Senior Construction Site Coordinator - Project Management Controls

FirstEnergy at a Glance  

  

We are a forward-thinking electric utility powered by a diverse team of employees committed to making customers’ lives brighter, the environment better and our communities stronger.   

  

FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and operational excellence. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, FirstEnergy includes one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, more than 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, and a regulated generating fleet with a total capacity of more than 3,500 megawatts.   

  

About the Opportunity   

  

This is an open position with FirstEnergy Service Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. [FEU].  

 

The Construction Site Coordinator (CSC) has responsibility to coordinate and supervise pre-construction, construction, and post-construction activities for Transmission and Distribution substation and line projects. 

 

This position has an opening in the West Penn Power and Penn Power territory, ideally located near Greensburg and/or Latrobe, and Cranberry

 

Responsibilities include:

• Fostering a high-performing safety culture through personal conduct and utilization of human performance principles.
• Coordinating and supervising smaller to medium size projects or support larger projects under the supervision of more experienced Construction Site Coordinators.
• Ability to clearly understand the scope of assigned project including the problem / need and the constraints of the scope.
• Understanding how schedules are developed and utilized including CPM calculations, float, and predecessors.
• Proactively managing scheduled tasks for all construction activities on assigned projects and report on schedule progress.
• Participating with the project team to develop contractor bid packages. Participating in pre-bid meetings. Documenting and following up on the action items.
• Assisting in performing constructability reviews with site walkdowns.
• Coordinating material requests, need date & location, delivery, and verification of materials at the project site, staging, and monitoring for contractor use.
• Coordinating staking of structures, wetlands, and vegetation as part of the project’s scope assessment. Understanding how site actions impact project costs. Proactively understanding all estimate components for a project, and the relationship of estimate to the project Schedule of Values.
• Ensuring adherence to safety and quality standards and specifications.
• Understanding Quality Standards and specific quality requirements as defined for the outcome of construction activities.
• Clearly articulating quality requirements for all vendors and others working on construction activities. Understanding resource needs on assigned projects.
• Inspecting work performed by contractors against design and construction standards.
• Understanding the typical risks on a transmission construction project. Implementing a construction risk management plan for anticipated construction risks.
• Documenting project site meetings with contractors that address issues such as safety, performance, quality control, or adherence to construction schedules.
• Ensuring all the stakeholders have necessary permit copies.
• Maintaining digital / printed copy of the red line drawings of the project site.
• Participating in contractor evaluation, project review meetings, and meetings concerning “Lessons Learned”.
• Aware of procedures and policies designed to comply with ethics standards. Consistently applies ethic guidelines in working with stakeholders (external and internal).

 

Qualifications include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management or a related technical field plus 8 years of experience in commercial or industrial construction required. 
• In lieu of a degree, 12 years of experience in commercial or industrial construction required.
• Ability to provide constructability review feedback for projects through initial and detailed engineering plans review. Proactively identifies potential issues relating to all facets of project construction and safety and offers suitable alternatives to design teams.
• Ability to lead construction related scope change discussions with vendors' site representatives. Ability to provide expert construction input during the scope development phase of the project.
• Ability to provide input on the timing of construction activities and milestones during the development phase of the projects.
• Ability to Mentor junior CSC’s