Construction Manager - Substation

Power your future with Qualus in our Construction Department as a Substation Construction Manager.

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

Employees in this role must have experience with both greenfield and brownfield 12kV+ substation projects, coordinating and managing construction work performed by contractors at the project site on behalf of our client, and be willing to travel.

• Provides construction oversight and inspects the day-to-day activities of multiple electric contractor crews, for substation and distribution 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.