Field Construction Supervisor

Field Construction Supervisor

Location:

Missouri / Illinois

Employment Type:

Full-Time

At Utilli Co, we are a dynamic Engineering and Project management company that provides comprehensive solutions for the Power Industry. We empower innovation and deliver exceptional results for our clients with our expertise and commitment to excellence. We are passionate about engineering excellence, innovation, and making a positive impact. Partner with us and experience the Utilli Co advantage in delivering outstanding projects that power the future!

As a leading company in the industry, Utilli Co is dedicated to meeting the unique and evolving needs of the power utilities sector. Our team of highly skilled professionals brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to every project, ensuring the highest level of quality, efficiency, and safety.

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Field Construction Supervisor / Coordination / Inspector to support construction of electric substation, overhead, and underground electrical distribution systems for utility clients to ensure that field construction work is executed safely, accurately, and to specification. The Construction Supervisor is primarily responsible for project performance including safety, quality, schedule, budget, and client satisfaction during construction of the substation.

The ideal candidate will have experience in substation, overhead, and underground utility construction, job site oversight, material coordination, outage coordination, contract compliance, working closely with Engineers and Project Managers, and resolving field issues. Candidates with experience working for electric utilities or utility consulting firms are strongly encouraged to apply. This position will be based out of our St. Louis, Missouri office, but may support projects in Missouri and Illinois.

• Perform various field services for the construction of electrical substations, including system improvements, replacements, and additions to new and existing substation, overhead, and underground power facilities and circuits.
• Have a working knowledge of National Electrical Safety Code (NESC), electric utility construction standards, and telephone, cable and other communication facilities.
• Oversight of Electric Substation, Distribution and Transmission projects to verify compliance with safety protocols, drawings, and project specifications.
• Provide detailed reporting of site conditions, contractor progress, and identified issues.
• Communicate with Project Managers, Engineers, and Project Stakeholders and customers to address job site concerns and inspection findings.
• Support and coordinate third-party and customer inspection activities as needed.
• Coordinate Material Packages to the appropriate locations.
• Coordinate Outages as required.
• Coordinate Non-Outage and Outage Construction.
• Provide field planning and tracking progress.
• Identify potential design, material, or access issues and collaborate on resolutions.
• Participate in contractor job hazard analysis (JHAs) and contribute to site safety culture.
• Document trends in deficiencies and recommend improvements in construction processes.
• Achieve weekly billable goal as defined by the project guidelines.
• Conduct routine inspections on utility construction job sites to verify compliance with safety protocols, drawings, and project specifications.
• Safety and OSHA requirements, project permits and permit requirements, interpreting state rules and regulations.
• Contract management, management of contractors, sub-contractors, vendors, and materials.
• Construction drawing review, drawing quantity takeoff, reporting, writing skills.
• Relationship building, leadership, team building, mentor and facilitator, interpersonal skills.
• Interpretation of a project schedule, planning, interpretation of scopes of work, to make strategic and client focused decisions that will impact a successful project delivery.
• Adaptable dynamic and fast-paced working environment.
• Communicate effectively with clients and internal teams through email, phone, and Microsoft Teams.
• Some knowledge of Project management, budget analysis and controls, change orders, QA/QC processes.
• Reports bi-weekly schedule and construction status to the Project Manager.
• Monitors all extra work authorization requests, back charges, and supplier and subcontractor progress/final payment requests for acceptance and is responsible for providing the timely tracking information to Project Controls to support the change management system.
• Able to read logical and resource-loaded project schedules, estimating work efforts, development of processes and procedures.
• Some knowledge of continuous improvement, such as Lean, Six Sigma, Total Quality Management.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio), job costing or accounting software.
• Adheres to Safety, Quality, Ethical Standards, Lessons Learned, and Performance Management programs in accordance with…