Vistra Corp.

Associate Manager, Preconstruction & Engineering

Vistra Corp. • $90K — $120K *
Irving, TX 75061In-Person
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 3+ years of project management experience in construction, engineering, or related fields
  • Familiarity with pre-construction engineering and project development, ideally in utility-scale renewables
  • Strong communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
  • Ability to manage confidential information
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering preferred
  • High school diploma or equivalent is mandatory

Responsibilities

  • Manage pre-construction services from early development to start of construction
  • Conduct critical issues analysis to mitigate project risks
  • Develop and execute pre-construction and engineering work scopes
  • Coordinate major equipment specifications and procurement for long lead items
  • Oversee environmental site surveys and obtain approvals from agencies
  • Manage external engineering resources for project design phases
  • Support internal teams with RFP responses and construction challenges
  • Acquire necessary pre-construction permits for various project requirements
  • Estimate project costs, ensuring alignment with objectives
  • Ensure timely completion of design, costs, schedules before construction handoff

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • Retirement savings plan with company match
  • Work-life balance initiatives
  • Professional development and training opportunities
  • Collaborative work environment focused on teamwork
Full Job Description
Job Summary
Responsible for managing and overseeing the pre-construction aspects of simple cycle gas turbines, combined cycle gas turbines, other thermal technologies, high-voltage transmission lines (gen-tie and switchyard), utility scale solar, and energy storage projects or other Vistra's power development projects with some supervision. Lead projects through development stages including completing cost analysis, budgetary estimates, and managing preliminary engineering for projects. In collaboration with construction and commissioning teams, provide technical support for EPC pricing and contracting efforts, if necessary.

Job Description
Key Accountabilities

  • Directly or through others:
  • Responsible for managing preconstruction services for projects starting in early development phase through start of construction.
  • Responsible for the critical issues/fatal flaw analysis and systematically de-risking the project throughout the development process.
  • Responsible for development and execution of pre-construction and engineering scope of work.
  • Responsible for coordination of major equipment specification with internal engineering teams and leading procurement efforts for long lead materials.
  • Responsible for coordination of environmental site surveys, internal environmental reviews, and obtaining environmental agency approvals.
  • Responsible for coordination of site technical surveys including geotechnical, topography, and ALTA/boundary surveys.
  • Responsible for managing external engineering resources to complete project design phase engineering and coordinating internal engineering reviews
  • Responsible for supporting internal teams for customer RFP responses and EPC RFP activities
  • Responsible for supporting construction teams in resolving design and/or constructability challenges
  • Responsible for obtaining necessary pre-construction permits such as zoning, special/conditional use, building, and road use agreements
  • Responsible for developing project estimates (Class 5, 4, 3-)
  • Responsible for ensuring preliminary design, costs, schedules, and other relevant information are completed as per the project objectives prior to handoff for construction activities


Education, Experience & Skill Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in project management in construction, engineering or directly-related field
  • Experience with pre-construction engineering, project-development, and management, preferably within utility scale renewables
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills - to be applied across the organization and externally, including the ability to confidently and effectively explain engineering requirements to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • High level of expertise with Microsoft Office Suite, with emphasis on Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
  • Ability to work with and manage confidential information
  • BS in Engineering preferred
  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Experience gained through college degree programs and/or certifications is applicable to above skills
  • Occasional Travel is Required


Key Metrics

  • Review and address the up-front construction and execution related issues early in the project life cycle so that projects are executed on time, and within budget
  • Collaborate and communicate with key stakeholders and other internal business functions within Vistra


Job Family
Corp Dev & Planning

Company
Vistra Corporate Services Company

Locations
Irving, Texas

Texas

About Vistra Corp.

Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company that provides essential resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine. Based in Irving, Texas, Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability. The company safely operates a reliable, efficient, power generation fleet of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities while taking an innovative, customer-centric approach to its retail business. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Vistra Energy was ranked as the 756th-largest public company in the world. The company owns the Moss Landing Power Plant in California which currently contains the largest battery energy storage system in the world. In 2016, Texas Competitive Electric Holdings, parent company of TXU Energy and Luminant, emerged from Chapter 11. TCEH was then rebranded as Vistra Energy. Vistra acquired Dynegy in 2018. In 2019, Ambit Energy was acquired, resulting in a 32% residential market share in ERCOT, with NRG Energy as its largest competitor. It also acquired Crius Energy in 2019.
Learn more about Vistra Corp.
Size
5,060 employees
Market Cap
$9,272
Industry
Energy & Utilities
5 Year Trend
+1460%
NASDAQ
VST
* Ladders Estimates

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