Construction Manager

Construction Manager Position Overview

The Site Construction Manager is responsible for the safe, efficient, and compliant execution of multiple API-650 field-erected storage tanks on a single project site. This role serves as the senior on-site authority and is accountable for safety, quality, schedule, productivity, and coordination of all field construction activities from mobilization through final turnover.

The position requires hands-on leadership, strong API-650 technical knowledge, and proven experience managing concurrent tank construction work fronts.

• Lead and manage simultaneous construction of multiple API-650 tanks, including bottoms, shells, roofs, and hydrostatic testing.
• Plan and sequence work to support overlapping tank activities without congestion or safety risk.
• Direct foremen, craft labor, and subcontractors across multiple work fronts.
• Maintain full responsibility for daily site operations and execution performance.

• Enforce company, Owner, and regulatory safety requirements.
• Lead daily safety meetings, toolbox talks, and job hazard analyses.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA requirements including confined space, hot work, lifting, and fall protection.
• Promote and maintain a strong safety culture with zero-incident expectations.

• Ensure all work complies with API-650, project specifications, approved drawings, and inspection requirements.
• Coordinate quality control activities including welding inspections, NDE (RT, UT, VT, vacuum box), and coatings inspections.
• Ensure proper execution of Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs), hold points, and documentation.

• Manage site schedules and manpower loading across multiple tanks.
• Coordinate shared resources such as cranes, welding equipment, NDE crews, and coatings subcontractors.
• Monitor daily productivity and implement recovery actions as required.
• Support milestone achievement and phased tank turnover.

• Supervise and coordinate subcontractors including welding labor, NDE, coatings, and insulation.
• Serve as the primary on-site interface with Owners, inspectors, and EPC representatives.
• Resolve field issues proactively to prevent schedule or quality impacts.

• Lead hydrostatic testing, punch list resolution, and final inspections.
• Ensure all construction documentation is complete and accurate.
• Support final turnover and project closeout activities.

• 8+ years’ experience in field-erected storage tank construction.
• 3+ years in a Site Manager, Superintendent, or Lead Foreman role on API-650 tanks.
• Strong working knowledge of:
  • API-650 requirements.
  • Tank welding processes and sequencing.
  • NDE methods and acceptance criteria.
  • Hydrostatic testing and turnover procedures.
  • Ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, and schedules.

• CWI (Certified Welding Inspector).
• Experience on power, industrial, or EPC-led tank programs.
• Familiarity with semi-automatic or automatic tank welding systems.
• Field-based position on large industrial or power project sites.
• Extended work hours during critical construction phases.