The SEF Construction Manager will ensure that the SEF construction products (a ~$400M site campus with 5 major buildings) are planned and delivered according to safety, performance, budget, schedule, and quality targets. Responsibilities will include supporting the development of the construction cost and schedule estimates, in coordination with a large telescope project and corporate offices and the Agency CM team (ACM; a 3rd party commercial contractor), monitoring progress of all site construction activities, using earned value management (EVM) metrics, and helping to ensure accurate internal and external reporting of SEF construction progress.

The SEF Construction Manager will be responsible for overseeing and directing the ACM contractor team and administering the ACM services contract. The SEF Construction Manager, in close coordination with the ACM team, will assist the SEF Project Manager (PM) in coordinating construction work with the telescope Site Operations team at the observatory site.

Responsibilities:

• Support the PM in delivering the SEF construction products to agreed safety, quality, budget, schedule, and technical requirements
• Serve as the cost account manager (CAM) for construction management (CM) contract
• Serve as the CAM for one or more SEF construction contracts
• Coordinate site construction activities with the CM and construction contractors
• Ensure that safety processes are properly implemented and enforced by the SEF team, the CM team, and contractor teams performing work at the site; ensure that safety requirements and standards are properly flowed down in contractual relationships
• Ensure that contractor quality processes are developed and executed according to GMTO standards as defined by the project’s Quality Assurance Manager, and implemented appropriately by the SEF team, CM, and construction contractors
• Support the PM in recruiting, hiring, coaching, and mentoring the SEF team
• Support project controls processes to develop and maintain implementation plans, including adherence to element budgets and schedules, identify variances from these plans, develop corrective actions to achieve compliance with plans or modify plans as necessary per project policies and processes
• Prepare SEF procurement strategies and plans, in coordination with the C&P team, and ensure that procurement policies are followed in SEF procurements to deliver “best value” construction contracts for the telescope project.

Education/experience:

• A minimum of a BS degree in Engineering, Construction Engineering, Construction Management, or relevant related field
• 15 years demonstrated relevant and successful experience with international construction project management and construction contract management at the $100M level
• Demonstrated experience working with project management, engineers, and construction management professionals, and contractors in complex international construction projects
• Demonstrated understanding, experience, and success implementing construction project management principles
• 20 years of demonstrated relevant and successful experience with international construction projects and construction contract management at the $100M+ level
• Experience leading the delivery of complex international construction projects
• Experience with construction projects in remote and/or high elevation sites
• Experience with complex construction projects in Chile or other South American sites
• Proficiency in spoken and written English and Spanish (e.g., CEFR B1 or better)