Construction Lead - Constructability Lead Senior/Principal - SPP

Overview

Guide and develop constructability plans for transmission projects from scoping through execution.

Key Responsibilities

• spin 360
• gis
• constructability reports
• p6 review
• hazard identification
• site visits

Tasks

-Utilize Spin 360 and available GIS technologies to help plan and evaluate a construction sequence. -Create Constructability Scoping Reports for projects within assigned region and present to execution team before detailed scoping begins. Engage with all project stakeholders during scoping phase. This includes planners, engineering, project management, Field Services, Distribution, Outage Planning, TDC, and external customers if needed. -Mentor and continuously educate Execution Project Managers on the overall construction planning process as well as TCR's. -Provide monthly reports on overall constructability development to CM leadership. -Work closely with outage planners to identify potential hazards and bottlenecks and create plan to remove them or add to risk register for project. -Develop and maintain an improved relationship and communications with strategic contractor partners. This includes attending some of our contractor training events and meeting with local contractor leadership to understand what they experience in the field and identify ways to improve efficiency and performance. -Ensure that a consistent direction for Constructability Scoping Reports is maintained throughout AEP Transmission to improve the quality of logistics, processes, procedures, format, documentation, and timeliness into a standardized or best-practice format, which includes continuous process improvement initiatives in collaboration with all Construction Leads. -Review Capital Project P6 schedules to ensure Constructability Scoping Reports are developed in a timely manner to support regional scoping goals. -Stay up to date on current industry construction practices for Station and T-Line as well as the construction industry as a whole including methodologies and technological advancements AEP Transmission can implement. -Lead presentations and discussions in Semi-annual TCR conferences for your regions. -Conduct site visits as needed with scoping teams or on your own. -Take on special leadership responsibilities and assignments such as process improvements, Kaizen events, TGIS, OutaGIS, Stakeholder Mapping, Lean Initiatives, etc. -Conduct lessons learned meetings on completed projects evaluating how well the constructability plan worked and improvements to be made going forward. -Work with regional material management leaders to identify potential constraints in material flows to a particular project and include in Constructability Scoping Reports. -Ensure that ALL Constructability Scoping Reports are created with safety, efficiency, and economics in mind. -Communicate with Transmission Leadership regarding regional construction method improvements, updates, and initiatives. -Attend/call in to the monthly construction meeting to coordinate best practices and keep in touch with what is happening in the field and identify any issues that could be avoided by adding to constructability plan.

Requirements

• bachelors
• 6+ yrs
• transmission
• substation
• analytical
• leadership

What You Bring

-Being able to conduct substation and transmission line site visits. Driving a vehicle long distance to conduct site visits. -Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, safety or related field and 6 years’ experience; -Aptitude to understand and interpret conceptual scopes of work and visualize the safest and most effective method of construction and identify potential risks and hazards to be removed. -Exhibit an advanced level of knowledge, proficiency, communications, and innovation in managing construction projects from a conceptual stage to completion. -Or high school graduate or equivalent with 10 years of direct experience -Ability to read and interpret one-line station diagrams and transmission line switching diagrams and anticipate proper clearance points and zones of protection. -Or ABET accredited associate degree in electrical, construction management, safety, civil engineering technology or related field of study and 10 years’ experience; -Strong analytical skills needed to visualize a conceptual project and how it will be built, able to visualize and plan for potential risks associated with the construction or proposed facilities. -Must have strong computer skills and able to grasp and use new technologies as they become available. -Stakeholder collaboration management and feedback from Project Management, Transmission & Distribution Operations, Construction Management, Transmission Field Services, Executive Transmission Leadership, and the RTO's (PJM, MISO, ERCOT, and SPP). -Or high school graduate or equivalent with 12 years of direct experience. -A thorough knowledge of the transmission system, from a design and operation perspective. AND experience within transmission engineering, and/or construction management is desired to fulfill responsibilities of this job. -Must be a team player, inquisitive, analytical, and be able to interact with and maintain working relationships with diverse teams. -Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, safety or related field and 8 years’ experience; -Or ABET accredited associate degree in electrical, construction management, safety, civil engineering technology or related field of study and 8 years’ experience; -Related experience is defined as involvement with overseeing/directing transmission and distribution station construction and/or transmission line construction work, as an AEP/contractor line or station field employee or Construction Rep. -Avid concentration levels. Decision making and collaborative skills in stressful situations. -Capacity to lead in understanding, developing, and clearly presenting complicated construction sequencing to the project team. -Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, mentor, and train junior personnel.

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