Solar Construction Supervisor

Location: Apollo Beach

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA) is searching for a Solar Construction Supervisor for a contract assignment with one of our premier utility services clients in Apollo Beach, FL.

Responsibilities:

• Manage, direct, and coordinate construction activities for plant projects, maintenance activities, and outage work.

• Provide direction, supervision, and coordination for assigned construction projects.

• Ensure safety, quality, work progress, contractor performance, cost, and schedule requirements are achieved across all assigned projects.

• Determine contract methodology and oversee multiple construction contracts simultaneously.

• Provide constructability input during the project design phase.

• Determine supervision and contractor field resource requirements. Review contractor craft manpower plans to ensure appropriate and efficient staffing levels are maintained.

• Identify and address personnel development needs for direct reports.

• Assist Project Management in developing and maintaining relationships with plant personnel, management teams, contractors, construction companies, and senior leadership.

• Assist Project Management in reviewing and recommending approval or rejection of contract extras/change orders while ensuring coordination with the Project Controls group.

• Coordinate storm preparedness and restoration activities for assigned project areas.

Supervision:
Direct Supervision:
• Construction supervisors and/or contracted supervisors.
Indirect Supervision:
• Contractor management personnel, varying in number up to 400 individuals.

Relationships:
Internal Relationships:
• Frequent interaction with Directors, General Managers, Project Managers, and employees throughout the Energy Supply organization.
External Relationships:
• Direct interface with contractors, vendors, suppliers, and engineering teams.

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.

• Minimum of 10-15 years of related construction, industrial, utility, or power generation experience OR 12+ years of related experience in power plant operations or maintenance.

• Minimum of 5 years of supervisory or construction leadership experience.

• Prior experience supporting utility-scale solar power plant construction projects required.

• Strong knowledge of construction codes, standards, construction management practices, and contractor oversight.

• Proven experience managing multiple projects, priorities, schedules, and strategic initiatives simultaneously.

• Demonstrated success leading teams and driving projects to achieve safety, quality, and operational goals.

• Strong interpersonal, communication, leadership, and team-building skills.

• Ability to facilitate and manage organizational change within a large operational environment.

• Experience working with industrial or utility safety programs.

• Travel required, including occasional air travel and frequent travel to project sites in Polk and Manatee Counties.

Working Conditions:

• Ability to respond to plant and project needs requiring 24/7 support coverage.

• Frequent travel from home office to active solar construction project sites in Polk and Manatee Counties.

• Regular outdoor work in hot, humid, wet, cold, and other variable environmental conditions.

• Work performed within active power generation and industrial construction environments.

• Exposure to elevated noise areas requiring hearing protection.

Physical Requirements:

• Frequent walking, bending, climbing stairs, and navigating active construction sites throughout the workday.

• Ability to work from elevated platforms while utilizing required fall protection equipment.

• Ability to enter and exit confined spaces and tight work areas as required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Engineering Technology, Building Construction, or related field preferred.

• Prior managerial experience supporting heavy industrial construction, utility construction, renewable energy projects, or large-scale project management environments preferred.

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