Manager, Contract Construction

About Us

Elizabethtown Gas is a natural gas utility company that delivers safe, reliable, and affordable natural gas to over 300,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Union, Middlesex, Sussex, Warren, Hunterdon, Morris, and Mercer counties. At our core, we’re dedicated to being a committed community partner, delivering exceptional customer service and developing innovative clean energy solutions to meet the needs of the future.

At Elizabethtown Gas, we believe that our employees are our most valuable asset. Whether you’re a seasoned operations technician or an early-career legal professional, our culture, inclusive workforce, and leadership development and training programs will provide you with the tools you need to either kickstart your career or bring it to new heights.

Position Summary

A career in Contract Construction will provide the opportunity to provide construction support responsible on the field side of the work. This typically includes monitoring, inspecting, and maintaining projects from start to finish. This also includes scheduling meetings routinely throughout the project to move project to completion. Additionally, this role may help ensure company initiatives are on track. This typically involves measuring performance within functional teams and working closely with other functions.

Roles within Contract Construction are responsible for oversight of all capital construction work. This includes, planning, assigning, monitoring, and reporting out on all construction work completed by SJI employees and by contractors. This also includes execution of a strategic plan that is related to construction implementation and oversight, customer service, and quality controls. The team will establish the priorities and also determine resource allocation for the effective and efficient delivery of multiple projects simultaneously. This also involves maintaining a strict schedule compared to estimated time of completion.

Roles and responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to:

- Managing people and project resources to enable individual development and successful project outcomes

- Assigning work and providing guidance to subordinates to achieve goals in accordance with established policies

- Providing input into process and policy improvement and administering budgets, timelines and performance requirements

- Providing coaching and guidance on job performance and career development to direct reports

This role will require understanding of how the team relates to other related areas and use that knowledge to improve efficiency and produce high-quality work on problems with cross-functional impact. You will solve moderately complex problems and lead others to solve issues of diverse scope, which require an in-depth understanding of the issue at hand. Additionally, you will use sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions.

It is expected that your decisions will impact others in the immediate team and influence results. You will manage, perhaps through subordinate supervisors, the coordination of the activities of a section or department with responsibility for results, including costs, methods and staffing.

Additionally, the level and nature of interaction of your role includes:

- Managing work of and actively directing professional development of direct reports

- Appropriately delegating/collaborating cross-functionally on assignments for growth of direct reports

This is a role that contributes through the direct supervision and/or leadership of others by accomplishing results through those subordinate team members.

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or;

- Master’s degree with 4 years of relevant experience.

- In addition, a minimum of 1 year of leadership experience is required.

- Equivalent work experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

Explore the Possibilities

South Jersey Industries employs a diverse range of talent – from construction contractors to environmental specialists. Regardless of the position, mentoring and networking, hands-on experience, gaining industry knowledge and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on our business and in our communities are all exciting ways that we welcome our employees at SJI. And as a company committed to creating an engaging culture built on inclusion and diversity, you’re sure to find an opportunity that makes you feel included, empowered, and ready to “bring your whole self to work” every day.

Benefits Package Overview

SJI offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees.

The SJI “Total Rewards” Benefits Package include:

- Flexible vacation, Paid Time Off, and Sick Leave package

- Comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

- Short-term and Long-term Disability Insurance

- 401(k), with generous company match

- Employee Resource Groups to encourage employee engagement, nurture professional development, and foster an inclusive environment.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

At this time, SJI is only considering applicants authorized to work in the United States currently and in the future without the need for visa sponsorship.

Compensation Range:

$97,500 - 156,000

We are committed to pay transparency and ensuring equitability compensation for all employees. The pay range for this position reflects the base salary only and does not include benefits, bonuses, or other forms of compensation that might be part of the total compensation package. The specific salary offered will be based on a candidate’s qualifications, education, and experience.