Manager Construction

Company Summary Statement

Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company, part of the PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) family of companies, are regulated utilities that serve more than 1.3 million customers and have consistently ranked among the best companies for customer service in the United States. LG&E serves 334,000 natural gas and 433,000 electric customers in Louisville and 16 surrounding counties. KU serves 569,000 customers in 77 Kentucky counties and five counties in Virginia. LG&E and KU are major employers and active supporters of the communities they serve. They empower employees, community members and initiatives across their service territory through volunteerism and investments in organizations that support education, sustainability and wellbeing.
Overview

The Manager of Kentucky Construction Management position is a dual role position; it oversees both Transmission and Distribution construction. This role specifically covers Transmission and Distribution substation construction. The Manager of KY Construction Management will monitor and address construction contractor safety, work quality, and performance issues as well as act as the main contact with contractor leadership. They will supervise a team of full-time Construction Supervisors and Planners consisting of employees and contracted staff. They will assist senior leadership with establishing and executing business strategy and objectives.

Responsibilities

• Manage Construction Management team.
• Build and enforce processes to standardize best practices to ensure contractor adherence to standards and expectations.
• Coordinate with Project Management and crew field leadership to share learning across organizational boundaries.
• Establish relationships with contractor leadership.
• Be the single point of contact with these companies to ensure unambiguous communications with our contractor partners
• Establish procedures to promote contractor ownership and accountability of work quality and practices.
• Provide feedback to contractor leaders regarding contractors performance and contract compliance.
• Provides construction contractors sufficient security access to perform their required work and ensure contractors perform necessary training and adhere to security requirements.
• Supervise team that monitors all contracted construction work.
• Develop and continuously assess the overall contractor strategy to ensure needs are met as our business priorities shift.
• Assess Construction Supervisor workload; match individual skills and capacities to appropriate projects.
• Develop supervisor capacity to manage increasing complex construction projects.
• Ensure coverage of all areas of expertise necessary to manage the project.
• Create and maintain staffing plan to support the current and future work demands and project deliverables.
• Allocate appropriate resources to ensure that projects and other work are completed within the committed time, scope, and budget.
• Maintain communication with upper management both within and across organizations up to and including company president to ensure smooth running of all assigned projects and contracted construction work.
• Advise leadership of project and work status. Establish and nurture positive relationships with stakeholders.
• Responsible for all construction management activities for assigned portfolio throughout the project life cycle (planning, detailed design, construction, close out and turnover to operations) on assigned project portfolio.
• Serve as a construction management advisor for Transmission and Distribution portfolio.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of Project Controls team policies, standards, and procedures necessary.
• Assume a leadership role in educating the business and technical community on Project and Program management processes and areas of expertise.
• Manage business partners' relationship with contractors. Ensure communications are clear, enforce strict impartiality and fairness to contracting processes, resolve work and invoicing conflicts between multiple organizations and contractors.
• Perform duties as required for Storm Support. Coordinate resources with storm teams on large events.
• May be assigned an Electric Utilities emergency and storm role.
• This is a special assignment that comes into play during storms and other emergencies when the company needs to restore power or respond to other issues affecting customer service.
• This role may necessitate the need to work after-hours, outside of your normal schedule.
• The company reserves the right to determine if this position will be assigned to work on-site, remotely, or a combination of both.
• Assigned work location may change. In the case of remote work, physical presence in the office/on-site may be required to engage in face-to-face interaction and coordination of work among direct reports and co-workers.

Qualifications

Required Education

Bachelor's degree in business, engineering or comparable degree with 7 years' experience in leading construction activities, OR Master's degree in business, engineering or comparable degree with 5 years' experience in leading construction activities OR PhD in business, engineering or comparable degree with 3 years' experience in leading construction activities.

Required Experience

• Strong skill set encompassing budgeting, cost control, scheduling, reporting, and writing skills experience.
• Clear understanding of construction and safety methodologies.
• Outstanding communicator able to seamlessly transition from corporate officer to field worker level without sacrificing the intent of the communication.
  Familiarity with electric utility constructions practices and methodologies and equipment.

Preferred Qualifications

• B.S. in Business, Engineering, Science, or other relevant degree's
• Project management experience or master's degree with a minimum of 5 years project management experience or a minimum of 10 years construction management experience.
• Construction Management Certification (such as CCM)
• Thorough understanding of electric utilities equipment, processes, and construction practices.
• Demonstrated initiative and leadership skills.
• Skilled in critical path assessment, risk management, and other PMBOK tools.
• Understanding of engineering driven economics and ability to integrate into strategic direction of department and business line.
• Demonstrated understanding of project control practices.
• Competent in advanced usage of Microsoft Office Suite, knowledgeable and comfortable with manipulating large data sets and ability to query that data to provide meaningful insights.
• Exceptional organizational leadership and courage - demonstrated ability maintain accountability while allowing employees freedom to operate and engage their teams.

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