Remote Construction Manager

Summary

The job is for a Construction Manager at PM2CM, Inc., located in Pomona, California. The role involves participating in field reviews, writing construction plans, developing permits lists, supporting project execution strategy, and managing craft labor employees, among other responsibilities. Desired qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or related fields, Project Management certificate, and extensive experience in electric utility construction, construction management, and California-specific utility regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Construction Management, Electric Utility Construction, or other technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Project Management certificate
• Ten or more years of experience in overhead and underground distribution, subtransmission, and bulk transmission powerline construction
• Five or more years of construction management and oversight experience on distribution, subtransmission, and bulk transmission projects
• Five or more years of experience working within California-specific utility regulatory requirements, including G.O. 95, G.O. 128, G.O. 165, G.O. 131-d
• Five or more years of experience working within federal and State environmental regulations, including those set forth by USFWS, USACE, USFS, BLM, BIA, CDFW, and RWQCB
• Understanding of processes and methodologies used in the work methods, materials, tools, equipment, and vehicles used in electric utility construction
• Ability to lead, facilitate and participate on technical related teams to address issues of safety, construction and maintenance, standards, and quality
• Experience in providing vendor or third-party oversight
• Experience managing craft labor employees
• Self-motivated work habits
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications

Responsibilities

• Participate in initial field reviews to discuss project alternatives with Transmission Engineering and Environmental
• Maintain a level approach to project construction design that accounts for engineering needs, construction feasibility, and State and federal regulatory requirements
• Conduct field reviews as necessary to develop a plan for all required construction activities to support implementation of the preferred project alternative
• Write a narrative construction plan that aligns with the Engineering scope of work and includes detailed descriptions of all construction activities as well as personnel and duration estimates
• Compile a Google Earth map set of all construction work areas, socialize the plan with the Project Team, and submit the map set to the GIS team for processing
• Develop a list of required project permits
• Support entering the project into EHSync and responding to data requests from the Environmental, Real Properties, and Government Lands teams
• Support the Project Execution Strategy review with the Project Team and local Grid to determine Responsible Party for Construction, including providing a professional opinion based on known skills and resources in house
• Support Grid resources to perform work according to the requirements of the TLRR Program Plan
• Consult and negotiate with the GCC to develop a preliminary construction schedule initial outage requests
• Participate in developing specifications and scopes of work to support the bidding process for contracted project work
• Support the bid process by attending job walks and bid conferences, answering technical questions, and participating in the bid review and selection process
• Participate in the project construction kickoff meeting to help set expectations for performance
• Participate in regular construction meetings to provide subject matter expertise and provide progress reports back to the Project Manager
• Meet with Contractors as needed to adjust and correct performance issues
• Review and provide feedback on project QA/QC documentation
• Support Final Acceptance and Project Closeout as needed