Manager, Construction - Large Pipeline

Southern Company • Atlanta, GA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The pipeline infrastructure constructed by Southern Company Gas's Construction Operations organization is fundamental to our success, enabling the safe, reliable, and affordable delivery of natural gas service to millions of customers. The Construction Manager serves as a key leadership role responsible for overseeing a department of construction management professionals. This position is accountable for the successful execution of construction projects, ensuring performance excellence in safety, quality, schedule, and budget. The role is also critical in establishing and maintaining the people, processes, and technologies necessary to support operational success and continuous improvement. The Construction Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of a portfolio of capital projects with annual construction values of up to $200 million. Depending on business priorities, the assigned portfolio may include gas distribution projects supporting new business growth or system improvements and gas transmission initiatives involving pipeline expansion and integrity management.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 10 years of progressively increasing experience in industrial or utility construction, engineering, project management, or operations with at least 4 years in supervisory roles.
• Demonstrated success leading a team of internal and external resources accomplishing operational goals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a polish geared towards team leaders up to executive levels.
• Intermediate to high proficiency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Ability to quickly learn and leverage internal business systems.
• Excellent analytical skills, ability to recognize issues, evaluating options using data and facts, and implement solutions.

Nice To Haves

• BA/BS degree in construction management or business, engineering (mechanical, civil, electrical, chemical, petroleum).
• PMP or PMI-CP
• Gas infrastructure construction experience
• Acting in a leadership position on a construction project
• Demonstrated success in leading a program of construction projects and a team of external and internal resources involved in their delivery.
• Expertise in construction contract creation, contract administration, with working knowledge of contract law and claims resolution.
• Full understanding of project management principles including critical path scheduling, project budgeting and forecasting, stage-gated asset development processes, estimating, scheduling, and risk management.
• Working knowledge of gas infrastructure construction equipment and techniques, inspection, welding non-destructive examination, directional drilling, OSHA standards, and PHMSA regulations.

Responsibilities

• Regularly reviews and updates project information within the portfolio; prepares multi-year construction outlooks
• Maintains templates for construction-led processes and ensures consistency across the department
• Monitors key metrics to ensure prudent capital expenditure deployment and O&M cost minimization; approves construction estimates and advises Engineering per authorization policies
• Accountable for critical departmental functions including inspection systems, document/data collection, and materials management
• Ensures consistent development of blanket and project-specific contracts that maximize value and minimize risk for the department and LDC
• Collaborates with other Construction Managers and intra-company departments to share best practices and leverage global construction resources
• Presents departmental performance and reports on major project progression to key stakeholders at the director and executive level
• Monitors staffing workload to ensure projects are properly staffed with the right skill sets; champions employee professional development
• Sets direction by tailoring departmental goals to individual goals; manages staff selection and supports performance development through coaching and training

Benefits

• competitive base salary
• annual incentive awards for eligible employees
• health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being
• additional compensation, such as an incentive program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED