Senior Construction Manager

Qualus; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Life Insurance

401(k) match

Parental Leave

Paid time off

Job summary

Qualus is seeking a Senior Construction Manager to lead electric substation and transmission projects in our Program Management department in the United States. The role prioritizes constructability, safety, quality, and compliance with applicable codes and client requirements.

The position requires extensive coordination with contractors, client representatives, and internal project managers, ensuring alignment with schedules and budgets.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of materials, construction standards, regulations (OSHA), and safety requirements for electric transmission line and substation construction.
• In-depth knowledge of materials, construction standards, regulations (OSHA), and safety requirements for electric distribution and substation construction.
• Proficiency with PC and job/work management applications including AS8, Atlas, Mobile Maps & MS Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Aggressively manages and inspects day-to-day activities of multiple electric contractor crews for substation and transmission projects.
• Facilitates installation of electric infrastructure and ensures safety standards, company specs, and regulations are met.
• Manages performance against cycle time and cost targets.
• Oversees contractors performing cable installations and cut-ins.
• Makes necessary notifications to federal, state, and local agencies before, during, and after construction.

Skills

Electrical construction management

Safety compliance

Contractor coordination

Project oversight

Tools

AS8

Atlas

Mobile Maps

MS Office Suite

Job description

Power your future with Qualus in our Program Management department as a Senior Construction Manager.

The Senior Construction Manager is responsible for ensuring that constructability meets Qualus and our clients’ expectations of the quality of each assigned project, to ensure compliance within required construction codes, local jurisdictional requirements. budgetary, scheduling, and safety goals.

Employees in this role must have electric utility scale substation, transmission line, and distribution line project experience, and they must have experience coordinating and managing construction work performed by contractors at the project site on behalf of our client. This position reports directly to the Project's PM and requires full integration and alignment with the client's representative.

Responsibilities

• Aggressively manages and inspects the day-to-day activities of multiple electric contractor crews, for substation and transmission line project work.
• Facilitates the installation of electric infrastructure and ensures that all safety standards, company construction standards, company specifications and governmental regulations are met.
• Manages work to ensure that all performance objectives for cycle time and cost are on target.
• Oversees and directs contractors performing electric cable installations and electric cut-ins.
• Makes the proper notification to all federal, state and local agencies before, during and after construction as required.
• Prior to commencement of construction, coordinates with customer(s) at the jobsite to determine specific customer requirements, construction sequencing and provides site readiness verification.
• Maintains frequent and regular contact with contractor supervision regarding job performance and documents results appropriately.
• Knowledgeable about distribution contracts.
• Ensures that the terms and conditions of the contract and technical specifications are met.
• Verifies key unit quantities.Makes the necessary field decisions regarding job changes and communicates them as necessary to the Supervisor and Program or Project Manager; documents all job changes to ensure compliance and ensures the updates get documented in the appropriate information technology systems.
• Schedules and coordinates all required electric system outages. Performs weekly safety audits of crews and documents performance in the Asset Suite Safety Audit/Observation Tool.
• Coordinates permit and work-with requirements with third party utilities and permit agencies.
• Reviews and approves all documents submitted by the contractor verifying the accuracy and completeness of the documentation.
• Regularly communicates job status to the appropriate parties to facilitate scheduling commitments.
• Maintains customer coordination during construction phase and conducts job walk-down with customer and contractor at job completion.
• Performs storm duty assignments as needed.
• Reports to service center, jobsite, or remote location.

Minimum Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of company work, environmental, and safety practices, including a working knowledge of electric operations, and the ability to maintain or obtain switching and outage authorization.
• 15+ years of materials, construction standards, regulations (OSHA), and safety requirements for electric transmission line and substation construction.
• In-depth knowledge of materials, construction standards, regulations (OSHA), and safety requirements for electric distribution and substation construction.
• Thorough knowledge of PC and job/work management applications including AS8, Atlas, Mobile Maps & MS Office Suite.

Benefits & Compensation

• Qualus benefits offered include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short and Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays, for those who qualify.

The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The salary range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.

Company Overview

Qualus is a leading pure-play power solutions firm and innovator at the forefront of power infrastructure transformation, with differentiated capabilities across grid modernization, resiliency, security, and sustainability. The firm partners with utilities, commercial, industrial, data center, and government clients, and renewable and energy storage developers, offering comprehensive solutions through boutique and integrated advisory, planning, engineering, digital solutions, program management, energy efficiency and specialized field services. Qualus also provides software and technology enabled services and develops breakthrough solutions for critical power industry challenges such as distributed and variable resource integration, emergency management, and secure data exchange. The firm has over 2,000 professionals, with offices throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We are committed to providing an inclusive workplace and do not discriminate on any grounds protected by applicable human rights legislation across Canada and the US.

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