Construction Management Engineer

Depending on the volume of applications, this position may close to external applicants before the job posting end date expires. Possible Work Locations Include: Pineville General Office, New Iberia Service Center, St. Tammany Service Center, New Roads Office and Opelousas Service Center. Role Purpose: The Engineer II – T&D Construction Management is a career level professional with working knowledge and experience in own engineering discipline with emphasis on construction management and a focus on safety awareness, construction, quality field and logistic work. Majority of time is spent in the field supervising construction contractors. Responsible for coordinating and organizing the field aspects of the projects related to transmission and distribution. The Construction Manager works with the project manager to ensure that construction of the project achieves stated project scope and reports to the project manager required work that is not contained within the original scope. This individual works with project controls and schedulers to ensure that construction activities are appropriately updated and accounted for in cost accounting and schedules. The Construction Manager is generally responsible for field oversight of large complex projects. Key Responsibilities: Champions a corporate culture that emphasizes transparency, integrity, safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, diversity and inclusion, customer service, and operational excellence. Works on the front end of projects to ensure required construction aspects are addressed. Works on the construction phases of the project to avoid scope creep and frivolous contract change orders. Capable of completing complex construction activities, requiring interpretation of practices, and an understanding of the operations application. Provides construction status updates and deliverables to the project team in a timely manner to help support overall project success. Serve as a main point of contact for field questions from the project team and coordinates drawing reviews when construction work is completed on a project. Leads construction/work plan discussions with contractors, customers or peers Provides support to coworkers who perform similar construction work. Coordinate schedules and activities between contractors and other stakeholders that need to be on-site; facilitates meetings, monitors issues, resolves conflicts, escalating to Project Manager as necessary Possesses social and communication skills necessary to integrate into a team, as well as effectively communicate with peers and customers. Able to work and solve complex construction or schedule conflict issues with moderate supervision Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from ABET approved curriculum or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering with certification by the NCEES to sit for the FE exam. Ability to travel to different job sites 3 years of related experience preferred Knowledge of leading practices of their practice area within the utility sec Willingness and ability to learn new technologies on the job