Supervising Manager, Transmission Construction

Supervising Manger, Transmission/Substation Construction

Application due date: XX

Location: Anywhere within Great River Energy MN service area

Frequent travel to project sites several days per week

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without restriction. Visa sponsorship is not available.

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Summary:

Provide leadership and coordination of field representative staff. Coordinate work with bargained technicians/electricians, internal departments, and external entities. Manage contractors performing the overall capital construction, operations, and maintenance of the GRE system to ensure optimal performance and reliability. Develop and administer maintenance processes, programs and schedules to provide safe and reliable operation of the facilities.

Total Rewards:

A typical starting range for this position is $135,000 - $193,000 annually. We offer market competitive base pay and adjust our offer accordingly based upon the value of the candidate’s knowledge, skills and experience. In addition, our Total Rewards strategy focuses on recognizing individual performance and rewarding business results. Our robust Total Rewards package includes exceptional benefits and retirement, a focus on continuous engagement, recognition, personal and professional development, and an emphasis on work-life effectiveness.

Responsibilities: Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Function as an extension of the transmission project management office (PMO), collaborating with department supervisors and project managers to determine capital and maintenance projects and ensure timely and quality completion of contracted work (capital and maintenance) for substations and/or transmission lines.

- Evaluate, hire, and maintain relationship with active and potential contractors to complete scope of GRE maintenance and capital work.

- Support project scoping stakeholders on the most cost effective and efficient constructability of substations and/or efficient routing of lines, including outage planning and sequencing of work and material delivery with contracted and internal crews.

- Provide support to the PMO in project scoping phases; provide estimates, scheduling support, and siting visits.

- Provide support to permitting defining work methods, durations, cultural, and environmental construction impacts.

- Work within overall approved project budget for construction activities by soliciting estimates from contractors to support scoping and development of projects.

- Review bid packages for completeness to solicit estimates and bids from contractors and evaluate contractors for the most efficient and productive contract.

- Maintain positive relationships with member cooperatives, municipal utilities, contractors and surrounding transmission companies.

- Coordinate contractor dates utilizing schedule, land acquisition, permitting, and material availability factors to achieve maximum productivity for the project.

- Ensure contractor operates in compliance with GRE, local, state, and federal agencies.

- Ensure contractor constructs to GRE specification, NESC and FERC requirements.

- Verify for accuracy and approve documentation that includes construction work order prints, equipment change orders, environmental reports, construction permits, expense reports, time reporting, and billable work for others.

- Plan, coordinate and schedule contractors necessary to provide scheduled or unscheduled maintenance of the GRE system to meet GRE priorities, schedules and NERC requirements.

- Initiate the ordering of temporary construction power.

- Supervise, coach and provide work direction to employees to maximize productivity and teamwork.

- Partner with manager to set, communicate and track the progress of departmental goals that support the GRE Transmission Division strategic imperatives.

- Facilitate conflict resolution between staff, GRE work groups, contractors, and other internal or external parties including customers.

- Ensure internal resources are assigned appropriately to projects, and activities are prioritized to meet business needs and to support transmission, generation and engineering functions.

- Ensure field representatives are verifying progress and deliverables of the contractor.

- Establish and monitor the annual department budget to support the annual GRE budget. Provide status updates as requested/required.

- Administer contractor capital spending through construction contracts, T&E awards, and bid awards.

- Acquire and monitor contractor labor and equipment rates on an annual basis.

- Evaluate and approve contractor invoicing and assure spending matches services rendered per contract/purchase orders.

- Monitor contractor work performed and purchase order expenditures.

- Organize external resources and related data collection and process to ensure appropriate and required documents are completed to support FEMA public assistance processes.

Qualifications:

Knowledge typically acquired through a bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management or a related field and at least 3 years of experience in the electrical utility industry or a two-year technical degree in engineering, civil technology or related field and at least 6 years of experience in the electrical utility industry. Proven leadership skills and the ability to manage projects and coordinate construction teams. Expanded breadth of knowledge in the assigned area of responsibility is required through continued education and participating in seminars, conferences, meetings, etc. Frequent travel for field activities.

Apply: Qualified candidates please apply at www.greatriverenergy.com (under the Careers tab) by XX. GRE values diversity, equity and inclusion and we are an equal employment opportunity employer.