Construction Services Manager

Field Construction Leadership (Hands-On Oversight)

• Supervise daily construction and rehabilitation activities.
• Provide on-site leadership for lift station and plant R&R projects.
• Direct crews performing demolition, concrete work, piping, HDPE fusion, fencing, site restoration, and equipment installation.
• Coordinate bypass pumping operations and shutdown sequencing.
• Assist in startup, testing, and commissioning of rehabilitated assets.
• Ensure OSHA compliance and enforce safety standards.
• Perform site inspections and verify quality of work.
• Document as-builts and deviations from plans.

• Develop annual R&R construction plans aligned with asset condition assessments.
• Assist in capital outlay planning and multi-year rehabilitation strategies.
• Review engineering plans at 30%, 60%, and 90% design stages.
• Develop and monitor construction schedules.
• Track labor, materials, and project costs.
• Assist in scope development for capital projects.
• Coordinate with Purchasing for procurement of materials and specialty equipment.
• Oversee contractor performance and vendor scheduling.
• Provide leadership reporting on project status and budget impacts.

• Coordinate with Lift Station Maintenance, Plant Maintenance, SCADA, Electrical, and Engineering.
• Support emergency response operations during storms or critical failures.
• Implement MOT plans and coordinate permitting with City/County agencies.
• Ensure minimal service interruption during construction.
• Conduct system condition assessments and recommend long-term improvements.

• Supervise and evaluate construction crew members.
• Recruit, interview, and develop field staff.
• Conduct training on construction standards and safety.
• Promote accountability, performance improvement, and cross-training.
• Lead safety meetings and enforce adherence to organizational values.

• Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) Risk Prevention
  • Plan and sequence rehabilitation activities to prevent sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) and service interruptions.
  • Develop contingency and redundancy plans for lift stations under construction.
  • Ensure temporary systems are properly monitored and capable of maintaining continuous service.
  • Conduct post-construction reliability validation prior to returning stations to full operation.
  • Coordinate with Operations leadership when risk conditions arise.
• Bypass Pumping Planning & Execution
  • Develop detailed bypass pumping plans for lift station rehabilitation projects.
  • Determine hydraulic requirements including flow rates, total dynamic head, redundancy, and emergency backup needs.
  • Ensure proper sizing, setup, monitoring, and removal of temporary pumping systems.
  • Coordinate fuel supply, generator support, temporary controls, and alarm integration during bypass operations.
  • Validate system performance throughout the duration of bypass activities.
• Pump & Mechanical Systems Oversight
  • Review pump specifications, equipment submittals, and installation details for lift station R&R projects.
  • Verify proper installation of pumps, guide rails, base elbows, discharge piping, check valves, isolation valves, and force main connections.
  • Evaluate recurring pump or mechanical failures and recommend design improvements or standardization updates.
  • Ensure corrosion protection, coating systems, and material selections meet utility standards.
  • Support startup, commissioning, and operational performance testing of mechanical systems.

Any combination of education, training, and experience that would provide the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully in this role will be considered. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum five (5) years of experience in utility construction or infrastructure rehabilitation.
• Minimum three (3) years of supervisory experience.
• FDEP Water Distribution Level 2 License
• Wastewater Collection Class B License
• Must possess and maintain a valid State of Florida Class E Driver's License. Must obtain a Class A CDL with applicable endorsements within first 12 months of employment.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk to a significant degree; use hands to operate tools or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to pull, push, kneel, bend, squat, crawl, and twist.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of…