PPL Corporation

Project Development Construction Lead

LocationLouisville, KY
Job TypePart-time, Full-time

About This Job

Company Summary Statement : Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company, part of the PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) family of companies, are regulated utilities that serve more than 1.3 million customers and have consistently ranked among the best companies for customer service in the United States. LG&E serves 334,000 natural gas and 433,000 electric customers in Louisville and 16 surrounding counties. KU serves 569,000 customers in 77 Kentucky counties and five counties in Virginia. LG&E and KU are major employers and active supporters of the communities they serve. They empower employees, community members and initiatives across their service territory through volunteerism and investments in organizations that support education, sustainability and wellbeing. Overview:

This role is the single point of accountability for applying construction expertise to LG&E and KU Electric Transmission projects in the development phase of the project. The position is responsible for applying construction principles while reviewing a scope of work that resolves the problem.

This position is directly responsible for ensuring that all construction requirements and intelligence are integrated into the conceptual design throughout the development phase of a project. This position is responsible for performing the initial constructability review which will include the creation of the preliminary construction outage sequence and site risk identification and mitigation. This position will frequently work with business line management, project managers, engineering, project controls, construction, and contractors. This position will be responsible for coordinating and influencing a wide range of functional organizational leads and subject matter experts through the development phase to accomplish the goals and objectives of the organization. Responsibilities:

Understands electric construction responsibilities, ranging from distribution to transmission voltages, 12kV/14kV, 69kV to 500kV. Reviews requests from Asset Management to validate constructability requirements and evaluates for technically correct and cost-effective designs. Provides recommendations that solve reliability and maintenance problems.
Research, analyze, and understand the scope of work for transmission line and substation projects and develop a preliminary constructability assessment and execution strategy for inclusion into conceptual design.
Provides construction expertise and technical support during the planning phases of large, complex design projects, and lead constructability reviews and outage sequencing preparation. This includes but not limited to siting/permit review, Right of Way, Environmental, outage submission, construction risk identification and foreign utility or customer impacts.
Develop a preliminary construction outage sequence and identify any potential outage restrictions that may affect execution.
Develops technical expertise with the design of substation equipment, including but not limited to power transformers, circuit breakers, disconnect switches, AC and DC systems, microprocessor relays, and protection schemes.
Guarantees that the contractor services and deliverables for all functional groups and project requirements are of the proper quality and obtained in a timely manner to support the required in-service dates.
Assumes a leadership role in educating the business and technical community on Project Development processes. This includes onboarding, training, and developing Project Managers in support of the Project Development department associated with investments.
May be assigned an emergency and storm role. This is a special assignment that comes into play during storms and other emergencies when the company needs to restore power or respond to other issues affecting customer service. This role may necessitate the need to work after-hours, outside of your normal schedule.
The company reserves the right to determine if this position will be assigned to work on-site, remotely, or a combination of both. Assigned work location may change. In the case of remote work, physical presence in the office/on-site may be required to engage in face-to-face interaction and coordination of work among direct reports and co-workers.
All other duties and projects as assigned.



Qualifications: Required Qualifications


Education

Bachelor’s Degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience on a year-for-year basis is required.


Experience


Minimum of eight years’ relevant experience.



Experience with outage planning, construction planning and electric utility equipment and processes.


Licensure / Other Qualifications


Valid Driver’s License required.



Preferred Qualifications* Goal-oriented, action-focused, pragmatic, and self-disciplined.

Organizational skills, communication (verbal and written), and interpersonal effectiveness skills are strongly preferred. Demonstrated ability to communicate with internal and external customers is strongly preferred.
Experience with Transmission Outage Application (TOA) and submitting outages in that application.
Experience in Transmission Substation or Transmission Lines construction.
Project Management and/or Construction Management experience preferred.
Demonstrate initiative and leadership skills.


Work Conditions

Normal office environment with frequent field visits involving exposure to weather and uneven ground surfaces. Physical Effort


Primarily sitting with some standing and walking.


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