Site Manager
Thermo SystemsAbout the role
Location: Onsite in Red Oak, TX
Employment Status: Full-Time
Compensation: $105,000.00 – $125,000.00 Annually + Bonus
Travel: High (site-based for assigned projects; otherwise, heavy travel to active project sites)
Who We Are
Thermo Systems is a global, full-service control systems integration partner delivering premier class automation solutions across the Energy, Life Sciences, and Mission Critical markets.
Guided by The Thermo Way, we are unified, dynamic, and committed to delivering excellence. Our culture is grounded in three core principles:
- Employee Success – investing in our people and their growth
- Customer Success – delivering reliable, high-quality solutions
- Financial Strength – operating with discipline and long-term focus
We believe strong teams, trusted partnerships, and technical excellence drive sustainable success.
The Opportunity
The Site Manager is the on-site leader responsible for coordinating and overseeing field installation activities for Thermo Systems projects. Partnering closely with the assigned Project Manager, the Site Manager drives safe, high-quality installation execution and monitors schedule progress at the job site—ensuring work is performed to plan, issues are surfaced early, and changes are controlled.
This role serves as Thermo Systems’ site liaison with customer representatives, general contractors, and third-party trades (including electrical subcontractors). The Site Manager ensures installation drawing version control, supports change order development, and maintains daily field coordination with Thermo Systems Engineering and internal/external field resources.
What You’ll Do
Core Responsibilities:
On-Site Installation Leadership (Safety, Quality, Execution)
- Own day-to-day on-site coordination for installation activities, ensuring work is executed safely, efficiently, and in alignment with Thermo Systems standards and customer requirements.
- Promote a safety-first culture: reinforce safe work practices, ensure compliance with site safety plans, and escalate unsafe conditions immediately.
- Lead field quality practices: verify installation workmanship, ensure inspections are completed, and coordinate punch list creation and closure.
Schedule Monitoring & Daily Coordination:
- Track installation progress against the approved schedule and short-interval plans; identify risks to milestones and drive corrective actions.
- Coordinate daily/weekly field meetings (toolbox talks, trade coordination meetings, look-ahead planning) as required by the site.
- Maintain clear visibility of site constraints (access, permits, shutdown windows, staging areas, material availability) and communicate impacts proactively to the Project Manager.
Stakeholder Management & Site Liaison:
- Serve as Thermo Systems' on-site point of contact with:
- Customer representatives (as applicable)
- General contractor / construction management team
- Third-party electrical and mechanical trades
- Safety and quality representatives
- Foster strong working relationships while maintaining disciplined coordination, documentation, and escalation paths.
Engineering & Drawing Control (Version Management):
- Maintain strict version control of installation drawings and field change documentation (latest revisions, RFIs, redlines/as-builts).
- Coordinate with Thermo Systems Engineering to resolve constructability issues, clarify design intent, and communicate field conditions that affect drawings.
- Ensure field teams and subcontractors are working from the current approved revisions and that superseded documents are removed from use.
Change Management & Commercial Support:
- Identify field-driven scope changes, site conditions, or customer/GC-driven modifications that could impact cost, schedule, or scope.
- Support change order development by documenting change drivers, capturing field impacts (labor, material, schedule), and providing timely inputs to th
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