Construction Manager - Electrical

Bechtel; New Albany (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total rewards package

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Bechtel is seeking a senior electrical construction leader in New Albany, Ohio. You will lead 15+ staff and 1000+ craft workers, directing field activities to meet safety, quality, and schedule targets within budget.

You will collaborate with planning, engineering, and procurement. A bachelor’s degree and 13–19 years of experience are required, along with strong knowledge of electrical operations and Bechtel core processes.

Qualifications

• Requires bachelor’s degree and 13–19 years of relevant experience or 17–19 years in lieu of a degree.
• Extensive experience managing large construction crews/projects.
• Extensive knowledge of construction planning, monitoring, and control.
• Experience with electrical operations and related field leadership.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite; strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a large team (15+ staff, 1000+ craft) on a major electrical scope.
• Provide field leadership for direct-hire electrical construction activities; ensure safety, quality, and schedule adherence.
• Develop and manage 3-week look-ahead and 90-day execution plans.
• Coordinate with Engineering and Procurement to ensure availability of materials and interfaces.
• Mentor Superintendents/Foremen and resolve field issues to maintain production.

Skills

Team leadership

Electrical construction

Construction planning

Tools and equipment knowledge

Microsoft Office

Union craft experience

ES&H knowledge

Safety OSHA

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

• Relocation Authorized: National - Family


• Telework Type: N/A


• Work Location: New Albany, OH

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Project Overview

Bechtel is building a semiconductor manufacturing plant in New Albany, Ohio. We are partnering with the North America Building Trades Unions and suppliers to create several thousand new jobs and work with local education organizations to implement new training programs that will support the future talent pipeline. Bechtel Manufacturing & Technology, Inc. offers engineering, procurement, and construction services for customers in the semiconductor manufacturing, electric vehicle, and data center markets. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the M&T global business unit also includes colleagues working in Arizona, Ohio, Texas, India, and additional project locations around the world.

Job Summary

In this role, you will lead a team and supervise superintendents and/or craft professionals on a project. You will direct craft professional activities and work schedules, and coordinate subcontract work activities and team development. Your oversight will ensure craft professionals have the tools required to be productive, comply with project policies, procedures, and job site work rules and procedures, and perform within specifications, schedules, and budgets.

Major Responsibilities

• Manages a large team of 15+ staff and 1000+ direct hire craft on a major electrical scope.


• Provides overall field leadership for direct-hire electrical construction activities within the assigned area and is accountable for safety, quality, productivity, schedule, and execution performance.


• Develops, maintains, and drives the 3-week look-ahead schedule, ensuring work is properly sequenced, measurable, constraint-free, and aligned with project milestones.


• Develops and manages a 90-day execution plan identifying upcoming work fronts, required engineering, materials, equipment, access, predecessor activities, staffing needs, and potential schedule risks.


• Develops and maintains craft manpower curves based on quantities, productivity assumptions, available work fronts, and schedule requirements. Adjusts staffing plans as conditions and priorities change.


• Directly manages craft execution and provides leadership and direction to electrical Superintendents, General Foremen, Foremen, and craft personnel.


• Supports other area Superintendents by helping resolve execution issues, balancing craft resources, coordinating shared work fronts, and ensuring consistent execution practices across the electrical organization.


• Reviews planned versus actual quantities, installed production, earned hours, productivity, and staffing to identify performance gaps and implement recovery actions when required.


• Ensures sufficient ready-to-work backlog is maintained for the craft and proactively identifies constraints before they impact field execution.


• Coordinates electrical installation activities; including cabling, terminations, panels/RIO cabinets, junction boxes, calibration, testing, and associated system completion activities.


• Works closely with planning to ensure construction schedules accurately represent field conditions, realistic production rates, sequence, manpower loading, and remaining quantities.


• Ensures installation sequencing supports downstream loop checks, functional testing, commissioning, energization/startup, and system turnover requirements.


• Coordinates with Engineering to resolve design issues, RFIs, constructability concerns, late design changes, and field conditions that could impact installation.


• Coordinates with Procurement and Material Management to ensure required instruments, bulk materials, specialty materials, and vendor equipment are available ahead of planned installation dates.


• Reviews work packages and installation plans to verify required drawings, specifications, materials, permits, access, tools, equipment, and predecessor work are complete before releasing work to the field.


• Coordinates closely with Electrical, Piping, Mechanical, Structural, Civil, and other disciplines to manage interfaces, congestion, access, shared resources, and work sequencing.


• Maintains awareness of critical-path and near-critical-path activities and takes proactive action to prevent electrical scope from impacting project milestones.


• Ensures work is executed in accordance with applicable project specifications, drawings, procedures, quality requirements, and construction standards.


• Promotes strong field leadership through routine presence in the work areas, verification of actual field conditions, coaching of subordinate Superintendents and Foremen, and timely resolution of craft‑level issues.


• Participates in construction coordination, schedule, system completion, and management meetings and clearly communicates instrumentation status, risks, manpower needs, constraints, and recovery plans.

Education And Experience Requirements

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 13-15 years of relevant experience or 17-19 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree.

Required Knowledge And Skills

• Extensive experience in managing large construction crews/projects.


• Extensive working knowledge of construction planning, monitoring, and control.


• Familiar with construction tools and equipment as well as their uses.


• Extensive technical knowledge and experience in electrical operations to ensure adequate coordination with all stakeholders for smooth and safe execution.


• Proficient in Microsoft suite in word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications.


• Experience managing union craft heavy industrial US direct hire construction experience.


• Knowledge and understanding of the application and requirements of the Project Environmental, Safety & Health (ES&H) Handbook and the Bechtel Core Processes as they relate to area of responsibility.


• Knowledge of safety and relevant OSHA requirements and regulations.


• Knowledge of Bechtel's "Zero Accidents" safety program. Excellent customer relations and communication.

Total Rewards/Benefits

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