a test. This could be a role play, a technical assessment, a problem-solving scenario, etc.   

As you know, every person is different and so is every role in a company.  That is why we have to adapt accordingly, and the process may differ slightly at times. However, please know that we always put ourselves in the candidate's shoes to ensure they have the best possible experience. 
We look forward to meeting you!

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