K&A Engineering Consulting – White Plains, NY is a people-first organization. We value knowledge and learning. We believe in the power of connection, and collaboration, and we seek to build relationships that mean something. We employ some of the best and brightest in the industry and we work hard to maintain a culture that our people can be proud of. Our company has earned its reputation through challenging work, uncompromising precision and continuous learning and adapting. 

We strongly believe in building long lasting relationships with our clients and our employees. We love what we do, and our goal is to have the happiest clients and employees in the industry. We deliver a reliable and innovative range of services for dozens of projects around the country. The company’s team members are passionate about engineering, infrastructure, and design, and understand our clients’ business needs and objectives.

Job Overview:

Due to Company growth, we are actively seeking an experienced Construction Manager to join our Substation Projects team in Rochester, New York.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Development, planning, design (what are they designing?), construction, commissioning, and closeout activities.
• Review of the construction specification prepared by the Engineering Firm.
• Verifying the BOM and Pricing tables provided by the engineering contractor for the various packages by physical work units that are buildable, measurable, and identifiable, with a unit price.
• Review the engineering provided price definition document: defining the scope of each price applicable to each physical and measurable unit to be built.
• Review and comment on sub-schedule or milestone proposal to be achieved by the Construction Contractor.
• From a construction, perspective provides feedback on bid responses including attendance at specific meetings with Construction Contractors if necessary.
• Preparation of an Offer Evaluation Technical Report (ITEO) for each construction package in conjunction with the project manager and project engineers technically validating the Construction Contractors who are capable of building the package under the conditions set out by the applicable documentation. This report must be reviewed and approved by the client
• Participate in the construction Kick-off meeting with the Construction Contractor.
• Handing-over and control of Issued for Construction documentation.
• Monitoring the implement the site supervision facilities: office with communications, water and electricity distribution network for the various contractors, site access roads, physical delimitation of the site, if possible, site access control, identification of the warehouse area, etc.
• Verify environmental and construction permits, and compliance to permit conditions where applicable
• Review and Accept of the contractor’s Safety, Quality Control (ITPs) and Environmental Management Plans that apply to each package.

• Review and Accept of the contractor’s execution procedures prior to the beginning of activities.
• Control of work schedules carried out by the Construction Contractors and update of production progress.
• Physical control of the executed work units (how many units have been completed).
• Technical control of the executed work units (tests are carried out and Inspection Test Plans (ITPs) fulfilled).
• Monitoring the source of the materials provided directly by the Construction Contractors
• Review of the test protocol, where applicable.
• Control of the means and human resources provided by the Construction Contractor. Obtaining production ratios, milestone achievement trends, and deadlines.
• Warehouse management.
• Working with FCM - Field Change Management working with field engineer to provide a recommendation of approval of field changes and impact to cost and schedule.
• Working with FCM - Cost control of each package: Measurement of units to be executed and execution unit tendencies of the packages, introducing approved changes or modifications.
• Working with FCM - Production information necessary for the correct project financial and deadline tracking based on the project’s general scope and schedule.
• Analysis of program fulfillment: Work finalization tendencies are established and any delays/advances as they occur.
• Receipt, review and approval, generally on a monthly basis, of certifications prepared by Construction Contractors and reviewed by FCM in order to receive payment for completed contracted work units. Payment will be made “in good faith”, that is, without necessarily implying definitive approval of the work.
• Analysis of delays in the schedule: possible speeding-up plans.
• Analysis of extra budget costs and their causes.
• Price and deadline impacts of any significant incident on the project during the construction stage.
• Establishing the progress of each contract or package: significant incidents
• Communication of construction contract closing FCM.
• Preparation of the final file and transfer reports, in collaboration with Quality.
• Handover of parts of construction work or buildings requested by the PMS.
• Preparation of list of pending issues and classification by type in collaboration with PMS and FCM.
• Closing of pending issues needs to be documented and accepted by the party receiving the construction work. This is an iterative process.
• Must be able and willing to be trained in E-STAR / CONVEX (switching and tagging) trained.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or equivalent education with 15 years relevant experience required in the following areas:
  • Construction Management
  • Construction, maintenance, and testing of electrical equipment
  • Relay protection and control systems
  • Start-up and commissioning of electrical equipment and systems
  • Electrical Field engineering
  • Arc Flash safety training
  • Troubleshooting of electrical equipment or systems.
  • SCADA and communication systems
• A minimum of fifteen (15) years of progressive related electric utility industry experience.
• Knowledge of SAP is preferred
• Extensive knowledge of electric utility industry materials and equipment is a must.
• Able to assess the health of Utility assets and equipment as they relate to the utility inspection program.
• Good working knowledge through actual use of MS Office products including Excel, Access, Word and MS Project.
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Must have current US Work authorization and valid US Driver License in good standing
• Must be willing to travel to construction sites on a day-to-day basis, attend meetings
• Must be a resident of New York or able to relocate to Upstate New York.