SummaryThe Construction Manager plans, coordinates, controls and monitors the day-to-day execution of construction projects in the field.
Oversees plant vendor supervisors and construction foremen for multiple, simultaneous capital projects at a plant.
Project vendors and contractors may include but are not limited to: engineering service providers, construction contractors, and field support services (e.g., maintenance and modification contractors, design modification validation vendors, engineered equipment commissioning engineers, quality specialists, and safety specialists).
Minimum Requirements- A four year Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management or other job-related field from an accredited college or university ANDrelevant work experience for Palo Verde--four (4) years of field experience directing construction/modification activities (of which one year experience must be in nuclear).
- In lieu of Bachelor's Degree, combination of college coursework and/or relevant experience (see above) equaling eight (8) years.
Preferred Special Skills, Knowledge or Qualifications- Experience interpreting, evaluating and working with task, milestone and logic driven project schedules.
- Experience in executing various project management and control techniques such as earned value, resource loading, document control, cost reporting and forecasting and critical path scheduling.
- Able to read and interpret construction documents, including specifications and drawings.
- Knowledge of construction standards, OSHA standards and environmental regulations.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills, specifically in the field of construction.
- Good computer skills (e.g., word processing, spreadsheets, scheduling, presentations, web-based project portals and document revision and markups).
Nuclear Requirements- Any PVNGS employee may be called upon to serve as a member of the Emergency Response Organization (ERO) and will be expected to fulfill their obligation as an ERO member.
- Any PVNGS employee may be called upon to support a refueling or short-notice outage.
- This includes line roles and responsibilities as necessary to execute outage activities.
- These are conditions of employment at PVNGS.
Major Accountabilities- Assists Project Managers in the planning and preparation of project construction activities including cost estimates, schedules, constructability walkdowns, and daily oversight of the execution of capital projects.
- Monitors and controls construction cost and schedules.
- May coordinates Request for Information (RFI) and change orders with project managers.
- Identifies trends and takes action to avoid cost and schedule overruns.
- Manages resources for project construction to ensure construction team is properly supported.
- Communicates with various stakeholders to ensure the smooth flow of support for the assigned project as required by project management.
- Maintains project team focus on achievement of construction milestones and key project objectives.
- Identifies construction risks and opportunities.
- Develops mitigation measures and manages their resolution.
- Monitors closures of these items.
- Manages construction related project changes (e.g., changes in work, job conditions, contractor relations, etc.) and takes the appropriate action to communicate and resolve the change to all stakeholders to support the project plan.
- Ensures all work activities comply with all construction Health, Safety, Environmental and Human Performance requirements; qualified site clearance and tagging as acceptor and event reporting.
- Defines the project quality requirements and applicable procedures.
- Ensures compliance to these requirements and procedures.
- May ensure project construction documents or work orders are adhered to, redlines, as-built and issued for future reference.
Onsite: Requires work to be performed in the field and/or at an APS facility. Depending on the responsibilities of the role, this may include, but is not limited to, working at a power plant, job site, or in the community.
- Employees are expected to reside in Arizona.
- Role types are subject to change based on business need.
Any PVGS employees may be called upon for random Fitness for Duty (FFD) testing during scheduled working hours. Employees, if off-site, must report to FFD at Palo Verde as soon as reasonably practicable, but no more than 120 minutes after being notified. Employees who are onsite when notified will have no more than 60 minutes to report after being notified.
