Construction Manager - Right of Way

Position Overview:

Power your future with Qualus in our Program Management department as a Construction Manager. The Construction Manager is responsible for ensuring that constructability meets Qualus and our clients’ expectations of the quality of each assigned project, to ensure compliance within required construction codes, local jurisdictional requirements. budgetary, scheduling, and safety goals. Employees in this role coordinate and manage right-of-way (ROW) access design, layout, and constructability to ensure adequacy of access and overall coordination of work both on and off the electrical utility ROW performed by contractors at the project site. 

Responsibilities:

• Perform daily field coordination with civil construction crews to evaluate and determine right-of-way (ROW) access design, layout and constructability.
• Assure and oversee access construction activities and contractors (e.g. road building, matting, tree clearing, drilling, etc.) to ensure adequacy of access, and overall coordination  of work both on and off the utility ROW.
• Assure adherence to client Standards for Access Construction.
• Participate in management reviews of access contractors.
• Review and verify access contractors weekly work progress.
• Provide technical support with electronic data collection, data management, and presentation to support access construction, as needed.  Utilize GPS to locate previously surveyed natural resources, archaeological sites, and access routes and demarcate with field flagging for impact avoidance. 
• Work coordination, including “look-aheads” of transmission line access construction.
• Perform safety audits and inspections of construction contractors and assigned work (documentation to be provided by VT Transco).

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in electric transmission infrastructure construction, or similar.
• Knowledge of utility ROW access construction, including road materials, drainage considerations, impact avoidance and use of construction matting.
• Knowledge of general civil design and earthwork techniques, including drilling.
• Knowledge of safe work practices associated with transmission line access construction.
• Knowledge of erosion control and site stabilization practices.
• Knowledge of construction safety standards and regulations and requiremetns (OSHA) for electric transmission infrastructure construction, or similar.

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Benefits & Compensation:

Qualus benefits offered include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short and Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays, for those who qualify.

 

The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The salary range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.

Company Overview:

Qualus is a leading pure-play power solutions firm and innovator at the forefront of power infrastructure transformation, with differentiated capabilities across grid modernization, resiliency, security, and sustainability. The firm partners with utilities, commercial, industrial, data center, and government clients, and renewable and energy storage developers, offering comprehensive solutions through boutique and integrated advisory, planning, engineering, digital solutions, program management, and specialized field services. Qualus also provides software and technology enabled services and develops breakthrough solutions for critical power industry challenges such as distributed and variable resource integration, emergency management, and secure data exchange. The firm has over 1,800 professionals, with offices throughout the U.S. and Canada.

EEO:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We are committed to providing an inclusive workplace and do not discriminate on any grounds protected by applicable human rights legislation across Canada and the US.