Engineer - Generation Construction

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Engineer II – Generation Construction Management

is a career level professional with working knowledge and experience in own engineering discipline with emphasis on construction management and a focus on safety awareness, construction, quality, field and logistic work. Majority of time is spent in power plants supervising construction contractors. Responsible for coordinating and organizing the field aspects of the projects completed within a power plant setting. The Construction Manager works with the project manager to ensure that construction of the project achieves stated project scope and reports to the project manager required work that is not contained within the original scope. This individual works with project controls and schedulers to ensure that construction activities are appropriately updated and accounted for in cost accounting and schedules. The Construction Manager is generally responsible for field oversight of large complex projects.

Key Responsibilities

- Champions a corporate culture that emphasizes transparency, integrity, safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, diversity and inclusion, customer service, and operational excellence

- Works on the front end of projects to ensure required construction aspects are addressed.

- Works on the construction phases of the project to avoid scope creep and frivolous contract change orders.

- Capable of completing specialized or complex construction activities, requiring some interpretation of practices, and an understanding of the operations application.

- Provides construction status updates and deliverables to the project team in a timely manner to help support overall project success.

- Serve as a main point of contact for field questions from the project team and coordinates drawing reviews when construction work is completed on a project.

- Leads construction/work plan discussions with contractors, customers or peers

- Provides support to coworkers who perform similar construction work.

- Coordinate schedules and activities between contractors and other stakeholders that need to be on-site; facilitates meetings, monitors issues, resolves conflicts, escalating to Project Manager as necessary

- Possesses social and communication skills necessary to integrate into a team, as well as effectively communicate with peers and customers.

- Able to work and solve complex construction or schedule conflict issues with moderate supervision.

Qualifications

Required Education, Skills & Experience

- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from an ABET approved curriculum or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering with certification by the NCEES to sit for the FE exam

- 3 years of related experience

- Knowledge of leading practices of their practice area

- Willingness and ability to learn new technologies on the job

- Proficient at functioning effectively within a team environment and presenting ideas and opinions in a respective and collegial manner

- Progression to this level is strictly restricted based on critical individual capabilities and business requirements; must be supported by market survey data.

Licenses and Certifications

- FE preferred

Key Competencies

BEHAVIORAL

- Building Organizational Talent*

- Building Partnerships

- Leading Teams

- Business Acumen

- Communication

- Courage

- Building Self-Insight

- Building Talent*

- Driving for Results

- Energizing the Organization

- Driving Execution

- Building Trusting Relationships

- Driving Innovation

- Planning and Organizing

- Safety

- Establishing Strategic Direction

TECHNICAL

- Analytical skills

- Compliance

May perform other duties as assigned.