Construction Manager | Plant Bowen

Southern Company•Rome, GA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The successful candidate will assume the roles and responsibilities of Construction Manager – Bowen Site. This position will be responsible for establishing and maintaining a positive work culture. Management and oversight of onsite resources and daily activities in support of successful scope development, implementation and project closeout phases of the Bowen Ash Pond Closure project (and other site projects as necessary), using the Project Delivery Process and measured by achieving required project performance in safety, quality, schedule, cost, scope, and risk. Provide input into contracting strategy and help establish and track performance against baseline schedule and budget. This includes developing project constructability plans. Overall management of onsite contractors and administration of their contracts using appropriate field resources. Providing overall performance management and on-the-job training for T&PS Construction leadership staff. The construction site manager will perform all duties in accordance with T&PS Roles and Responsibilities documents and ensure each member of the Construction management staff performs accordingly. Assist administrative and construction staff in managing all change management functions. Assist in the development and dissemination of critical project statistical information (i.e. material quantities installed, man hours worked, early v. late start, budget analysis, etc.). Assist in the development of bid packages, conduct pre-bid meetings and evaluate bids. Analyze problems for solutions and coordinate corrective action with engineers, vendors and the Contractor.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Building Science or Construction Management preferred
Minimum of 10 years construction and/or extensive plant maintenance/outage experience required
Proven experience managing multiple projects, priorities and planning initiatives.
Demonstrated track record leading teams to achieve superior results.
People Development - Committed to making time for focused coaching of team members in order to build a strong bench and develop future leaders.
Performance Management - Courageously identifies performance gaps of personnel, drives to close those gaps, but also holds self and others accountable for performance.
Influence Political savvy to identify key stakeholders, personality to build effective working relationships, and effective communication skills with a willingness to have hard conversations.
Innovation - Fosters a culture of continuous improvement by always seeking innovative solutions to problems while championing system initiatives.
Strategic Thinking - Thorough understanding of our business combined with seasoned judgment based on experience resulting in the ability to make wise decisions after considering risk and opportunity.
Business Results - Passion to achieve business objectives in the best interest of Southern Company through inspiration and motivation of the team to achieve optimal customer results.
Consistent demonstration of Leadership Criteria.
Mobility to future assignments throughout the Southern Company territory will be required.

Responsibilities

Establishing and maintaining a positive work culture.
Management and oversite of onsite resources and daily activities in support of successful scope development, implementation and project closeout phases of the Bowen Ash Pond Closure project (and other site projects as necessary), using the Project Delivery Process and measured by achieving required project performance in safety, quality, schedule, cost, scope, and risk.
Provide input into contracting strategy and help establish and track performance against baseline schedule and budget.
Developing project constructability plans.
Overall management of onsite contractors and administration of their contracts using appropriate field resources.
Providing overall performance management and on-the-job training for T&PS Construction leadership staff.
Perform all duties in accordance with T&PS Roles and Responsibilities documents and ensure each member of the Construction management staff performs accordingly.
Assist administrative and construction staff in managing all change management functions.
Assist in the development and dissemination of critical project statistical information (i.e. material quantities installed, man hours worked, early v. late start, budget analysis, etc.).
Assist in the development of bid packages, conduct pre-bid meetings and evaluate bids.
Analyze problems for solutions and coordinate corrective action with engineers, vendors and the Contractor.