Construction Site Coordinator III

Welty Energy, an affiliate of Welty, is a professional services company specializing in program and project management, transmission line engineering, substation engineering and construction oversight on transmission, substation and distribution projects ranging in voltages from 4kV to 765kV.

Headquartered in Akron, OH, and working nationally, Welty Energy currently manages approximately $500 million in construction projects for electric utilities in the Midwest and Northeast regions of the U.S.

Welty Energy is looking to add Construction Site Coordinator, to our team! The Construction Site Coordinator coordinates and supervises pre-construction, construction and post-construction activities for electrical substation and transmission line projects.

This position is based in or around West Virginia, Harrisburg or Philadelphia PA area or ability to travel to easily to these locations.

Key Role Responsibilities

- Participating with Project Managers in packaging instructions to bidders, specifications or design drawings and coordination with others.

- Participating in construction pre-bid meetings and site visits, assist in responding to contractor questions arising out of bid meetings and in the evaluation of contractor bids.

- Monitoring and overseeing contractor work to ensure projects are meeting scheduled deadlines, construction standards, safety requirements and other contract criteria.

- Facilitating equipment and material procurement, staging, and monitoring for contractor use.

- Acknowledging receipt of materials for projects and ensuring materials received are same materials called for by design professionals.

- Inspecting work performed by contractors against design and construction standards.

- Preparing project-specific reports to management.

- Acting as initial point of contact and liaison between contractor field crews and Project Manager.

- Documenting project site meetings with contractors that address issues such as safety, performance, quality control, or adherence to construction schedules.

- Initiating and maintaining daily logs, documenting contractor identification, contractor headcount, site-specific weather information, changes to work scopes, and other project date and information.

- Coordinating local switching orders and contractor requested outages.

- Assist in reviewing and analyzing contractors’ documents supporting request for payment and/or change orders.

- Verifying critical contractor field testing.

- Coordinating contractor and electric utility project acceptance testing and checkout prior to final project release for service.

- Inspecting circuits prior to energizing or re-energizing (this will be collaborative with contractor and client representative).

- Maintaining list of all items needing contractor modification/work/change (punch list) prior to final acceptance.

- Ensuring that as-built” drawings are prepared and submitted by contractor and received by Operating Companies and Engineering.

- Participating in contractor evaluation, project review meetings and meetings concerning “lessons learned”. Providing feedback to Engineering, design professionals, and asset management on contractor costs for estimating future projects.

Knowledge, Skills & Ability

- Strong project management and construction management skills are required with a demonstrated ability to develop, manage and control multiple tasks.

- 8 or more years of construction site management and electric utility-specific (substation and transmission line) field experience required.

- Experience with a project management and construction management tools such as Primavera, MS Project, etc. with related Scheduling/Resource Planning expertise a plus.

- Detailed Project Controls experience is a plus.

- Excellent interpersonal skills, strong written and verbal communication skills

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills are required.

- Valid driver’s license required.

- Must be willing to travel to assigned project locations throughout the service territory.

- Proficiency in MS Office.

- Ability to build relationships and collaborate within a team, internally and externally.

See our Culture video here to learn more about what makes Welty Energy such a great place to work for!

Important Notice To US Applicants

Welty Energy, an affiliate of Welty Building Company, LLC., is an at-will employer.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.