Constructability Lead Principal (Transmission/Fiber)

American Electric Power•Corpus Christi, TX

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Construction Lead Principal provides leadership and field oversight to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality construction execution, with a strong emphasis on identifying and addressing safety risks. The role serves as a subject matter expert and primary liaison between Construction Management and cross-functional partners, supporting project planning, coordination, and execution while aligning stakeholders, schedules, and field activities. For Fiber Communications, the work centers on fiber optic network construction, including aerial and underground cable installation, splicing, testing, and system commissioning. It requires understanding fiber optic cable systems, routing methods, network configurations, fiber-specific documentation, and testing practices such as OTDR validation and signal performance verification. The role coordinates communications system integration to maintain network continuity and operational functionality. For Transmission Lines, Substations, and Distribution, the role covers construction of high- and medium-voltage electrical infrastructure. It includes interpreting technical documentation and coordinating construction activities such as conductor stringing, structure erection, substation equipment installation, pole setting, and overhead and underground conductor installation. Work may occur in energized or near-energized environments and requires consideration of outage sequencing, planning, switching requirements, and system reliability impacts. The position requires knowledge of the Bulk Electric System and experience in construction management, transmission engineering, transmission operations, or distribution operations. It also involves leading outage-reservation communications and proposals, analyzing reports against construction plans, and mentoring and training junior personnel. Travel is greater than 25%. The position is on-site.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field and eight years of experience in the applicable discipline; or a bachelor’s degree in Construction Technology or ABET-accredited Engineering Technology and ten years of relevant experience; or an associate degree in Construction Management Technology or ABET-accredited Electrical or Civil Engineering Technology and twelve years of relevant experience; or a high school diploma or equivalent and fourteen years of experience in construction, project execution, or field operations within electric utility or infrastructure environments.
Thorough knowledge of the Bulk Electric System from a design and/or operations perspective.
Experience in Construction Management, Transmission Engineering, Transmission Operations, or Distribution Operations.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
Strong analytical and technical capabilities, including the ability to interpret project documentation, plans, and schedules.
Ability to lead understanding, development, and communication of complex outage-reservation communications to capital project stakeholders.
Strong analytical skills to evaluate report data with existing construction plans when developing future outage reservation proposals.
Strong organizational and documentation skills to support standardized processes, reporting, and knowledge sharing.
Understanding of Bulk Electric System operations, construction management practices, or engineering disciplines supporting transmission, distribution, or communications infrastructure.
Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, mentor, and train junior personnel.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Power BI for data visualization and reporting.
Familiarity with Power Automate for workflow optimization.
Experience using Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive for collaboration, document management, and team coordination.
Experience working in a digital, collaboration-driven environment with structured file management and version-control practices.
Ability to quickly learn and apply enterprise project scheduling tools, work management systems, and GIS platforms.
Understanding of fiber optic cable systems, routing methods, network configurations, fiber-specific documentation, OTDR validation, signal performance verification, and fiber deployment methods, where relevant to the applicable discipline.
Expertise in high- and medium-voltage electrical infrastructure construction and interpretation of discipline-specific technical documentation, where relevant to the applicable discipline.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership and field oversight for safe, efficient, and high-quality construction execution, identifying and addressing safety risks.
Serve as a subject matter expert and primary liaison between Construction Management and cross-functional partners.
Support project planning, coordination, and execution, aligning stakeholders, schedules, and field activities.
Oversee fiber optic network construction activities, including cable installation, splicing, testing, and commissioning, as applicable.
Coordinate communications system integration to maintain network continuity and operational functionality, as applicable.
Support construction of transmission lines, substations, and distribution infrastructure, including construction methods and activities specific to those systems, as applicable.
Coordinate work in energized or near-energized environments, considering outage sequencing, planning, switching requirements, and system reliability impacts.
Lead the understanding, development, and communication of complex outage reservations to capital project stakeholders.
Analyze report data against construction plans to develop future outage reservation proposals.
Lead, coach, mentor, and train junior personnel.
Promote a healthy culture within the Construction Management Team through effective collaboration.
Develop presentations, dashboards, and reports to communicate project status, risks, and performance metrics.