Supervising Manager, Substation Construction

Elk River (Eligible for hybrid schedule)

Applications Due: January 24, 2025

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Summary:

The supervising manager, substation construction provides leadership and coordination of field representative staff. Coordinates work with bargained technicians/electricians, internal departments, and external entities. Manages contractors performing the overall capital construction, operations, and maintenance of the GRE system to ensure optimal performance and reliability. Develops and administers maintenance processes, programs and schedules to provide safe and reliable operation of the facilities.

Total Rewards:

A typical starting range for this position is $131,000 - $187,000 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:

• Provide direct support and be accountable to the transmission project management office (PMO) for timely and quality completion of contracted work (capital and maintenance) on substations and transmission lines.

• Evaluate, hire, and maintain relationship with active and potential substation contractors to complete scope of GRE maintenance and capital work for substations.

• Function as an extension of the transmission PMO, collaborating with department supervisors and project managers to determine capital and maintenance projects to be constructed or supported by contractors.

• Support project scoping stakeholders on the most cost effective and efficient constructability of substations, 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 substation 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, substation 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.

• Ensure that manager is fully informed on issues affecting the department.

• Stay informed of industry developments in the areas of substation, transmission, construction, maintenance, materials, and equipment.

• 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 required .

  Qualified candidates will find we have a lot to offer: comprehensive benefits package, wellness programs, continuing education, generous retirement plan, a team-based, collaborative culture and more!

Great River Energy values diversity, equity and inclusion and we are an equal employment opportunity employer.

Position Supervising Manager, Substation ConstructionLocation US:MN:Elk River | Leadership/Management | Full-TimeReq ID null