Transmission Construction Lead — Outage & Buildability Expert

PPL Corporation; Allentown (Lehigh County); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

PPL Corporation is seeking a Construction Lead to ensure constructability is integrated during the development phase of transmission line and substation projects. You will perform an initial constructability review and create the CWOS with outage considerations.

You will coordinate with Siting, Permitting, Right of Way, Environmental, and Operations teams, lead field walks, reviews, and ensure on-time delivery while complying with safety and company policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with 4 years relevant work experience; OR Master's Degree with 2 years of relevant work experience; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience on a year for year basis.
• Experience with outage planning, construction planning and electric utilities equipment and processes.
• Valid PA Driver's License.

Responsibilities

• Research, analyze, and understand the scope of work for transmission line and substation projects and develop a preliminary constructability assessment.
• Develop a CWOS and identify any potential outage restrictions that may affect execution.
• Identify potential risks to execution and develop a mitigation plan to reduce or eliminate the risks.
• Work with other PPL EU functional groups such as Siting / Permitting, Right of Way, Environmental and Transmission and Distribution Operations to identify and incorporate construction requirements in the project.
• Actively participate in and coordinates field walk downs, design reviews and site access / environmental reviews.
• Provides regular project status reports to Department and Project leadership.
• Sets priorities to ensure task completion and coordinates work activities with other team members to ensure delivery dates are met.
• Performs other duties as assigned and complies with all policies and standards.

Skills

Outage planning

Construction planning

Electrical utilities

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

CAD

Microsoft Office

Job description

PPL Corporation is seeking a Construction Lead to ensure constructability is integrated during the development phase of transmission line and substation projects. You will perform an initial constructability review and create the CWOS with outage considerations.

You will coordinate with Siting, Permitting, Right of Way, Environmental, and Operations teams, lead field walks, reviews, and ensure on-time delivery while complying with safety and company policies.