Job Title: Substation Construction Manager

Pay Rate: $60-65/hr + Per Diem

Job Site Locations in TX, CA, NE

Job Description

 • Prioritizes and enforces safety protocols on the job site, ensuring compliance with regulations and industry standards

• Broad understanding of company policies and procedures

• Coordinates with engineers, contractors, and other stakeholders to ensure projects are completed effectively

• Perform inspections, maintain QA/QC documents, and audits construction quality, ensuring adherence to standards and specifications

• Maintains open communication with team members, clients, and other stakeholders throughout the project

• Keeps detailed records of construction activities, progress reports, and safety inspections

• Experience in leading and managing construction, including monitoring tasks, providing feedback, and resolving conflicts

• Vast knowledge of electrical schematics, mechanical, civil, and steel structural drawings 

• Thorough understanding of safety regulations and practices, including the ability to identify and mitigate hazards

• Ability to identify and resolve issues that may arise during construction, ensuring the project stays on track

• Familiar with concrete work, flat foundations, drill piers, breaker pads, GSU containment pits

• Work with EPC to resolve requests for information (RFI) and change orders

• Perform material procurement and material take offs 

Preferred Work Experience

• An SME in substation or utility scale energy storage design and/or project management, with established expertise in one or more of the following areas:

o Power electronics

o Battery storage system design

o Substation design

o Generation tie design

• Design and/or operation of large-scale power generation or processing plants involving adherence to regulatory requirements while maximizing the performance and reliability of technically complex systems

• Hands-on experience and knowledge of construction methods, including foundations, trenching, electrical terminations and testing, and best safety practices

• Strong knowledge of technologies in energy storage including varying battery chemistries, power conversion units and DC-DC converters

• Lithium-ion battery storage safety: Familiarity with UL1973, UL9540, UL9540A, NFPA 855, NFPA 70E, NEC, applicable IFC/IBC sections

• Familiarity with interconnection studies and GIA material modification adjustment (MMA) processes, particularly in WECC and CAISO

• Construction permitting and contracting experience

• Shows maturity of technical expertise and assumes responsibility for highly specialized technical objectives

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, capable of effectively conveying technical and non-technical concepts to diverse audiences