Construction Manager

About the role

This position will be primarily field based that includes working in various locations in the client's service territory in the Las Vegas area. Be involved in projects with our Project Management team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our clients' objectives and solves their challenges.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Owner’s representative in the project areas.
• Oversee all aspects of the transmission facilities construction including interconnect, status reporting, owner purchased material, monitoring safety, startup and commissioning, and project closeout.
• Ensure compliance with required budgetary, scheduling, and quality goals.
• Coverage of site personnel following established safety processes.
• Lead project team in the areas of compliance with, environmental regulations, OSHA safety regulations, project quality plan, and other applicable regulations.
• Steward contractors and site personnel to follow quality construction methods, safe work practices, and schedule delivery.
• Administer contracts and negotiate revisions, changes, and additions to contractual agreements with all consultants/inspection, testing services, clients, suppliers and contractors.
• Maintain and update construction schedules and detailed construction sequence documents.
• Respond effectively to project critical issues.
• Coordinate and participate on various meetings such as pre-bid, pre-construction, customer-related, etc.
• Prepare detailed reports and present to the management in an organized, clear, and concise manner.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management or closely related discipline, or demonstrated proven equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in transmission Operations, substation operations, Construction, Engineering, or equivalent education.
• Detailed knowledge and a proven record of successful transmission construction work, foundation installation, structure assembly and erection, wire stringing and sagging, and all aspects of Transmission facilities, are all strongly preferred.
• Substation construction experience is preferred but not required.
• Develops, revises, and maintains construction schedules and detailed construction sequence documents to ensure facilities are constructed and operated in accordance with the Owner’s design and specifications.
• Construction Management duties are not limited to, but will include verification of construction progress, change orders and schedule management.
• Review and respond effectively to project critical issues.
• Absolutely must have current and valid driver’s license.
• Proficient in reading and interpreting plans and specifications and comparing with the customer or engineers’ standards.
• Communicates effectively on overall project status and maintains relationships with multiple stakeholders both internal and external to resolve construction and coordination issues.
• Prioritizes and regularly reprioritizes multiple tasks to maintain project schedules.
• Ability to read and review drawings and identify the required bill of materials.
• Ability to work up to 12hr days, up to 7 days a week if project requires.
• Able and willing to travel and stay for a minimum of 6 weeks at a time for a project.
• Must be able to work in extreme weather conditions for up to 12hrs a day.
• Able to lift a minimum of 30lbs or more at any given time throughout the day.
• Able to walk on average 3+ miles per day across rough terrain and/or unlevel surfaces.
• Ability to step in and out of a 3/4-ton pickup truck several times a day.

Qualifications

• Comprehensive understanding of the potential that construction activities can have on system reliability.
• Intermediate knowledge of MS Office, MS Project, and Primavera.
• OSHA 30-hour certification or equivalent health and safety training.
• Transmission construction.
• Transmission outage planning or coordination.
• Startup and Commissioning.

Skills

• Construction Management.
• Project Management.
• Construction Scheduling.
• Quality Control.
• Project Closeout.
• Contract Administration.
• Change Management.
• Site Coordination.
• Project Reporting.
• Project Documentation.
• Project Safety.
• Project Compliance.
• Project Outage Planning.
• Project Startup and Commissioning.

Benefits

WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD

About WSP

ABOUT US WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

Contact Information

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