Electrical Manager

Avetix TIC; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Avetix TIC seeks an Electrical Manager to coordinate planning for contractors on utility-scale sites in the United States. The role includes managing relationships with clients, scheduling logistics, and overseeing quality control across projects.

The position involves a 3 weeks on / 6 days off rotation (Thursday - Tuesday) and requires deep knowledge of electrical systems, doc reviews, and field supervision to ensure timely, safe, and compliant project delivery.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of supervisory experience in electrical field, preferably in renewables.
• Electrical Journeyman or Master licence preferred.
• Strong knowledge of DC and medium voltage cable installation and testing.
• Working knowledge of electrical drawings, duct banks, manholes, transformers, and SCADA systems.

Responsibilities

• Managing BOP Substation Contractor
• Scheduling and logistics support
• Delivery Inspection
• Review and approve Pre and Post energization package
• Collection Systems installations
• SCADA systems management
• Provide drawing, constructability, submittal reviews, and feedback with the owners engineering team, ensuring quality and updates to contract documents.
• Supervise and ensure quality control of work team
• Interface with personnel concerned with connecting project power grid to existing transmission system
• Establish teamwork within the project team and maintain relationships with visitors to the site
• Monitor contractor procurement, methods, staffing, and look-ahead schedules
• Coordinate transmission of plans, specs, submittals, and RFIs to subcontractors
• Monitor safety, quality, and efficiency of contractor work
• Ensure subcontract crews have resources and support

Skills

Contractor coordination

Scheduling

Quality control

SCADA systems

Electrical drawings

Field supervision

Education

Electrical Journeyman or Master Licence

Tools

Megger

TTR

Doble

Job description

The Electrical Manager will be responsible for providing coordination of planning for contractors, and craft activities on a utility scale site. Develop and enhance relationships by providing superior service.

This works on rotation and includes 3 weeks on and 6 days off (Thursday - Tuesday) and is based dependent on client projects across the US.

Responsibilities:

• Managing BOP Substation Contractor
• Scheduling and logistics support
• Delivery Inspection
• Review and approve Pre and Post energization package.
• Collection Systems installations
• SCADA systems
• Provide drawing, constructability, submittal reviews, and feedback with the owners engineering team, verifying that the quality of materials, equipment, and workmanship conforms to the specifications and updates of the contract documents.
• Supervise and ensure quality control of work team.
• Manage the interface with appropriate personnel concerned with the connection of the project power grid to the existing transmission system.
• Establish and nurture teamwork environment within the project team.
• Maintain relationships with all visitors to the site: customers and contractors.
• Review/monitor contractor’s procurement of electrical resources, methods, staffing, look-ahead schedules and coordination with other site activities
• Work with engineering staff to ensure plans, specifications, submittals and RFIs are transmitted to subcontractors accurately and timely
• Monitor Safety, Quality, and Efficiency of contractors work on every project.
• Ensure owners supplied subcontract crews have resources and support.

Requirements:

• Minimum 10 years supervisory experience in the electrical field (preferred in the renewable field)
• Electrical Journeyman or Master Licence - preferred
• Proficiency in the installation, testing, acceptance, maintenance, and repair of DC and medium voltage cables
• Knowledgeable about current injection, Hi-pot, capacitance discharge, contact resistance, Megger, TTR, Doble, and other methods of cable and equipment testing
• Possess working knowledge of electrical drawings, sketches, and prints, underground duct banks, trenching, manholes and vaults for collection systems, underground and pad mount transformer usage, SCADA systems used in the power industry.