Company Summary Statement
Rhode Island Energy provides essential energy services to over 770,000 customers across Rhode Island through the delivery of electricity or natural gas. Our team is dedicated to helping Rhode Island customers and communities thrive while supporting the transition to a cleaner energy future. Rhode Island Energy is part of the PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) family of companies addressing energy challenges head-on by building smarter, more resilient, and more dynamic power grids and advancing sustainable energy solutions. PPL is a positive force in the cities and towns where we do business, providing support for programs and organizations that empower the success of future generations by helping to build and maintain strong, diverse communities today.
Overview
JOB PURPOSE
As a Construction Supervsor you will leads and manage Rhode Island Energy Construction Management functions
throughout the lifecycle of a project. Responsible for ensuring projects are planned, designed, constructed, and
commissioned in a manner consistent with Rhode Island Energy specified policies and procedures.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions
Responsible for field leadership and oversight of all contracted construction work; ensuring safe completion
of the defined scope of work on budget, on schedule, and to the quality levels specified in the
Manages or self-performs activities and tasks to successfully contract out Rhode Island Energy work including
outage planning, outage submission, permit & tag, switching, construction scope of work, managing
contractor crews, verifying material
Participate in the review and award of construction proposals with Rhode Island Energy Sourcing;
understands the terms and conditions in contracts and manages construction contractors to terms and
Reviews and approves construction change orders for work not in scope, or changes to scope of work.
Participates in claims dispute and resolution sessions. Verifies contractor invoices, ensuring work invoiced
has been completed.
Manages or self-performs constructability assessments during the conceptual design and engineering phase
of a Including but not limited to identifying physical site requirements, access roads, laydown areas, pad
sizes, equipment parameters, cost estimates, outage planning, construction sequencing, risk assessment,
and scheduling.
Reviews deliverables from the Siting, Real Estate, Permitting, Procurement, and Engineering groups to
ensure concurrence with the construction plan associated with a
Work with project team to develop and implement corrective actions when safety, schedule, scope, or costs
impacts are forecasted or
Ensures Rhode Island Energy contractors have approved work plans and fully understand the scope and
requirements for performing This also includes the performance of safety briefings, job walk-downs, and job
site assessments.
Supervise and conduct contractor briefings.
Ensure completeness and quality of construction workmanship before accepting the finished product,
responsible for managing the Construction Quality and Asset Commissioning functions of a
Provides regular project status, feedback, and critical path items to the Rhode Island Energy Construction
Management, Engineering, and Project Management
Maintain working knowledge of industry construction best practices and applications at Rhode Island Energy.
Ability to travel throughout the Rhode Island Energy service territory, this is a regional based
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all policies and standards
Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience on a year for year basis and 2+ years in construction, operations, or maintenance.
Driver License, Valid and in State.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree, Project Management professional (PMP), or Certified Construction manager (CCM)
Certification.
Two years of experience as a construction or project manager in the power industry.
Supervisory experience.
Working knowledge of critical-path-method scheduling tools and project budgets, and/or industry
investigation tools.
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience on a year for year basis and 2+ years in construction, operations, or maintenance.
Driver License, Valid and in State.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree, Project Management professional (PMP), or Certified Construction manager (CCM)
Certification.
Two years of experience as a construction or project manager in the power industry.
Supervisory experience.
Working knowledge of critical-path-method scheduling tools and project budgets, and/or industry
investigation tools.
Essential Functions
Responsible for field leadership and oversight of all contracted construction work; ensuring safe completion
of the defined scope of work on budget, on schedule, and to the quality levels specified in the
Manages or self-performs activities and tasks to successfully contract out Rhode Island Energy work including
outage planning, outage submission, permit & tag, switching, construction scope of work, managing
contractor crews, verifying material
Participate in the review and award of construction proposals with Rhode Island Energy Sourcing;
understands the terms and conditions in contracts and manages construction contractors to terms and
Reviews and approves construction change orders for work not in scope, or changes to scope of work.
Participates in claims dispute and resolution sessions. Verifies contractor invoices, ensuring work invoiced
has been completed.
Manages or self-performs constructability assessments during the conceptual design and engineering phase
of a Including but not limited to identifying physical site requirements, access roads, laydown areas, pad
sizes, equipment parameters, cost estimates, outage planning, construction sequencing, risk assessment,
and scheduling.
Reviews deliverables from the Siting, Real Estate, Permitting, Procurement, and Engineering groups to
ensure concurrence with the construction plan associated with a
Work with project team to develop and implement corrective actions when safety, schedule, scope, or costs
impacts are forecasted or
Ensures Rhode Island Energy contractors have approved work plans and fully understand the scope and
requirements for performing This also includes the performance of safety briefings, job walk-downs, and job
site assessments.
Supervise and conduct contractor briefings.
Ensure completeness and quality of construction workmanship before accepting the finished product,
responsible for managing the Construction Quality and Asset Commissioning functions of a
Provides regular project status, feedback, and critical path items to the Rhode Island Energy Construction
Management, Engineering, and Project Management
Maintain working knowledge of industry construction best practices and applications at Rhode Island Energy.
Ability to travel throughout the Rhode Island Energy service territory, this is a regional based
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all policies and standards
Remote Work
The company reserves the right to determine if this position will be assigned to work on-site, remotely, or a combination of both. Assigned work location may change. In the case of remote work, physical presence in the office/on-site may be required to engage in face-to-face interaction and coordination of work among direct reports and co-workers.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Our company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identify, genetic information, disability status, or any other protected characteristic.
