Job Overview:
Primoris Energy Services is seeking a Technical Services Manager (TSM) to lead project technical support across Field Engineering, Workface Planning, and Completions. This position connects engineering information with field execution by ensuring construction teams have the drawings, technical direction, work packages, and turnover documentation needed to perform their work.
The TSM partners with project management, construction, engineering, QA/QC, document control, subcontractors, and client representatives. The role provides daily leadership to assigned Technical Services personnel while implementing PES standards and supporting project safety, quality, schedule, and cost objectives.
**Team Leadership and Project Coordination**
- Lead assigned Field Engineering, Workface Planning, and Completions personnel, establishing clear responsibilities, priorities, and performance expectations.
- Evaluate staffing needs, support recruiting and onboarding, and coach employees in technical execution and professional development.
- Coordinate with project leadership and PES Technical Services leadership to resolve resource gaps, technical risks, and execution issues.
- Establish measurable performance indicators and report progress, constraints, and corrective actions.
**Field Engineering**
- Manage the identification, documentation, and resolution of field technical issues, including RFIs, drawing discrepancies, and construction interfaces.
- Coordinate with the Engineer of Record and project engineering team to obtain approved technical direction.
- Oversee technical support for material takeoffs, procurement packages, installation planning, testing, and field documentation.
- Maintain traceability between approved changes, field redlines, and final as-built records.
- Ensure field personnel work from current, approved documents and that deviations receive the required review and authorization.
**Workface Planning**
- Oversee development and maintenance of Installation Work Packages aligned with construction priorities and the project schedule.
- Coordinate readiness reviews covering engineering, materials, access, equipment, labor, permits, safety, quality, and predecessor work.
- Maintain visibility of constraints, assign resolution responsibilities, and escalate issues affecting planned work.
- Work with construction supervision to ensure packages are practical, complete, and ready for field execution.
**Completions and Turnover**
- Lead planning for systemization, completion tracking, walkdowns, punch management, and turnover documentation.
- Coordinate with construction, QA/QC, the client, and commissioning representatives to establish completion requirements and acceptance criteria.
- Ensure required inspection records, test documentation, and supporting evidence are complete and traceable.
- Manage readiness for contractual completion milestones and turnover, including mechanical completion where applicable.
- Support commissioning interfaces within the contracted scope and defined responsibilities.
**Systems and Document Control**
- Ensure project technical records are maintained in Autodesk Construction Cloud/Autodesk Forma and other approved project systems.
- Coordinate with Document Control to maintain document status, revision control, and distribution.
- Support adoption of approved digital workflows and reliable project reporting.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated experience in industrial, power generation, or comparable heavy construction.
- Progressive responsibility in Field Engineering, Workface Planning, Completions, or related technical project execution, including experience leading personnel.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, technical requirements, and construction schedules.
- Working knowledge of RFIs, change documentation, work packaging, construction readiness, testing records, and turnover requirements.
- Proven ability to coordinate across disciplines, resolve issues,…