Construction Manager – Transmission Line

Role Overview

• Manages and inspects the day-to-day activities of multiple electric contractor crews, for 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in electric transmission infrastructure construction, or similar.
• Knowledge of 115/230/345KV transmission line construction/maintenance (e.g. pole setting, rigging, crane pads, structure counterpoise, line stringing, fiber optics, etc.).
• Knowledge of electric transmission and distribution construction practices.
• Ability to read and understand Plan and Profile drawings, on line diagrams, substation construction drawings and construction specifications.
• Knowledge of High Voltage clearances and equal potential grounding techniques.
• Understand maintenance of erosion controls measures associated with access and transmission line construction.
• Knowledgeable and capable in the utilization of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the purposes of performing line work and switching tasks.
• Specific to the use and understanding of live line work practices with insulated tools and rubber glove usage for switching, worker protective grounding, and earth grounding mitigation practices.
• Ability and knowledge of electrical switching and tagging.
• Possess the ability to become identified on the VT Transco-approved switching and tagging list and perform switching, tagging, and hold clearance and tags under the direction of the VELCO System Operator.
• Knowledge of safety hazards associated with transmission line work.

Tech Stack

• Switching

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• EAP
• Parental Leave
• Paid time off
• Holidays