Construction Manager - Electrical

Bechtel Corporation • New Albany, OH

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Bechtel is hiring a Construction Manager for electrical construction on a semiconductor manufacturing plant in New Albany, Ohio. The role leads a large team, including 15+ staff and 1,000+ direct-hire craft professionals, and provides overall field leadership for assigned electrical construction activities. The manager is accountable for safety, quality, productivity, schedule, and execution performance, while directing electrical superintendents, general foremen, foremen, and craft personnel.

The position plans and coordinates field execution, develops short- and medium-term work plans and craft manpower curves, monitors production and staffing, and takes action to resolve constraints or recover performance. It coordinates electrical installation and system completion with other construction disciplines and with planning, engineering, procurement, and material management. The manager also ensures work packages are ready for field release and that installation sequencing supports testing, commissioning, energization, startup, and turnover.

The position requires a bachelor's degree or international equivalent and 13–15 years of relevant experience, or 17–19 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree. Bechtel offers a robust benefits program; details are available through Bechtel Total Rewards.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or international equivalent and 13–15 years of relevant experience, or 17–19 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree.
• Extensive experience managing large construction crews or projects.
• Extensive working knowledge of construction planning, monitoring, and control.
• Familiarity with construction tools and equipment and their uses.
• Extensive technical knowledge and experience in electrical operations to coordinate effectively with stakeholders for safe execution.
• Proficiency with Microsoft suite word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications.
• Experience managing union craft-heavy industrial U.S. direct-hire construction.
• Knowledge of the Project Environmental, Safety & Health (ES&H) Handbook and Bechtel Core Processes as they apply to the area of responsibility.
• Knowledge of safety and relevant OSHA requirements and regulations.
• Knowledge of Bechtel's Zero Accidents safety program.
• Strong customer relations and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a large team of 15+ staff and 1,000+ direct-hire craft professionals on a major electrical scope.
• Provide field leadership for direct-hire electrical construction and be accountable for safety, quality, productivity, schedule, and execution performance.
• Develop, maintain, and drive the three-week look-ahead schedule, ensuring work is sequenced, measurable, constraint-free, and aligned with project milestones.
• Develop and manage a 90-day execution plan covering work fronts, engineering, materials, equipment, access, predecessor activities, staffing, and schedule risks.
• Develop and maintain craft manpower curves based on quantities, productivity assumptions, work fronts, and schedule requirements; adjust staffing as conditions change.
• Directly manage craft execution and lead electrical superintendents, general foremen, foremen, and craft personnel.
• Support other area superintendents by resolving execution issues, balancing craft resources, coordinating shared work fronts, and promoting consistent execution practices.
• Review planned versus actual quantities, installed production, earned hours, productivity, and staffing; identify gaps and implement recovery actions.
• Maintain sufficient ready-to-work craft backlog and identify constraints before they affect field execution.
• Coordinate electrical installation activities, including cabling, terminations, panels/RIO cabinets, junction boxes, calibration, testing, and system completion.
• Work with planning to ensure schedules reflect field conditions, production rates, sequence, manpower loading, and remaining quantities.
• Ensure installation sequencing supports loop checks, functional testing, commissioning, energization/startup, and system turnover.
• Coordinate with Engineering to resolve design issues, RFIs, constructability concerns, late design changes, and field conditions affecting installation.
• Coordinate with Procurement and Material Management to ensure instruments, bulk and specialty materials, and vendor equipment are available before planned installation dates.
• Review work packages and installation plans for required drawings, specifications, materials, permits, access, tools, equipment, and predecessor work before releasing work to the field.
• Coordinate with Electrical, Piping, Mechanical, Structural, Civil, and other disciplines on interfaces, congestion, access, shared resources, and sequencing.
• Monitor critical-path and near-critical-path activities and take proactive measures to protect project milestones.
• Ensure work complies with project specifications, drawings, procedures, quality requirements, and construction standards.
• Maintain a regular presence in work areas, verify field conditions, coach subordinate superintendents and foremen, and resolve craft-level issues promptly.
• Participate in construction coordination, schedule, system completion, and management meetings; communicate status, risks, manpower needs, constraints, and recovery plans.

Benefits

• Robust benefits program intended to support employee well-being, career advancement, culture, and time to recharge; specific benefits are not enumerated in the posting.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior