Electric Utility T&D Construction Manager - Pennsylvania

Stefanini, Inc; Morristown (NJ); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Stefanini, Inc is seeking a Senior Construction Site Coordinator in Morristown, New Jersey. The role involves overseeing and coordinating all phases of construction projects, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. Ideal candidates have a Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management or equivalent experience in electric utility construction. Responsibilities include preparing reports, inspecting work, and liaising between contractors and clients. The position requires strong interpersonal skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or a related technical field required.
• In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 10 years of experience in electric utility construction is required.
• Experience in electrical Substation, Transmission, Distribution, and/or line construction preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and supervise pre-construction, construction, and post-construction activities.
• Monitor and oversee contractor work to ensure projects meet deadlines and standards.
• Document project site meetings and maintain daily logs.

Skills

Teamwork

Interpersonal skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Self-motivated

Results-oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or related field

10 years experience in electric utility construction

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Job description

Job Details

Construction Management

Senior Construction Site Coordinator

The individual in this position has responsibility to coordinate and supervise pre-construction, construction, and post-construction activities for Transmission and Distribution projects. Specific job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Responsibilities

• Participating with Project Leads, Regional Engineers and Contract Specialists in preparing contractor bid packages, including packaging instructions to bidders, specifications or design drawings and coordination with others
• Assisting in performing constructability reviews with site walkdowns.
• Monitoring and overseeing contractor work to ensure projects are meeting scheduled deadlines, construction standards, safety requirements and other contract criteria
• Preparing project-specific reports to management
• Facilitating equipment and material procurement, staging, and monitoring for contractor use
• Acknowledging receipt of materials for projects and ensuring materials received are same materials called for by design professionals
• Inspecting work performed by contractors against design and construction standards
• Acting as initial point of contact and liaison between contractor field crews and client
• Documenting project site meetings with contractors that address issues such as safety, performance, quality control or adherence to construction schedules
• Initiating and maintaining daily logs, documenting contractor identification, contractor headcount, site-specific weather information, changes to work scopes, and other project data and information
• Coordinating local switching orders and contractor requested outages
• Reviewing and analyzing contactors' documents supporting request for payment and/or change orders
• Verifying critical contractor field testing, including but not limited to soil compaction, concrete (slump) testing, cylinder testing, and grounding testing No mistake
• Coordinating contractor and client project acceptance testing and checkout prior to final project release for service
• Inspecting circuits prior to energizing or re-energizing
• Participating in contractor evaluation, project review meetings and meetings concerning "lessons learned."
• Maintaining list of all items needing contractor modification/work/change (punch list) prior to final acceptance
• Ensuring that "as-built" drawings are prepared and submitted by contractor
• Ensuring that Operating Companies and Engineering receive "as-built" drawings
• Providing feedback to Engineering, design professionals, and asset management on contractor costs for estimating future projects
• Continually analyzing areas for constant improvement of contractor retention and working with Project Leads and Contractor Services personnel
• Fostering a high-performing safety culture through personal conduct and the utilization of human performance principles.
• Coordinating staking of structures, wetlands, and vegetation as part of the project's scope assessment. Understanding how site actions impact project costs. Proactively understanding all estimate components for a project, and the relationship of estimate to the project Schedule of Values.
• Ensuring adherence to safety and quality standards and specifications.
• Understanding Quality Standards and specific quality requirements as defined for the outcome of construction activities.
• Clearly articulating quality requirements for all vendors and others working on construction activities. Understanding resource needs on assigned projects.
• Understanding the typical risks on a Transmission, Substation or Distribution construction project. Implementing a construction risk management plan for anticipated construction risks.
• Ensuring all the stakeholders have necessary permit copies.
• Maintaining digital / printed copy of the red line drawings of the project site.
• Aware of procedures and policies designed to comply with ethics standards. Consistently apply ethic guidelines in working with stakeholders (external and internal).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or a related technical field required.
• In lieu of a degree, min 10 years of experience in electric utility construction is required.
• Experience in electrical Substation, Transmission, Distribution and/or line construction preferred.
• Proven teamwork and interpersonal skills to aid in the resolution of compliance issues. Demonstrated ability in using Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Ability to deliver quality, accurate work within established deadlines.
• Self-motivated and a self-starter, customer focused, and results oriented.