Contract Labor Manager

Company Description

About Veolia North America

A subsidiary of Veolia Group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water, and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education, and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has approximately 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. Please visit our website www.veolianorthamerica.com.

Job Description

Pay Rate: $104000 to $118000 per year.

BENEFITS 

Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

Position Purpose: 

This position provides management of construction phase services, and is responsible for providing general oversight and construction administration of Veolia contractors. Responsibilities include coordination with the clients, engineering consultant(s), Veolia technical staff, Veolia contractor(s) and other key stakeholders for meetings, invoicing and payments, health and safety requirements, updating of computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) for both underground asset management (UGAM) and above ground asset Management (AGAM), forecast project workload/require resources, scheduling, budgeting and reporting as required.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities: 

• In collaboration with the Project team, defines scope, schedule and budget for work requiring contractors.
• Actively contributes to the definition and implementation of the construction and commissioning strategy of the work.
• Coordinates project meetings and maintenance of plant operations (MOPO) with stakeholders
• Prioritize safety throughout the duration of the project
• Manages contractors ensuring that contractor personnel understand the project drivers, requirements and risks
• Manages and focuses on creating positive client relationships.
• Utilize existing asset management system(s) to capture field work summary reports, resource labor and costs for work performed by contractors on facility assets.
• Assesses and controls detailed project’s site budget and planning. Issues periodical internal progress reports.
• Assesses risks and opportunities management of the site project activities in coordination with the Project Manager, Assistant Project Manager and Technical Manager.
• Manages project changes and claims management in coordination with the Project Manager, Assistant Project Manager and Technical Manager.
• Active participant in technical meetings.
• Anticipates and addresses specific topics and critical issues with the discipline engineers.
• Interacts with technical experts to resolve issues and risks.
• Lead day to day issue resolution and coordinate with the engineering team to ensure that the documentation is available and updated.
• Actively involved and present at site during the construction, commissioning and performance test activities
• Validates, follows up and actualizes action plans.
• Implementation, compliance and follow up of Veolia safety requirements and coordination with Veolia HSE Manager/site representative.
• Ensure any subcontractors utilized by prime contractors comply with terms and conditions of Veolia’s agreement with the prime contractor.
• Ensure contractor and any subcontractor work is coordination with facility operations
• Capable of managing multiple contractors and projects simultaneously.
• Manage procurement and bidding processes as required.

Work Environment:

• This position is based in Buffalo, NY and will require limited travel within the United States.
• Office 50% Field 50%.

Qualifications

Education/Experience/Background: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Technical/Business Field or a minimum of 8 years of work experience in site construction, engineering consulting, utility management, asset management and/or Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) projects
• Experience with industrial processes and system engineering with direct experience in utilities, water/wastewater, oil & gas, chemical, or similar is preferred.
• Experience with managing construction projects in the capacity of a Project Engineer, Construction Administrator or Resident Engineer.