Construction Lead - Constructability Lead Senior/Principal - APCO

Job Posting End Date

06-01-2025

Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.

Job Summary

The power of AEP comes from our valued team of unique employees….the best in the business! We’re proud to be one of the largest electric energy companies in the U.S., powering over 5 million homes and businesses, spanning across 11 states. We’re passionate about making an innovative difference in the communities we serve. We’re powering the future – today!

Are you a skilled and motivated Construction Lead seeking a new opportunity in the WV, VA, or KY vicinity? Join our team where you'll make an impact while contributing to the development and implementation of the systems and infrastructure needed to efficiently deliver energy services to our valued customers.

Job Description

This single vacancy is posted in two grade levels (Grade 8 & Grade 9).  Relevant Education and/or Experience will be utilized to determine which of these will be the appropriate grade level to fill this vacancy.  

Construction Lead Sr. - Prin.:

Demonstrate the capacity to relate and communicate expert construction-related knowledge to others by creating, reviewing, and vetting project Constructability Scoping Reports in a highly collaborative fashion. Advance Transmission's goal to integrate construction methodology and planning into scoping activities from project inception to reduce costs and construct Transmission facilities safer and more efficiently. Maintain highly effective relationships and communications with various project stakeholders.

What You'll Do:

• Exhibit an advanced level of knowledge, proficiency, communications, and innovation in managing construction projects from a conceptual stage to completion.
• Create Constructability Scoping Reports for projects within assigned region and present to execution team before detailed scoping begins. Engage with all project stakeholders during scoping phase.
• This includes planners, engineering, project management, Field Services, Distribution, Outage Planning, TDC, and external customers if needed.
• Ensure that a consistent direction for Constructability Scoping Reports is maintained throughout AEP Transmission to improve the quality of logistics, processes, procedures, format, documentation, and timeliness into a standardized or best-practice format, which includes continuous process improvement initiatives in collaboration with all Construction Leads.
• Stakeholder collaboration management and feedback from Project Management, Transmission & Distribution Operations, Construction Management, Transmission Field Services, Executive Transmission Leadership, and the RTO's (PJM, MISO, ERCOT, and SPP).Ensure that ALL Constructability Scoping Reports are created with safety, efficiency, and economics in mind.
• Communicate with Transmission Leadership regarding regional construction method improvements, updates, and initiatives. Provide monthly reports on overall constructability development to CM leadership.
• Develop and maintain an improved relationship and communications with strategic contractor partners. This includes attending some of our contractor training events and meeting with local contractor leadership to understand what they experience in the field and identify ways to improve efficiency and performance.
• Conduct lessons learned meetings on completed projects evaluating how well the constructability plan worked and improvements to be made going forward. Stay up to date on current industry construction practices for Station and T-Line as well as the construction industry as a whole including methodologies and technological advancements AEP Transmission can implement.
• Lead presentations and discussions in Semi-annual TCR conferences for your regions. Review Capital Project P6 schedules to ensure Constructability Scoping Reports are developed in a timely manner to support regional scoping goals.
• Conduct site visits as needed with scoping teams or on your own.
• Utilize Spin 360 and available GIS technologies to help plan and evaluate a construction sequence. Work closely with outage planners to identify potential hazards and bottlenecks and create plan to remove them or add to risk register for project.
• Mentor and continuously educate Execution Project Managers on the overall construction planning process as well as TCR's. Taking on special leadership responsibilities and assignments such as process improvements, Kaizen events, TGIS, OutaGIS, Stakeholder Mapping, Lean Initiatives, etc.
• Attend/call in to the monthly construction meeting to coordinate best practices and keep in touch with what is happening in the field and identify any issues that could be av