Senior Construction Site Coordinator

The individual in this position has the responsibility to coordinate and supervise pre-construction, construction, and post-construction activities for Transmission and Distribution projects. Specific job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Responsibilities include:

Participating with Project Leads, Regional Engineers and Contract Specialists in preparing contractor bid packages, including packaging instructions to bidders, specifications or design drawings and coordination with others
Assisting in performing constructability reviews with site walkdowns.
Monitoring and overseeing contractor work to ensure projects are meeting scheduled deadlines, construction standards, safety requirements and other contract criteria
Preparing project-specific reports to management
Facilitating equipment and material procurement, staging, and monitoring for contractor use
Acknowledging receipt of materials for projects and ensuring materials received are same materials called for by design professionals
Inspecting work performed by contractors against design and construction standards
Acting as initial point of contact and liaison between contractor field crews and client
Documenting project site meetings with contractors that address issues such as safety, performance, quality control, or adherence to construction schedules
Initiating and maintaining daily logs, documenting contractor identification, contractor headcount, site-specific weather information, changes to work scopes, and other project data and information
Coordinating local switching orders and contractor requested outages
Reviewing and analyzing contactors' documents supporting request for payment and/or change orders
Verifying critical contractor field testing, including but not limited to soil compaction, concrete (slump) testing, cylinder testing, and grounding testing
Coordinating contractor and client project acceptance testing and checkout prior to final project release for service
Inspecting circuits prior to energizing or re-energizing
Participating in contractor evaluation, project review meetings and meetings concerning "lessons learned"
Maintaining list of all items needing contractor modification/work/change (punch list) prior to final acceptance
Ensuring that "as-built" drawings are prepared and submitted by contractor
Ensuring that Operating Companies and Engineering receive "as-built" drawings
Providing feedback to Engineering, design professionals, and asset management on contractor costs for estimating future projects
Continually analyzing areas for constant improvement of contractor retention and working with Project Leads and Contractor Services personnel
Fostering a high-performing safety culture through personal conduct and utilization of human performance principles.
Coordinating staking of structures, wetlands, and vegetation as part of the project's scope assessment. Understanding how site actions impact project costs. Proactively understanding all estimate components for a project, and the relationship of estimate to the project Schedule of Values.
Ensuring adherence to safety and quality standards and specifications.
Understanding Quality Standards and specific quality requirements as defined for the outcome of construction activities.
Clearly articulating quality requirements for all vendors and others working on construction activities. Understanding resource needs on assigned projects.
Inspecting work performed by contractors against design and construction standards.
Understanding the typical risks on a transmission, Substation or Distribution construction project. Implementing a construction risk management plan for anticipated construction risks.
Documenting project site meetings with contractors that address issues such as safety, performance, quality control, or adherence to construction schedules.
Ensuring all the stakeholders have necessary permit copies.
Maintaining digital / printed copy of the red line drawings of the project site.
Participating in contractor evaluation, project review meetings, and meetings concerning 'Lessons Learned'.
Aware of procedures and policies designed to comply with ethics standards. Consistently apply ethic guidelines in working with stakeholders (external and internal).

Qualifications include:

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or a related technical field required.
In lieu of a degree, 3 years of experience in commercial or industrial construction required.
Experience in electrical substation, Transmission, Distribution and / or line construction preferred.
Proven teamwork and interpersonal skills to aid in the resolution of compliance issues. Demonstrated ability in using Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Ability to deliver quality, accurate work within established deadlines.
Self-motivated and a self-starter, customer focused, and results oriented.