Sr. Field Construction Supervisor

Primary Responsibilities

• Participate as a member of project teams to assist others in the development of project scope, project cost estimate, project schedule
• Participate on site field / scope visits
• Affirm others in developing schedule including critical paths
• Affirm others in developing detailed construction plans and identify outage requirements to implement new facilities
• Attend pre-bid meeting with contractors
• Participate in design constructability reviews
• Participate in developing a detailed construction plan, which includes a list of outages, exact work dates, and construction resource requirements
• Cook with contractors
• Ensure that contractors are in compliance with Utility Company mandated safety training
• Cook with survey and soil boring crews as needed
• Ensure all necessary permits from ROW and or Environmental groups are in place prior to the start of construction
• Participate in Contractors Pre Construction/Safety Kickoff meeting to outline what is expected of contractor
• Ensure contractor inventories all material delivered to site.
• Work with contract design engineers when deficiencies are noted
• Safety – Tailboard conference attendance/review, JSA development/review, observations/hazard analysis, monitor contract crew members to have Substation Awareness training, monitor skills abilities of contractors for task, mental and physical state, public exposure, accident/incident reporting
• Monitor and report theft or illegal activity
• Ensure contractor activities do not compromise system reliability
• Ensure expected quality is achieved by contractor in field
• Ensure project work is maintainable by the Utility Grid Operations at end of project
• Ensure project work does not hamper the Grid Operations maintainability of existing equipment at site
• Coordinate with Environmental Contractors on the sampling and removal of oil from devices taken out of service
• Coordinate with the Utility Environmental Group and specified Contractors on any environmental concern and/or clean-up activities due to spills of any type
• Coordinate with the Utility Environmental Group and specified Contractors on all Storm water Management activities
• Identifies and addresses all project safety hazards and environmental concerns
• Responsible for monitoring and routine reporting on project construction schedule and cost
• Perform quality assurance checks during construction
• Ensure that SWMS (substation work management system)/Asset Data forms, and corresponding photos are completed for all equipment being installed and/or removed
• Log construction progress and keep field notes
• Ensure as-built documentation is done and work complies to Utility Company Standards

Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills And Abilities)

• Requires ten (10) to fifteen (15) years’ experience in the Electric Utility Transmission or Distribution
• Must be knowledgeable and be able to interpret and cite OSHA regulations and provide guidance to construction crews and upper management on the proper application of these regulations in the workplace

Physical Requirements (With or without Reasonable Accommodation)

• Must be able to lift and carry twenty (20) pounds
• Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing or other communication capabilities, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits employee to communicate effectively
• Sufficient vision or other powers of observation, with or without reasonable accommodations, which permits employee to conduct analysis and investigations
• Sufficient manual dexterity with or without reasonable accommodation, which permit the employee to perform routine office duties
• Sufficient personal mobility and physical reflexes, with or without reasonable accommodations to perform office duties and travel when necessary to off-site locations