Senior Construction Manager - Electric Utility Distribution Projects

Qualus Corporation; New Jersey; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Retirement Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Qualus Corporation in New Jersey is seeking a Senior Construction Manager to lead electric utility distribution project site activities, ensuring constructability, quality, safety, and regulatory compliance across the Major Projects/EPC Group. Travel of 50–75% is required to support multiple sites and customers.

You will coordinate contractor crews, oversee outages, enforce standards and specifications, and maintain active communication with customers, regulators, and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of electric distribution project construction practices and safety
• 10+ years of materials, construction standards, and safety requirements for electric distribution projects
• Willingness to work onsite in New Jersey
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel 50–75%

Responsibilities

• Manages day-to-day activities of contractor crews on transmission, distribution, and substation projects
• Ensures safety standards and regulatory requirements are met
• Controls cycle time and cost objectives across projects
• Coordinates outages and interfaces with customers, agencies, and contractors
• Documents changes and maintains records in company IT systems
• Communicates project status to stakeholders and maintains customer coordination

Skills

OSHA experience

Site management

Electrical distribution

Driver's license

NJ onsite work

Tools

AS8

Atlas

Mobile Maps

MS Office Suite

Job description

Position Overview

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 coordinate and manage electric utility distribution construction project work performed by contractors at the project site. Employees in this role manage the construction activities of all projects withing the Major Projects/EPC Group of Qualus.

Travel: 50-75%

Responsibilities

• Manages and inspects the day-to-day activities of multiple electric contractor crews, for transmission line, distribution line, and substation 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.
• 10+ years of materials, construction standards, regulations (OSHA), and safety requirements for electric distribution project 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.
• Must be willing to work onsite in New Jersey.
• Valid drivers license.

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Benefits & Compensation

Qualus offers a competitive benefits package for eligible employees, which may include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short- and Long-Term Disability coverage, Retirement Savings Plans (including employer matching where applicable), Flexible Spending and/or Health Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Programs (EAP), Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, and Company Holidays. Benefits offerings may vary based on position, work location, and eligibility requirements.

The compensation range for this position is provided in accordance with applicable laws and market practices. The final base salary offered may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, internal equity, performance, and business needs. Compensation ranges are subject to change at the Company's discretion and as permitted by applicable law.

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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