Manager, Construction - Pipeline

JOB SUMMARY:

The pipeline infrastructure constructed by Southern Company Gas's Construction Operations organization is fundamental to our success, enabling the safe, reliable, and affordable delivery of natural gas service to millions of customers.

The Construction Manager serves as a key leadership role responsible for overseeing a department of construction management professionals. This position is accountable for the successful execution of construction projects, ensuring performance excellence in safety, quality, schedule, and budget. The role is also critical in establishing and maintaining the people, processes, and technologies necessary to support operational success and continuous improvement.

The Construction Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of a portfolio of capital projects with annual construction values of up to $200 million. Depending on business priorities, the assigned portfolio may include gas distribution projects supporting new business growth or system improvements and gas transmission initiatives involving pipeline expansion and integrity management.

• Portfolio Oversight & Planning – Regularly reviews and updates project information within the portfolio; prepares multi-year construction outlooks

• Process Standardization – Maintains templates for construction-led processes and ensures consistency across the department

• Financial Stewardship – Monitors key metrics to ensure prudent capital expenditure deployment and O&M cost minimization; approves construction estimates and advises Engineering per authorization policies

• Construction Support Functions – Accountable for critical departmental functions including inspection systems, document/data collection, and materials management

• Contract Management – Ensures consistent development of blanket and project-specific contracts that maximize value and minimize risk for the department and LDC

• Cross-Functional Collaboration – Collaborates with other Construction Managers and intra-company departments to share best practices and leverage global construction resources

• Executive Communication – Presents departmental performance and reports on major project progression to key stakeholders at the director and executive level

• Staffing & Workload Management – Monitors staffing workload to ensure projects are properly staffed with the right skill sets; champions employee professional development

• Leadership & Employee Development – Sets direction by tailoring departmental goals to individual goals; manages staff selection and supports performance development through coaching and training

• High School Diploma or equivalent

• Highly Preferred: BA/BS degree in construction management or business, engineering (mechanical, civil, electrical, chemical, petroleum).

Preferred: PMP or PMI-CP

• 10 years of progressively increasing experience in industrial or utility construction, engineering, project management, or operations with at least 4 years in supervisory roles.

Preferred:
Gas infrastructure construction experience

Preferred:
Acting in a leadership position on a construction project

• Demonstrated success leading a team of internal and external resources accomplishing operational goals.

• Demonstrated success in leading a program of construction projects and a team of external and internal resources involved in their delivery.

• Expertise in construction contract creation, contract administration, with working knowledge of contract law and claims resolution.

• Full understanding of project management principles including critical path scheduling, project budgeting and forecasting, stage-gated asset development processes, estimating, scheduling, and risk management.

• Working knowledge of gas infrastructure construction equipment and techniques, inspection, welding non-destructive examination, directional drilling, OSHA standards, and PHMSA regulations.