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Thalle Construction Company Co., Inc. (Thalle) is excited to announce an open opportunity to expand our family of professional teammates!
Thalle is currently seeking an experienced and motivated candidate to fill a Startup and Commissioning Manager Position in the DFW area.Thalle, established in 1947, is a heavy civil construction company with a corporate office located in Hillsborough, North Carolina and a regional office in Alvarado, Texas. Thalle currently has active heavy civil construction projects spanning from New York to South Florida to Texas and continues to expand our geographical footprint. Our diverse and expansive project scope of heavy civil infrastructure projects incorporates all degrees of civil construction that includes, but is not limited to; Conventional Concrete, Roller Compacted Concrete and Earthen Dams, Navigational Waterway Locks, Reservoirs, Large Diameter Underground Utilities, Treatment Facilities, Landfills, Site Work, Mass Soil & Rock Excavation, Coal Ash Closures, DOT Highway & Bridge Construction, and on-demand emergency services.
We are a proud representative of The Tully Group (Tully), established in 1921, and developed as one of the nation’s largest privately held, family-owned construction firms. Tully’s corporate office, located in New York City, has provided an opportunity to develop and sustain a long history of heavy civil projects in the Metro New York Area and New Jersey. Visit www.tullygroup.us for more information.
Safety is our TOP priority! Thalle offers a competitive salary package with a full range of benefits, including Major Medical, Dental, Vision, Short and Long-Term Disability, generous PTO, paid company holidays, Life Insurance, and 401K with a company match, and more! Compensation is based on experience and qualifications.
Thalle is an Equal Opportunity Employer, E-Verify and Drug Free Workplace.
Location: DFW
Job Title: Startup and Commissioning Manager
Salary: Competitive compensation package based on experience.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Lead the hands-on startup and commissioning of an assigned water or wastewater construction project, from system readiness and equipment startup through integrated testing, performance demonstration, operator training, and final turnover. This project-based role coordinates field supervision, Safety, Quality Control, electrical and I&C leads, system integrators, manufacturers, subcontractors, third-party commissioning partners, and Owner/EOR representatives.
- Develop and maintain the project commissioning plan, system boundaries, requirements register, startup sequence, test procedures, and turnover strategy in accordance with contract requirements.
- Begin commissioning coordination during the planning and procurement phases by identifying vendor services, integrator support, third-party commissioning needs, testing requirements, and associated schedule and cost impacts.
- Coordinate readiness walkdowns, pre-functional checklists, energization prerequisites, LOTO and custody boundaries, calibration, loop checks, manufacturer startup services, and subsystem turnover.
- Lead Operational Readiness Testing (ORT), Functional Demonstration Testing (FDT), wet and process testing, integrated system testing, and performance demonstrations.
- Coordinate safe test execution and exercise stop-test authority within delegated responsibilities when safety, equipment protection, or test validity is at risk.
- Integrate the work of mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, PLC/HMI/SCADA, controls, and process teams; coordinate specialty subcontractors and system integrators as required.
- Manage the commissioning schedule, constraints, manpower, deficiencies, punch-list items, corrective actions, retests, and progress reporting; promptly escalate cost, scope, and schedule concerns.
- Maintain complete commissioning documentation, including plans, checklists, test records, field notes, deficiency logs, reports, training records, turnover packages, warranties, and closeout deliverables.
- Coordinate operator training, O&M manual completion, system acceptance, and documented turnover to the Owner.
- Provide regular status updates to project leadership and support lessons learned and continuous improvement for future projects.
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
- Demonstrated experience with startup and commissioning of water or wastewater treatment plants or comparable process facilities.
- Mid-level or senior field experience with plant construction, equipment startup, multidisciplinary testing, and project turnover.
- Ability to interpret project specifications, P&IDs, electrical one-lines, control narratives, sequence-of-operations documents, and OEM instructions.
- Working knowledge of pumps, motors, VFDs, valves, chemical-feed systems, instrumentation, PLC/HMI/SCADA interfaces, and system integration.
- Strong field coordination, scheduling, technical writing, document-control, issue-resolution, and stakeholder communication skills.
- Ability to coordinate Owner representatives, engineers, contractors, consultants, manufacturers, technicians, vendors, and third-party commissioning firms. Ability to work collaboratively with the full project team to achieve safe startup, final acceptance, and project completion.
- Relevant engineering degree, technical training, or equivalent field experience.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license.
- Experience with active-plant tie-ins, live operating facilities, and phased system turnover.
- Familiarity with Primavera P6 and common document-control or commissioning tracking tools.
- Experience preparing or implementing commissioning plans and managing project closeout documentation, including O&M manuals and warranties.
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.
- Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
- Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
- Must be able to talk, listen and speak clearly on telephone.
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