Construction Lead

PPL Corporation; Allentown (Lehigh County); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company in Allentown seeks a Construction Lead responsible for integrating construction requirements into project designs. The role involves develop initial assessments, outage planning, and coordinating with various teams. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree and relevant experience. Organizational and communication skills are essential. This position may require on-site or remote work arrangements and involves participation in emergency response roles as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 4 years relevant work experience, or Master's Degree and 2 years relevant work experience.
• Experience with outage planning, construction planning, and electric utilities.

Responsibilities

• Research and analyze scope of work for distribution line and substation projects.
• Develop preliminary constructability assessment and execution strategy.
• Identify risks to execution and develop mitigation plans.
• Prepare status reports for Project Manager and team.
• Participate in design reviews and site access evaluations.

Skills

Outage planning

Construction planning

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Critical-path-method scheduling tools

Job description

Overview

The Construction Lead is directly responsible for ensuring that all construction requirements and intelligence are integrated into the conceptual design throughout the development phase of a project. He / she will be responsible for performing the initial constructability review which will include the creation of the preliminary outage planning and coordination, and site risk identification and mitigation. Must be a team player capable of working with management, project managers, engineering, project controls and contractors. Must be capable of coordinating and influencing a wide range of functional organizational leads and subject matter experts through the development phase to accomplish the goals and objectives of the organization. Must be goal oriented, action-focused, pragmatic and self-disciplined.

Responsibilities

• Research, analyze, and understand the scope of work for distribution line and substation projects and develop a preliminary constructability assessment and execution strategy for inclusion into conceptual design.
• Develop a preliminary outage plan and identify any potential outage restrictions that may affect execution.
• Identify potential risks to execution and develop a mitigation plan to reduce or eliminate the risks.
• Work with other PPL EU functional groups such as Siting / Permitting, Right of Way, Environmental and Transmission and Distribution Operations to identify and incorporate requirements in the project.
• Participate in field walk downs, design reviews and site access / environmental reviews.
• Provide regular project status reports to the Manager and Project Manager of Development.
• Set priorities to ensure task completion and coordinate work activities with other team members to ensure delivery dates are met.
• All positions in which driving is an essential function of the job, regardless if the job code is marked safety sensitive or not, will also be included as safety sensitive.
• May be assigned an Electric Utilities emergency and storm role. This is a special assignment that comes into play during storms and other emergencies when the company needs to restore power or respond to other issues affecting customer service. This role may necessitate the need to work after-hours, outside of your normal schedule.
• The company reserves the right to determine if this position will be assigned to work on-site, remotely, or a combination of both. Assigned work location may change. In the case of remote work, physical presence in the office/on-site may be required to engage in face-to-face interaction and coordination of work among direct reports and co-workers.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Comply with all policies and standards.

Qualifications

1. Bachelor's Degree with 4 years relevant work experience; OR Master's Degree with 2 years of relevant work experience; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience on a year for year basis.
2. Experience with outage planning, construction planning and electric utilities equipment and processes.
3. Organizational skills, communication and people skills required. The ability to communicate with internal and external customers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management or Certified Construction Management Certificate as recognized by such organizations as the Project Management Institute or CMAA.
• Strong written, oral, presentation and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated initiative and leadership skills.
• Working knowledge of critical-path-method scheduling tools and project budgets.