Infrastructure & Capital Projects, Senior Construction Manager - Transmission and Distribution, ANS

About the role

You’ll lead field execution of transmission and distribution capital projects from construction mobilization through project completion. You’ll coordinate daily construction activities among contractors, engineering teams, operations personnel, and client stakeholders. You’ll monitor contractor performance to ensure compliance with project scope, schedule, quality, safety, and contractual requirements. You’ll conduct field inspections, constructability reviews, and site walkdowns to verify work quality and project readiness. You’ll support project planning by providing construction expertise during design reviews, outage planning, and work package development. You’ll identify field issues and coordinate timely resolution to minimize impacts to project cost and schedule. You’ll review field change requests, contractor documentation, and construction progress to ensure accurate project reporting. You’ll facilitate construction coordination meetings and communicate project status, risks, and mitigation strategies to project leadership. You’ll promote a strong safety culture by ensuring compliance with OSHA regulations, client safety requirements, and established construction best practices. You’ll support project turnover activities, punch list completion, commissioning coordination, and project closeout.

Responsibilities

• Lead field execution of transmission and distribution capital projects from construction mobilization through project completion
• Coordinate daily construction activities among contractors, engineering teams, operations personnel, and client stakeholders
• Monitor contractor performance to ensure compliance with project scope, schedule, quality, safety, and contractual requirements
• Conduct field inspections, constructability reviews, and site walkdowns to verify work quality and project readiness
• Support project planning by providing construction expertise during design reviews, outage planning, and work package development
• Identify field issues and coordinate timely resolution to minimize impacts to project cost and schedule
• Review field change requests, contractor documentation, and construction progress to ensure accurate project reporting
• Facilitate construction coordination meetings and communicate project status, risks, and mitigation strategies to project leadership
• Promote a strong safety culture by ensuring compliance with OSHA regulations, client safety requirements, and established construction best practices
• Support project turnover activities, punch list completion, commissioning coordination, and project closeout

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or construction management from an accredited college or university
• Minimum 10 years of experience managing utility transmission and distribution construction projects
• Demonstrated experience overseeing transmission line, substation, and distribution construction activities
• Strong understanding of utility construction methods, outage coordination, contractor management, and field execution
• Experience managing multiple contractors and coordinating multidisciplinary construction teams
• Strong knowledge of construction safety practices and OSHA requirements
• Excellent leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to build effective working relationships with client personnel, contractors, and project teams
• Valid driver's license and ability to travel throughout Central Louisiana

Qualifications

• Experience supporting large electric utility capital programs for an EPC firm
• Experience with grid modernization devices and systems
• OSHA 30 certification or equivalent construction safety training
• Working knowledge of Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, SAP, Maximo, or other project management systems
• Experience supporting commissioning, energization planning, and project turnover activities
• Previous supervisory experience leading construction management teams

Skills

• Construction management
• Project management
• Outage coordination
• Contractor management
• Safety practices
• Communication
• Leadership
• Problem-solving

Benefits

Details on benefits will be provided upon successful application and interview.

Pay

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Schedule

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