Responsibilities

Project Manager, Generation Construction

Position Overview

As a Senior Project Manager within OPPD¿s Generation Construction team, you will lead complex capital projects that directly support the District's mission to provide affordable, reliable, and environmentally sensitive energy to the communities we serve. OPPD (Omaha Public Power District) is one of the largest publicly owned electric utilities in the United States, serving more than 855,000 people across 13 counties in southeast Nebraska. As a public utility, OPPD reinvests revenues back into the community, prioritizing system reliability, customer value, and long-term energy resilience.

In this role, you will oversee the construction of three natural-gas combustion turbine units, ensuring safe execution, schedule integrity, vendor alignment, and seamless coordination across engineering, construction, and commissioning teams. You will work closely with contractors and equipment suppliers to remove obstacles, manage competing onsite priorities, and uphold OPPD's standards for safety, quality, and operational excellence.

The Impact You'll Have

Drive high-quality project execution: Deliver large-scale generation construction projects with consistent throughput, workflow optimization, and mentorship of junior team members.
Lead contractor and vendor performance: Secure, manage, and evaluate engineering, architectural, and construction partners to ensure alignment with OPPD expectations and contract terms.
Ensure rigorous project documentation: Produce, validate, and maintain drawings, specifications, redlines, cost/change notices, quality logs, and risk packages.
Maintain schedule and financial accuracy: Coordinate construction progress, integrate contractor schedules, and maintain accurate budget tracking throughout the project lifecycle.
Resolve onsite conflicts and constraints: Identify and mitigate safety, space, sequence, and logistical issues across all phases of construction and commissioning.
Champion stakeholder communication: Provide clear, routine updates to internal and external partners, ensuring transparency and alignment.
Lead risk mitigation and issue resolution: Identify risks early, implement mitigation strategies, and resolve construction issues to protect schedule and budget.
Support commissioning and startup: Verify mechanical completion, oversee punch-list closure, and support functional testing and performance runs.
Uphold OPPD's safety culture: Monitor contractor activities, participate in safety meetings, and ensure strict adherence to OPPD's LOTO and safety policies.

What You'll Bring

Extensive project management experience in large-scale industrial or electric-generation construction environments.
Strong contractor and vendor leadership with proven ability to manage multiple external partners and competing priorities.
Technical proficiency in construction processes, engineering drawings, specifications, and utility-scale generation systems.
Demonstrated ability to manage complex schedules, integrate multiple contractor timelines, and maintain accurate financial stewardship.
Exceptional communication and stakeholder-alignment skills, with the ability to translate technical details into clear, actionable updates.
Commitment to safety, including experience with LOTO procedures, field safety oversight, and contractor safety coordination.
Preferred Experiences
- Experience with natural-gas combustion turbine projects
- Background in electric utility generation environments
- Professional certifications such as PMP, CCM, or equivalent
- Familiarity with commissioning processes and startup testing

Type of Work:.

Non-Shift Work

Time Demands:

Non-Essential Position: This position may be required to report to work beyond the normal shift to support the restoration of normal business operations.

This position must maintain 24-hour availability for technical and professional assistance, emergency response, and direction of remedial action in response to such emergencies, as well as maintain availability as required for on-call duty.

Work Location:

Office: Work will be performed in a modern office environment amid normal conditions of dust, odors, fumes, and noises.

Field: Work will be performed outside in a wide variety of weather conditions (snow, rain, heat, cold, wind, etc.), terrain, and other natural environmental hazards as well as pollen and other airborne allergens.

Generation Plant: Work will be performed inside with exposure to industrial building conditions and will be exposed to extreme temperatures, odors, dust, gases, poor ventilation and exposure to sounds. Noise levels may require shouting to be heard.

Work Environment: Choose all that apply.

Work will be performed in high traffic environments.

Will work around energies high voltage electrical equipment.

Will work in construction areas that present many physical hazards.

Will work at heights.

Will work in closed or confined spaces.

Will work around asbestos and lead.

Physical Demands:

Minimal physical effort typically found in clerical work. Primarily sedentary, may occasionally lift and carry light objects. Walking and/or standing as needed and minimal.

Light to moderate physical effort that includes frequent standing or walking or maintaining arms and hands in the same position for repetitive tasks. Frequently works with light objects and light hand tools.

Moderate to considerable physical effort that includes working from ladders in awkward positions. Frequent use of light or medium weight objects (e.g., 25-50 lbs.) and use of medium weight tools.

Strenuous to extreme physical effort that includes frequent use of heavy objects (e.g., 50+ lbs.) and may also use heavy tools or require strenuous application in awkward positions.

Grade: S7

Minimum: $121,013

Midpoint: $151,266

At Omaha Public Power District, we're passionate about three things: power, the people who make it, and the people who rely on it.

WE ARE: Where the Light Starts. OPPD is the 12th largest public power utility in the U.S., serving over 850,000 people across 5,000 square miles and 13 counties.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO: Each other and the people we serve. This commitment drives us. We're dedicated to providing our communities with affordable, reliable, and environmentally sensitive energy services today, tomorrow, and well into the future.

OUR JOB: To provide power with a purpose. We have real impact - on people's lives, on the environment, and on the future of energy. We're always looking for bright, capable people who want an opportunity to lead from where you are - wherever you are - and know that your ideas will be heard. If you want to be a source of real, positive change for the community and the people who live in this region, then working for a company that is acknowledged for caring about these same things is likely a priority for you as well

EOE: Protected Veterans/Disability

Apply online at www.oppd.com on or before July 3.

Recruiter: Michael Fierro - mrfierro@oppd.com #LI-MF

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