Senior Construction Manager - Early T&D Development

Responsibilities

• Conduct constructability and site-feasibility reviews during project development for identified shelf projects
• Validate access, workspace, and site conditions
• Provide input on anticipated construction constraints and risks to engineering and project management to support project development
• Support outage-feasibility planning during early development
• Review preliminary designs and material plans for field practicality
• Aggressively manage and inspect the day-to-day activities of multiple electric contractor crews, for substation and transmission line project work
• Facilitate the installation of electric infrastructure and ensure that all safety standards, company construction standards, company specifications and governmental regulations are met
• Manage work to ensure that all performance objectives for cycle time and cost are on target
• Oversee and direct contractors performing electric cable installations and electric cut-ins
• Makes the proper notification to all federal, state and local agencies before, during and after construction as required
• Prior to commencement of construction, coordinates with customer(s) at the jobsite to determine specific customer requirements, construction sequencing and provides site readiness verification
• Maintains frequent and regular contact with contractor supervision regarding job performance and documents results appropriately
• Schedules and coordinates all required electric system outages
• Performs weekly safety audits of crews and documents performance in the Asset Suite Safety Audit/Observation Tool
• Covers permit and work-with requirements with third party utilities and permit agencies
• Reviews and approves all documents submitted by the contractor verifying the accuracy and completeness of the documentation
• Regularly communicates job status to the appropriate parties to facilitate scheduling commitments
• Maintains customer coordination during construction phase and conducts job walk-down with customer and contractor at job completion
• Performs storm duty assignments as needed
• Reports to service center, jobsite, or remote location

Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of company work, environmental, and safety practices, including a working knowledge of electric operations, and the ability to maintain or obtain switching and outage authorization
• 15+ years of materials, construction standards, regulations (OSHA), and safety requirements for electric distribution and substation construction
• Thorough knowledge of PC and job/work management applications including AS8, Atlas, Mobile Maps & MS Office Suite
• In-depth knowledge of materials, construction standards, regulations (OSHA), and safety requirements for electric distribution and substation construction
• Thorough knowledge of PC and job/work management applications including AS8, Atlas, Mobile Maps & MS Office Suite

Benefits & Compensation

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• EAP
• Parental Leave
• Paid time off
• Holidays

Company Overview

Qualus is a leading pure-play power solutions firm and innovator at the forefront of power infrastructure transformation, with differentiated capabilities across grid modernization, resiliency, security, and sustainability. The firm partners with utilities, commercial, industrial, data center, and government clients, and renewable and energy storage developers, offering comprehensive solutions through boutique and integrated advisory, planning, engineering, digital solutions, program management, and specialized field services. Qualus also provides software and technology enabled services and develops breakthrough solutions for critical power industry challenges such as distributed and variable resource integration, emergency management, and secure data exchange. The firm has over 1,800 professionals, with offices throughout the U.S. and Canada.