Construction Manager

Power your future with Qualus in our Program Management department as a Construction Manager. The Construction Manager is responsible for ensuring that constructability meets Qualus and our clients’ expectations of the quality of each assigned project, to ensure compliance within required construction codes, local jurisdictional requirements, including budgetary, scheduling, and safety goals. Employees in this role coordinate and manage natural gas distribution and transmission pipeline work performed by contractors at the project site.

Employees in this role manage the complex project construction activities for gas utility clients.

• Manages and inspects the day-to-day activities of multiple pipeline contractor crews, for natural gas distribution and transmission pipeline, and meter/regulator station construction.
• Oversight of construction site safety.
• Assure that construction complies with project design and specification.
• Understand construction design documents including drawings, specifications, and schedules.
• Review schedule for upcoming work and make necessary arrangements for all supporting resources, internal and external outside of construction contractor scope of work.
• Identify project risks and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Attend and provide project status update to project team.
• Provide daily completion reporting and sketches.
• Interpersonal skills including maintaining customer relations.
• Prepare project close out documentation including As Built drawings, pressure test reports, material test reports.
• Effectively use MS Office products and ability to learn client specific project controls software such as Oracle Unifier.
• Maintains customer coordination during construction phase and conducts job walk-down with customer and contractor at job completion.
• Performs storm duty assignments as needed.
• Reports to service center, jobsite, or remote location.

• Thorough knowledge of gas pipeline facilities, environmental, and safety practices, including a working knowledge of gas pipeline construction.
• 15+ years of materials, construction standards, regulations (OSHA), and pipeline safety requirements for distribution, transmission, and meter regulator station construction.
• Effectively use MS Office products and ability to learn client specific project controls software such as Oracle Unifier.
• In-depth knowledge of materials, construction standards, regulations (OSHA), and safety requirements for gas infrastructure construction.
• Must have vehicle and good driving record.

Qualus benefits offered include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short and Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays, for those who qualify.

The expected compensation range for this position is based upon several factors, including but not limited to education, qualifications, prior relevant work experience and work location.

Qualus is a leading pure-play power solutions firm and innovator at the forefront of power infrastructure transformation, with differentiated capabilities across grid modernization, resiliency, security, and sustainability. The firm partners with utilities, commercial, industrial, data center, and government clients, and renewable and energy storage developers, offering comprehensive solutions through boutique and integrated advisory, planning, engineering, digital solutions, program management, and specialized field services.

Qualus also provides software and technology enabled services and develops breakthrough solutions for critical power industry challenges such as distributed and variable resource integration, emergency management, and secure data exchange. The firm has over 1,800 professionals, with offices throughout the U.S. and Canada.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We are committed to providing an inclusive workplace and do not discriminate on any grounds protected by applicable human rights legislation across Canada and the US.