General Purpose
Under minimal direction from the managing director, oversees planning and commissioning effort for multiple large, complex, high-risk, and sensitive projects, which often require considerable resources and high levels of functional integration.
Responsible for overseeing all schedule development and procedural requirements for the development of construction milestones.
Provides direction and support to contractors during all phases of testing and commissioning, and supports the engineering department with the development of detailed construction sequence and protection plans.
Responsibilities
- In conjunction with engineering department, develop construction sequence and protection plan CSPP and maintain CSPP throughout project lifecycle.
- Oversee testing and commissioning effort on capital projects.
- Support project management in development of contingency plans.
- Review outage constraints to verify construction milestone and vet timing and sequencing.
- Acts as a technical advisor for all project managers and Director of PMO / PMW
- Coordinate with grid operations on all COMPASS outage requests required for all phases of construction and commissioning.
- Conduct review and issues final approval of all commissioning documents and execute Initial Energization Authorization authority.
- Manage construction management team activities in conjunction with field operations.
- Interface with appropriate management levels including senior management to gain necessary approvals and manage risk in accordance with corporate governance.
- Manage the development of conceptual and detailed designs.
- Provide leadership regarding commissioning field testing and construction practices and issue resolutions.
- May have direct supervisory responsibility for a construction / commissioning team.
- Travel may be required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in engineering; or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
- A minimum of seven years of experience in industrial power systems, electric utility power systems, plant operations, maintenance, engineering or related professional experience.
- Thorough understanding of the grid system and operational impacts of outages and construction events.
- Demonstrated experience with the operation and maintenance of intelligent electronic devices and all utility apparatus.
- Demonstrated knowledge and application of principles in equipment operations, testing, and commissioning.
- Leadership skills including the ability to manage and work as a team member to maintain construction timelines, budgets, and deliver on commitments
Preferences
- Field experience as a meter and relay tech or demonstrated similar experience.
- Experience as protection and controls engineer.
- Utility field construction experience.
- Supervisory experience.
30+ days ago