Description: Provides technical and/or budget/financial support for the project including reviewing contract documents for a technical aspect and reviewing plant design criteria, drawings, and specifications. Responsible for contractor monitoring and oversight of assigned work. Primary responsibility will include route development, refinement, field visits to verify to support overall pre-construction preparation for energy projects. Functional understanding of the key criteria used to develop routing criteria across functions such as cost, engineering concerns, and common environmental constraints is expected. Candidate should also have experience with route refinement using value engineering or other applicable concepts to optimize criteria for late-stage activities including permitting prior to construction. The successful candidate is expected to have excellent communication skills, experience performing routing and siting tradeoff decisions in the presence of uncertainty, the ability to identify and evaluate routing risks with input from subject matter experts, and ability to problem-solve within highly regulated permitting requirements. Applicant will need to be equally comfortable communicating or discussing risks with various subject matter experts including Engineering & Construction, Environmental Services, Legal, Development, and Land. The ability to be both detail-oriented and maintain sight of the larger vision are key criteria for successful candidates. Travel within the US is expected approximately 25%.
Education: Associate degree or Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Power Generation, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
Relevant Experience: 11 - 15 years of experience managing technical aspects of routing, siting, and construction projects.
Responsibilities: Develops routing criteria, ensures compliance with cost, engineering, and environmental considerations, and leads coordination between technical teams. Provides oversight for route refinement and supports value engineering and permitting activities.
Other: Strong communication skills required to coordinate with subject matter experts across Engineering & Construction, Environmental Services, Legal, Development, and Land.
| Enable Skills-Based Hiring | No |
| All NextEra Energy Contingent Workforce Program (CWP) assignments are eligible for worker furlough. Typical furlough schedules coincide with select national holidays, but may be subject to change. Suppliers will be notified by the CWP of those workers impacted and the applicable furlough dates prior to each furlough period. |
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| JB - Juno Beach Office - 0000103492 |
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| Will driving be required as part of position duties/work? |
| Yes |
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| Driving Record Validation |
| For all positions indicating driving requirements, supplier must hold validation of non-restricted current driver''s license and demonstrate the following: no alcohol/drug related driving offenses within the previous five years and/or the license is not currently suspended or restricted related to hours of driving or reason for driving. |
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| Will Per Diem and Mob/De-Mob expense types be available for this requisition? |
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| If Per Diem is available, please indicate the maximum amount: |
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| If Nuclear Business Unit: On-Boarding Note |
| Nuclear workers requiring unescorted badge access will follow onsite in-processing procedures. All others will be required to complete Non-Nuclear pre-assignment screenings through their staffing supplier. Please contact CWP with any questions: cwp@nexteraenergy.com or 561-694-4761. |
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| Will the selected worker require unescorted badge access into Nuclear protected areas? |
| No |
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| Is NERC CIP unescorted physical or cyber access required for this assignment? |
| No |
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| Which NERC access is needed? |
| N/A |
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| Is Federal Energy Regulatory Commission access required? |
| No |
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| Hours per Day | 8 |
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| Hours per Week | 40 |
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| Total Hours | 7,776.00 |
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Attachment: Minimum Expectations of a Construction Manager
- Summary of position
- The construction manager is responsible for the project's success from a field level. CM's spend more time at their computer then in the field they are the quarterback of the project in the field for NextEra. They are the bridge between the field and the Project Manager. 70% office and 30% field on average in this position.
- Preconstruction
- Know your contract documents (READ THEM)
- Know the contractor SAFETY PLAN (READ IT)
- This document is how we manage the contractor for safety
- If something seems to be missing or not correct work with NextEra Safety to fix
- Kickoff Meeting
- Let the contractor know the expectations for the job
- Site Specific Orientation (contractor should host this and NextEra should attend)
- You should read and know the permits, road use agreements, crossing agreements, SWPPP, haul routes, drawings, material, schedule, QA/QC, Submittals to engineering for review
- Set expectations, lead, and train the NextEra team
- Site Safety Orientation
- Site Specific Safety Plan (Read it)
- Fill out Safety Assessments / CIL's (unifier)
- Reporting (collect your own data, do not Rely on Contractor for information)
- Documentation (include in Weekly report to CM)
- QA/QC (Unifier)
- Site Photo's
- Construction
- Develop a good relationship with the contractor (if possible)
- Be engaged in the project
- Safety (keep them safe)
- Quality Project (know the specs and drawings) (rework increases Safety Risk)
- Know the schedule (C1 and Contractor P-6)
- Track progress, Approve the CSU (project Tracking Spread sheet needs to be accurate)
- Monitor the environmental constraints before/during work activities (SWPPP)
- Stay involved in outage/ crossing coordination (don't leave it up to the contractor only)
- NextEra and the Contractor are both responsible for the success of the project, to have zero injuries and meet the schedule with a quality product
- Reporting
- NextEra needs to collect their own data (do not rely on contractor information, this can be misleading)
- Reports must be 100% accurate as this information is shared up the management chain all the way to the executive VP
- Manage the NextEra team to help gather all the information need to report accurately.
- The data that is being gather may need to be used in change order disputes
- If the documentation is not accurate or missing, NextEra will be paying the BILL
- Communication with PM important (when help is needed, they need to know the background story to help)
- Reports/ Trackers are due on Fridays by End of Day 5pm project time
- Managing Addition Resources (NextEra)
- Environmental
- Utilize the environmental team
- 3 rd party audits of contractor
- Resource for information and questions
- Use to keep the contractor honest environmentally.
- Environmentalist's do not run the job or crews, any communication between Environmentalist and the contractor should not happen directly. This should be directed through the CM.
- ISC / expeditor
- Material manager
- Helps manage the delivery schedule of material
- Can find missing material / work with vendors to improve shipping dates
- Safety Team,
- Utilize their knowledge of safety / great resource.
- Utilize to improve safety through conversations and CIL's, if contractor will not abide by safety rules (get them involved)
- SME'S (subject matter experts)
- Utilize their knowledge to solve problems.
- There are SME's for each discipline Civil, Structural, Construction, Electrical, and Etc.
- Land Agent
- Utilize land agents for planning, difficult landowners, information about landowners and land agreements
- Land agents do not run the job or crews, any communication between land agent and the contractor should not happen directly. This should be directed through the CM.
- These are the minimum expectations of a construction manager.
- The Construction Manager may have additional tasks to perform
