Senior Construction Manager

Requisition ID # 175397 

Job Category: Maintenance / Construction / Operations 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Sacramento

Department Overview:

PG&E’s Underground Program organization is working to reduce wildfire risk each day as we underground 10,000 miles of distribution lines. We are responsible for working across all internal teams and engaging external stakeholders to support successfully meeting our goals and reducing wildfire risk in our hometowns. We work in an exciting and fast-paced environment.

Position Summary:

Oversees paving and road restoration construction in the distribution electric system. Identifies contract worthy projects, consults on project feasibility and project site details, coordinates with construction crews, oversees project inspectors, and on a project specific basis performs construction oversight. Prepares job packages and construction estimates, conducts job walks, and meets with bidders, contractors, and governing agencies. Ensures projects are completed per company standards, engineering design, regulatory guidelines, permits and schedule.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned location based on business need.

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job.  The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity.  Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.​

A reasonable salary range is:​

Bay Area Minimum: $​105,000.00

Bay Area Maximum: $​169,000.00

This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.

Responsibilities:

• Acts as a first point of contact for multiple internal and external clients and consults with more senior engineers on more difficult issues while ensuring critical needs are met quickly and efficiently.
• Provides operational input on daily operations planning and scheduling (e.g., work packages, project schedules and resource loading).
• Acts as a subject matter expert in area of field and applies extensive knowledge of concepts, principles, and practices.
• Coordinates and leads activities in support of inspections or audits.
• Ensures all estimates from multiple areas are performed to standards and meet efficiency and accuracy measures within unit costs.
• Maintains public and employee safety on site at all times by promoting a positive safety culture, exhibiting an absolute commitment to safety for self and others, and by ensuring all applicable safety rules, regulations and standards are followed.
• Manages the portfolio of assigned projects and ensures all projects are designed safely and constructed on time, on budget, on scope, and without adverse environmental or regulatory impacts.
• Obtains commitment on detailed work plans including schedule, cost, resources, contingency and communication plans.
• Performs field visits as applicable based on the field condition and/or any issues with the information provided from the field.
• Acts as a subject matter expert in scoping of the underground projects, providing input to proposed ‘running-line’ and potential ‘means and methods’ of installation for the purpose of design.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience
• 5 years of experience in the field of Industrial Engineering or Construction
• Travel approximately 50% with occasional overnight stays

Desired Qualifications:

• 7 years of working experience in the field of Industrial Engineering or Construction
• Experience in Electric Distribution
• Working knowledge of project planning tools such as MS-Microsoft Project or Primavera
• Demonstrated abilities in contract administration
• Demonstrated abilities in project inspection and quality control
• Experience in surface grading and paving