Construction Manager, Expert

Requisition ID # 175401 

Job Category: Maintenance / Construction / Operations 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Onsite

Job Location: Antioch

Department Overview:

Over 6,500 coworkers in Electric T&D ensure the delivery of clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy to nearly 16 million people in Northern and Central California. The Electric T&D Team is responsible for ensuring the electric grid's reliability and resiliency through the ongoing maintenance and operations of PG&E's 100,000 miles of distribution lines and over 18,000 miles of Transmission lines. Coworkers in Electric T&D's actively engage in the Lean Methodology through the use of Visual Management in Operating Reviews to cross-functionally identify and solve problems, and create standard work. By working together as One Electric. One Team. We are delivering for our hometowns.

Position Summary:

The Construction Manager is responsible for construction and improvement projects in the Substation Construction system. The Construction Manager identifies contract worthy projects, consults on project feasibility and project site details, coordinates with construction crews, oversees project inspectors, and on a project specific basis performs construction oversight. The incumbent may also prepare job packages and construction estimates, conduct job walks, and meet with bidders, contractors, and governing agencies. The Construction Manager ensures projects are completed per company standards, engineering design, regulatory guidelines, permits and schedule.

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job.  The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity.  Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.​

A reasonable salary range is:​

Bay Area Minimum: $​129,000.00

Bay Area Maximum: $​207,000.00

Responsibilities:

• Applies broad expertise to work on projects in multiple disciplines such as civil, electrical, process instrumentation and substation construction management with a high degree of knowledge and ability.
• Works closely with Project Managers and Dress and Test Supervisor to understand construction targets and identify potential contractual projects.
• Compiles and interprets internal drawings and relevant data for the RFP and contract processes, renegotiates contract scope with contractor when needed. Following start of construction, consults and clarifies technical details for contractors, Dress and Test Supervisor and Inspectors while assisting with change orders if needed.
• Attends job scope walk downs, leads job scope discussions and attends 30/60/90 design reviews by Engineering to provide constructability input. Leads formal job walk downs with Project Managers and/or Dress and Test Supervisor to review the IFC (Issued For Construction) drawings and discuss schedule and target dates.
• Addresses all communication and project documentation with contractors and conduct meetings at the job site.
• Monitors daily construction activities and ensures the construction operations meet the program’s safety, quality, cost and schedule goals. Utilizes workload management database, updates any assigned projects, reviews workload analysis reports for action, and manages full planning team process from inception via request for contract.
• Acts as point of contact for construction contractors, ensures the contractor’s plan and assigned resources are adequate to deliver the highest value. Obtains any information, resources, services or materials needed to maintain the construction workflow, budget and schedule from Project Coordinator, Engineering, Contracts or other internal PG&E teams.
• Acts as Incident Commander and PG&E Representative in the field. Ensures contractors follow safety plans, project environmental/land permits and PG&E safety rules and processes.
• Oversees the Inspection of the construction work. Coordinates the work of field inspectors to ensure adequate coverage of all work performed.
• Communicates any engineering and design issues with Project Coordination and Engineering, seeks or makes decisions on any change affecting cost and schedule according to the DOA. Requests PG&E GC field engineer to perform site verification of content of test data and other as-built documents for accuracy and completeness.

• Works with Project Managers to establish planning/schedule dates for construction to commence later in the year.
• Provides mentoring and training to Associate, Career and Senior level employees.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience
• 7 years of experience in the field of Industrial Engineering or Construction
• Travel approximately 50% with occasional overnight stays

Desired Qualifications:

• 9 years of working experience in the field of Industrial Engineering or Construction
• Working Knowledge Primavera P6, Unifier, Primavera Contracts Manager, Prolog or similar
• Demonstrated abilities in Cost accounting / Inspection / Contract administration
• Demonstrated knowledge in Substation Construction, Dress and Test, Transformer Installation/Decommissioning
• Ability to perform cost and project scheduling
• Advanced knowledge of Substation construction projects in all disciplines: civil and electrical
• Familiarity with the processes and orientation of construction contracting firms
• Strong project and people management skills
• Ability to understand, interpret and communicate civil/electrical work procedures, process instrumentation, work methods, standards, policies, and guidelines
• Demonstrates skill in achieving cooperation from others in order to achieve a goal
• Ability to lead teams to perform effectively under deadlines and in emergency situations
• Advanced Knowledge of California and Federal regulatory requirements such as Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)