The Construction Site Manager is responsible for overseeing the construction portion of solar projects. The Site Manager establishes the work schedule, manages sub-contractors, assigns the proper crews, and trades to a project, ensures that proper tools and materials are available, reviews designs with engineering and ensures the project is built according to design.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:- Aligning individual and team objectives to department and company objectives.
- Managing and supporting employee development and growth.
- Providing regular and direct feedback on performance and goal progress.
- Sets up initial layout and site infrastructure services to include water, power, internet and office trailers and required facilities.
- Schedules and ensures appropriate staffing for daily construction activities with employees and sub-contractors.
- Supports the PM and APM for required management coverage.
- Creates and implements daily work plans.
- Ensures construction disciplines are coordinating daily functions to minimize schedule delays.
- Identifies potential employee relations issues.
- Identifies potential schedule changes, workflow and staffing issues.
- Shut down a construction site when conditions warrant it, such as weather or safety.
- Performs site investigation for potential construction sites.
- Recommends and evaluates sub-contractors for use on project.
- Daily monitoring of the construction site to oversee work in progress.
- Acts as the primary on-site leader and manages execution teams, including all subcontractors, on assigned projects.
- Evaluates the contractual scope of work and the impact of client issued bulletins, field directives and / or scheduling changes.
- Manages and develops a viable long-term relationship with customers, consultants, prime contractors and subcontractors. Attends job safety, plan of the day, quality, security and progress meetings as required.
- Ensures project document controls are in compliance with contract requirements.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:Advanced level of knowledge in:- Communication to include listening skills
- Relationship building
- Adaptability to environment
- Decision making
- Construction knowledge
- Civil and electrical knowledge
- Safety
- Manage in a stressful environment
Intermediate level knowledge in:- Fundamentals of contract requirements
- Change orders
- Understanding Scheduling concepts and exceptions
- Basic level of knowledge in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word)
- Understanding environmental concepts (BMP's and SWPPP)
- Interpreting state rules and regulations
Supervisory Responsibilities:Oversee the production of multiple job sites. Ensure the safety of each employee; vendor; sub-contractor and temporary labor employees. Coordinate schedules with the construction department; engineering department and purchasing department.
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:- High School diploma.
- 10+ years of direct construction management experience in utility work or heavy construction projects.
- OSHA 10 and/or 30 certification preferred.
- Must have a valid current driver license.
- Able to travel based on assigned projects, up to 95%.
- Management experience with solar projects desired.
Physical Requirements/Work Environment: Work is performed in an office environment and in the field. Must be able to sit, stand, bend, twist and lift up to 20 pounds.
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