Constructability Lead Senior - Principal

aep; Muncie (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

American Electric Power in Indiana is seeking a Construction Lead to provide leadership and field oversight across transmission lines, substations, and distribution networks with strong emphasis on safety and risk management. This role serves as the SME and primary liaison between Construction Management and cross-functional partners to support planning, coordination, and timely field execution.

The position is posted at multiple grade levels, offering advancement to principal levels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Safety or related field with 6+ years' experience overseeing/transmission/line construction.
• ABET accredited associate degree in electrical, construction management, safety, civil eng tech or related field with 8+ years' experience overseeing/transmission/line construction.
• High school diploma or GED with 10+ years of direct experience as an AEP/contractor line or station field employee or Construction Rep.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and field oversight to ensure safe, efficient construction execution.
• Lead constructability scoping and coordinate with project planning and execution teams.
• Interpret transmission plan drawings, structure loading trees, and associated diagrams.
• Coordinate work in energized or near-energized environments with outage sequencing and system reliability in mind.
• Mentor junior personnel and lead cross-functional scoping efforts for early project lifecycle.

Skills

Team leadership

Stakeholder collaboration

Safety awareness

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Construction Management/Safety

ABET associate degree +8 years

High school diploma/GED +10 years field experience

Tools

GIS

One-line diagrams

Outage coordination

Job description

Job Posting End Date

10-25-2026 Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.

Job Summary

The role of a Construction Lead within one or more primary disciplines including Constructability, Construction Planning, Transmission Lines, Substations, Distribution, Fiber Communications, or Tower Communications is to provide leadership and field oversight to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality construction execution, with a strong emphasis on identifying and addressing safety risks. This position serves as the subject matter expert and primary liaison between Construction Management and cross-functional partners, supporting project planning, coordination, and execution while ensuring alignment across stakeholders, schedules, and field activities.

Job Description

Note: This position is posted at multiple grade levels and offers a range of opportunities for advancement. The minimum qualifications outlined below apply to the Construction Lead Senior level, with increased educational, skill, experience and certification requirements for higher level Construction Lead Principal.

What You'll Do:

Essential Job Functions & Tasks

Constructability

Focuses on integrating construction methodology into early project development through the creation and standardization of Constructability Scoping Reports.

Requires the ability to evaluate projects at a conceptual level and define optimal construction approaches prior to detailed design.

Involves leading cross-functional scoping efforts to align construction sequencing, access, and execution strategy early in the project lifecycle.

Includes use of GIS, drawings, and other tools to help provide a construction sequence, identify access constraints, and evaluate outage coordination, material flow, and logistical risks.

Emphasizes incorporation of site conditions, constructability challenges, and execution constraints into standardized scoping deliverables.

Requires experience supporting continuous improvement efforts, including lessons learned integration, contractor feedback incorporation, and refinement of constructability practices to improve planning consistency, efficiency, and execution readiness.

Transmission Lines, Substations, and Distribution

Requires expertise in high-voltage and medium-voltage electrical infrastructure construction, including transmission line systems, distribution networks, and substation equipment such as transformers, breakers, and bus systems.

Includes interpretation of discipline-specific technical documentation such as transmission plan and profile drawings, structure loading trees, sag and tension charts, substation one-line diagrams, protection and control schematics, and distribution staking sheets and feeder layouts.

Involves construction methods unique to these systems, including conductor stringing, sagging and tension operations, structure erection, substation equipment installation, and distribution activities such as pole setting, framing, and overhead and underground conductor installation.

Requires coordination of work in energized or near-energized environments with consideration for construction, outage sequencing, planning, switching requirements, and system reliability impacts.

What We're Looking For:

Construction Lead Senior Education

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Safety or related field and six (6) years' experience of overseeing/directing transmission and distribution station construction and/or transmission line construction work.
• ABET accredited associate degree in electrical, construction management, safety, civil engineering technology or related field of study and eight (8) years' experience in overseeing/directing transmission and distribution station construction and/or transmission line construction work
• High school diploma or GED with a minimum of ten (10) years of direct experience as an AEP/contractor line or station field employee or Construction Rep.

Work Experience

• Related experience is defined as involvement with transmission overseeing/directing transmission and distribution station construction and/or transmission line construction work. A thorough knowledge of the transmission system, from a design and operation perspective. AND experience within transmission engineering, and/or construction management is desired to fulfill responsibilities of this job.

Other Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, mentor, and train junior personnel.
• Must be a team player, inquisitive, analytical, and be able to interact with and maintain working relationships with diverse teams.
• Ability to read and interpret one-line station diagrams and transmission line switching diagrams and anticipate proper clearance points and zones of protection.
• Aptitude to understand and interpret conceptual scopes of work and visualize the safest and most effective method of construction and identify potential risks and hazards to be removed.
• Capacity to lead in