Section Manager

Overview
This position requires the Section Manager to provide the leadership to plan, direct, monitor, and coordinate the planning and managing of Survey Operations in multiple boroughs and Westchester County. The Section Manager oversees and directs the activities of Survey personnel and associated survey contractors providing survey services to Electric, Gas, Steam, Transmission, Substations, Construction, Real Estate and the Law Department. The position provides the managerial direction to support the project objectives for safety and environmental excellence, effective cost management, operational excellence, schedule adherence, improving the customer experience and delivering a quality product within specification compliance. Ensure all members of the organization are provided with the necessary training and information technology to provide leading-edge survey services to maximize the effectiveness of the organization.

Responsibilities
Core Responsibilities

• Safety Compliance: Ensure all safety policies and procedures are followed and enforced and provide the needed leadership around promoting good housekeeping practices and work area protection, focus on avoiding high energy injuries and expanding the use of HPI tools and STKY on projects.
• Environmental Compliance: Ensure compliance with environmental rules and regulations and that the planning of projects includes the integration of the EH&S requirements during the development/execution phases of the project.
• Leadership: Develops and implements capital, operating, and human resource budgets. Implements controls to address potential rogue behavior by employees or vendors and ensure a process is in place to monitor expenditures to anticipate cost overruns and take appropriate actions and elevate concerns to the proper level of authority. Ensure timely payment to vendors.
• Project Coordination: Provide overall direction associated with the coordination of planning activities with Engineering, EH&S, Operational groups, Supply Chain, Estimating and governmental agencies to ensure the constructability and sequencing of work supports the schedule to meet project objectives while maintaining the integrity of the CE facilities.
• Planning and Budgeting: Manage and monitor the planning and budgeting activities of the projects and integrate them with the Business Plan/Corporate Objectives. Develop resource requirements and establish priorities for projects and programs. Track and monitor the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and ensure all goals are attained.
• Customer Experience: Provide support as needed to coordinate projects and meet with internal customers to improve the customer experience and minimize the time and cost impact of the survey work.
• Personnel: Ensure compliance with terms and conditions of the collective bargaining agreement; take the necessary disciplinary action and participate in settlement of grievances when required. Develop and deliver clear job expectations across sectional personnel. Assist in the recruitment and selection of personnel; recommend wage and salary adjustments, promotion, transfers and discharges.
• Training/Development: Assist in the development of training curriculum and oversee the effectiveness. Ensure compliance with training attendance goals. Provide challenging and stretch tasks and assignments and ensure opportunities for the development of all employees.
• Emergency Support: Provide support to the operating organizations during system emergencies by redirecting the resources of the group to assist in the fullest possible extent.
• Equal Employment Opportunity: Ensure adherence to the Companys Equal Opportunity policies. Through leadership practices ensure there is a respectful work environment amongst team members and respect for all cultural and physical differences of others.
• Communication: Establishes an effective line of communication with senior management and organizations being served by the group's survey activities to facilitate the open exchange of shared goals and requirements to be accomplished through the completion of the projects
• Perform other related tasks and assignments as required.

Qualifications
Required Education/Experience

• Bachelor's Degree Engineering, Construction Management or other applicable technical field and Eight Years of applicable experience that includes six years of construction, engineering, or survey experience in electric, gas, steam or underground/subsurface infrastructure.
• Master's Degree Engineering, Construction Management or other applicable technical field and Six Years of applicable experience that includes six years of construction, engineering, or survey experience in electric, gas, steam or underground/subsurface infrastructure.

Relevant Work Experience

• Working knowledge of Contract Administration, cost controls, and operating budgets is required.
• Strong knowledge of resource allocation and budgeting is required
• Excellent oral, written, interpersonal and contract negotiation skills is required.
• Well organized, detail oriented, and ability to handle multiple project assignments on an ongoing basis is required.
• In-depth knowledge of the complexities of Con Edison's electric, gas, and steam systems, including associated municipal underground utility infrastructures is preferred.
• Experience managing technical personnel (union and management) is preferred.

Licenses and Certifications

• Driver's License Required
• Professional Engineer (PE) Preferred

Additional Physical Demands

• The selected candidate will be assigned a System Emergency Assignment (i.e., an emergency response role) and will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies, which may include nights, weekends, and holidays.
• The selected candidate will be assigned a System Emergency Assignment (i.e., an emergency response role) and will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies, which may include nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Must use their personal vehicles and transport, store, and secure company laptop computers and other job-related equipment in the vehicle. Reimbursement for use of a personal vehicle is available through the company mileage procedure.